China uses spam networks to manipulate US Presidential Elections: Reports

China continues its dubious tactics to influence and manipulate the upcoming US presidential elections. US media have reported that suspicious networks linked to China have been found sharing conspiracy theories and anti-US propaganda because the election nears.

Networks connected to China are posting anti-Semitic conspiracy theories on social media, casting doubt on Washington’s independence from alleged Jewish influence and questioning the integrity of the two US presidential candidates, Voice of The u.s. (VOA) reported, citing a joint investigation by VOA Mandarin and Taiwan’s Doublethink Lab, a social media analytics firm.

The investigation uncovered more than 30 X posts, which claim that core American political institutions, such as the White House and US Congress, have pledged loyalty to or are being controlled by Jewish elites and the Israeli government.

One such post includes a pretend infographic of 18 US officials of Jewish descent, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and Fatherland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The post questions: “Jews best make up 2 per cent of the US population, so why do they've so many representatives in important government departments?!”

Some other post includes a caricature of Vice President Kamala Harris and her opponent, Donald Trump, with their tongues tangled together, wrapped around an Israeli flagpole. The post claims, “no matter who of them involves power, they will not change their stance on Judaism,” the VOA report stated.
These styles of 32 posts analysed by VOA Mandarin and Doublethink Lab were posted around the world July and August, originating from three unsolicited mail accounts, two of that have been previously reported by VOA. The three networks previously reported by VOA encompass A hundred forty accounts, which make bigger content from three main accounts or “seeders.”

Based on VOA, a spamouflage network is a state-sponsored operation disguised because the work of authentic social media users to spread pro-government narratives and disinformation while discrediting criticism from adversaries.
US officials have many times cast China as a prime threat to the integrity of the upcoming elections, but Beijing has consistently denied these allegations.

Tuvia Gering, a nonresident fellow on the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub, who closely follows antisemitic disinformation from China, said inside the VOA Mandarin report, “Beijing isn’t necessarily hostile toward Jews, but anti-Semitic conspiracy theories have historically been a accessible tool to be used against Western countries.”

Antisemitic narratives about US politics are your complete time posted by these spamouflage accounts, which have long thrived on the Chinese cyber web. An article referenced inside the VOA report had received thousands of likes and reposts on the Chinese social media app WeChat, claiming that “Jewish capital” has taken control of the American political sphere “through infiltration, marriages, campaign funds and lobbying.”

The article highlighted inside the VOA report emphasises the Jewish heritage of many current and former US officials and their families to advertise a fabricated narrative of Jewish control over American politics. “The wife of the US president is Jewish, the son-in-law of the previous US president is Jewish, the mummy of the previous former US president became Jewish, the US Secretary of State is Jewish, the US Secretary of Treasury is Jewish, the Deputy Secretary of State, the Attorney General… are all Jewish,” the article claims.