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Report: China’s Spamouflage disinformation campaign testing techniques on Sen. Marco Rubio
The covert Chinese information operation known as Spamouflage has renewed its long-running disinformation campaign against Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, according to researchers at Clemson University’s Media Forensics Lab.
The covert Chinese information operation known as Spamouflage has renewed its long-running disinformation campaign against Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, according to researchers at Clemson University’s Media Forensics Lab. In a report written by Clemson University professors Darren Linvill and Patrick Warren, obtained by the Click Here podcast and Recorded Future News, the researchers found that in mid-September Spamouflage seemed to be targeting Rubio’s official X account to test a roster of new tactics, some not previously observed. But more recently, China seems to be tearing a page from the Russian disinformation playbook and have tried their hand at sowing divisions among groups in the U.S. and highlighting American domestic problems like homelessness and gun violence.
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