Kathmandu, Dec 29: Meta has closed approximately 4,800 fake accounts relating to China-based influence campaign for spreading polarising contents about the United States politics before the 2024 presidential polls, it has been said.
According to Meta, the people in question posted about US politics and US-China relations. The same people criticised both sides of the US political sphere.
The accounts are found to have re-shared genuine posts by politicians and news medias under fake identified, said Meta.
The motive behind these activities was unclear, it said. It may be to increase partisan tensions or built audiences among these politicians’ supporters, it has been said.
