An influence operation spanning Facebook, TikTok and YouTube has been targeting Taiwan’s upcoming presidential election, according to a new report from research firm Graphika.
While Graphika wasn’t able to determine who was behind the operation, the report comes amid warnings from government officials and tech companies that elections around the world next year are ripe targets for manipulation from states including China, Russia and Iran, as well as domestic actors.
The operation Graphika identified involved a network of more than 800 fake accounts and 13 pages on Facebook that reposted Chinese-language TikTok and YouTube videos about Taiwanese politics.
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