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The parent company of Facebook, Meta, declared on Tuesday that it has taken down a coordinated electronic effort with Chinese origins that tried to sway US politics in advance of the midterm elections in November.

According to a blog post by Meta, the “little network” with Chinese roots was discovered on several social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Before the election on November 8, it “targeted people on both sides of the political spectrum.”

According to Meta, this was the first takedown of a Chinese-origin network aimed at US political politics.

In the Czech Republic, the network also engaged in anti-government operations, “critiquing the state’s support of Ukraine in the war with Russia and its impact on the Czech economy, using the criticism to warn against antagonizing China,” according to Meta.

“Instead of posting content when their target viewers would generally be awake, each cluster of accounts—roughly a half-dozen each—posted content seldom during China’s business hours. Few individuals interacted with it, and those labeled it false “It was an ad.

The group was active between the fall of 2021 and September of 2022.

Additionally, Meta dismantled a “huge network” that it claimed originated in Russia and targeted individuals in Germany, France, Italy, Ukraine, and the UK with stories it claimed were centered on the Kremlin’s ongoing conflict with Ukraine.

According to Meta, the network started operating in May. It published pieces that appeared to be from reliable news sources, such as Der Spiegel, The Guardian, and Bild, but were criticisms of Ukraine and Ukrainian migrants.

The social media firm discovered that the content was reposted on the official Facebook pages of Russian embassies in Europe and Asia in “a few instances.”

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, “this is the largest and most intricate Russian-origin operation that we’ve destroyed,” the statement read. “It demonstrated an extraordinary fusion of intelligence and power. Using multiple languages and the spoof websites required linguistic and technical investment.”

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