Meta says China-based networks sowing disinformation in West

Meta deleted over 100 Facebook pages, profiles, and Instagram accounts for coordinated inauthentic behaviour.

Meta said it had removed more than 100 Facebook pages, profiles and Instagram accounts linked to the network, accusing them of violating its policies against coordinated inauthentic behaviour.“These latest networks experimented with a range of tactics we haven’t seen in China-based operations before,” Meta said in its quarterly Adversarial Threat Report, published on Wednesday.

Another account that Meta said was run by the network focused more closely on divisive issues in the US, including police brutality, crime and LGBT rights. Meta said that, while the network took steps to conceal its origins and the identities of those involved, it had found links to a Chinese company called Xi’an Tianwendian Network Technology.Chinese company records seen by AFP showed the company’s boss had the same name as a Chinese national listed as a director of London New Europe Ltd in the UK.AFP also sought to contact New Europe Observation on Thursday via an email address listed on its Twitter account but received no reply.

Russia has long been accused of operating “troll farms” in a bid to influence public opinion in the West, with China not having been regarded as advanced in that area.

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