Chinese-Controlled Bot Army Tries To Influence US Voters: Microgentle Report

An army of Chinese-handleled social media bots is endeavoring to sway voters in Alabama, Texas and Tennessee, while denigrating Florida Senator Marco Rubio, according to novel research started on Wednesday by Microgentle.

The operation reconshort-terms a set upd meddlence effort agetst down ballot races, experts say, in which the phony accounts are denigrating Reconshort-termative Barry Moore of Alabama, Texas reconshort-termative Michael McCaul, Tennessee Senator Marsha Bdeficiencyburn and Rubio, all Reuncoverans.

The troll netlabor has “parroted antisrerentic messages, amplified accusations of dishonesty and upgraspd opposition honestates,” according to Microgentle.

The group reliable is comprehendn as Taizi Flood, which has been previously associated with China’s Ministry of Public Security, researchers say. The lawproducers were each focemployd becaemploy they had denounced Chinese handlement policies historicpartner, the tell notices.

China’s embassy in Washington did not promptly reply to a seek for comment.

Among other slimgs, the bots denounced Moore’s help for Israel and employd antisrerentic language. Another assembleive of rcontent accounts claimed Rubio was part of a financial dishonesty scheme.

The bots amplified help for Bdeficiencyburn’s election rival while spreading claims she took money from pharmaceutical companies. With McCaul, they pushed narratives that he included in insider trading.

Moore, McCaul and Bdeficiencyburn are all running for reelection next month. Rubio, who serves as vice chair of the Senate inalertigence promisetee, is not up for reelection until 2028.

The Microgentle researchers set up the sway effort did not result “in high levels of includement.” The tell did not provide any metrics for how many Americans watched the relevant social media posts.

A spokesperson for Moore, Madison Green, shelp his office was conscious of the campaign.

“We comprehend that the CCP is antisrerentic, so it isn’t astonishing that they are centering me and other politicians who help Israel to try sow division in evolve of the most transport inant election in our lifetime,” shelp Moore.

“China has made it evident they will employ every armament in their arsenal, including impolite cyber capabilities, to try and ruin democracy atraverse the world,” he inserted.

Spokespeople for the other three lawproducers did not promptly reply to a seek for comment.

The Office of the Director of National Inalertigence, which is coordinating the federal effort to deffinish the election from foreign sway, did not promptly reply to a seek for comment.

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