NEW: The “New Europe Observation” looked just like another far-right online media outlet. But something more sinister was at work.
Social media giant Meta announced on Wednesday that it had booted 107 accounts in a-linked network behind the phony news outlet dubbed the New Europe Observation. The outlet, which Meta researchers say was linked to a Chinese technology company, appeared aimed at trying to stir up unrest in European countries.
The New Europe Observation network pushes its propaganda differently than other China-based troll networks, which often use bulk spam techniques. Instead, it follows the kinds of tactics used by Russia’s Internet Research Agency troll farm.
“It’s the first time we’ve seen Chinese [coordinated inauthentic behavior] networks recruiting freelancers, working at an NGO, running a front company in the West,” Ben Nimmo, Meta’s global threat intelligence chief, tells. “They’re still struggling to build an audience. They are experimenting, but they are experimenting with tactics that we’ve seen for years.”
In one case, the trolls tried to hire protesters for a demonstration against favorite right-wing boogeyman, liberal financier“We are hiring part-timers to bring your placards with a slogan ‘Soros, we don’t want refugee camps’ for a photo taking activity just opposite the Hungarian Parliament Building,” the outlet’s Twitter account announced in August 2022.
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