Discussion

• @zaidjilani Zaid Jilani on x

  Looks like China is learning from Russia. But like Russia, I doubt their social media manipulation plays a big role in the spread of panics online, America is pretty good at that without any help. https://www.wsj.com/...

• @kennymxu Kenny Xu on x

  This revelation shows two things: 1) China loves the U.S. woke war and 2) Many progressive Asian Americans are so indoctrinated into their racial identity they would fall for this. https://www.wsj.com/...

• @lilkuo Lily Kuo on x

  In one example, the network of fake social-media accounts linked to China encouraged Asian-Americans to show up to a protest in New York City to “fight back” against unsubstantiated theories Covid-19 was deliberately engineered in a Chinese lab. https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ

• @shanehuntley Shane Huntley on x

  Back in 2019 we disabled channels on YouTube when we discovered this network behaving in a coordinated manner while uploading videos related to the ongoing protests in Hong Kong. https://blog.google/...

• @shanehuntley Shane Huntley on x

  It really is amazing for all the effort put in how LITTLE engagement these channels get from real viewers. Internally I joke that DRAGONBRIDGE probably gets more views from disinformation researchers than real users.

• @drlimengyan1 Dr. Li-Meng Yan on x

  The analysis of CCP's propaganda against #COVID19 origin is based on numerous attacks & smears towards me & the Yan Reports Clearly, misinformation is spread by CCP with multi-languages,which is a critical tactic in their unrestricted bioweapon strategies! https://www.fireeye.com…

• @greggsmith0351 Gregg Smith on x

  At some point soon - the Biden Admin is going to have to put on its big boy trousers (or whatever the big girl equivalent is) and take on China like the enemy of America that they are https://twitter.com/...

• @byron_wan Byron Wan on x

  We've now observed this pro-PRC activity taking place on 30 social media platforms and over 40 additional websites and niche forums, and in additional languages including Russian, German, Spanish, Korean, and Japanese. Accounts in the pro-PRC 1/2 https://www.fireeye.com/...

• @isaacstonefish Isaac Stone Fish on x

  “The activity represents the first known example of suspected China-linked actors targeting Americans with the apparent goal of encouraging them to attend real-world demonstrations.” https://www.wsj.com/...

• @wsj @wsj on x

  Fake social-media accounts linked to the Chinese government tried to draw Americans out to real-world protests against racism and anti-Chinese Covid-19 rhetoric, according to U.S. security firms. “They're copying the Kremlin's playbook.” https://www.wsj.com/...

• @jmichaelwaller J Michael Waller on x

  Pro-Chinese Communist Party online network used fake accounts to rile up Asian-Americans to protest “racism” and “hate” in US. https://www.wsj.com/...

• @kaylintrychon Kaylin Trychon on x

  “The most significant features of this network remain its scale and persistence, in spite of low engagement levels,” explains @Google TAG director @ShaneHuntley https://twitter.com/...

• @dnvolz Dustin Volz on x

  Fake social-media accounts linked to China tried to draw Americans out to real-world protests against Asian American racism and anti-Chinese Covid-19 rhetoric, according to Mandiant and Google, a tactic that echoes Russia's 2016 election interference. https://www.wsj.com/...

• @shanehuntley Shane Huntley on x

  Importantly engagement with their posts is largely inauthentic, coming primarily from other DRAGONBRIDGE accounts and not from genuine users. Among our detections, the majority of channels and videos have zero subscribers or views, respectively.

• @shanehuntley Shane Huntley on x

  Much of their activity is posting spammy content in Mandarin such as videos of animals, music, food, etc. A small fraction will then post videos on current events. Defining feature of the messaging is pushing pro-PRC talking points often targeted towards Chinese speakers.

• @johnhultquist John Hultquist on x

  This Chinese information ops campaign continues to grow. 30 social media platforms and 7 languages now. They are now trying to orchestrate demonstrations in the US. Great work by our information ops team. @LeeFosterIntel's Mandiant swan song. https://www.fireeye.com/...

• @shanehuntley Shane Huntley on x

  Today @FireEye published a piece on on a pro-PRC coordinated influence actor: https://www.fireeye.com/... Google's TAG has been tracking this actor for 2 years now and we internally call it DRAGONBRIDGE. Some observations: 🧵