Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and dozens of Canadian MPs have been targeted by a ‘spamouflage’ campaign from China, said Global Affairs Canada (GAC). The agency’s Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) detected the campaign in which a bot network left thousands of comments in English and French on the social media accounts of Canadian MPs, the GAC said in a statement issued on Oct. 23. The incident was first detected in early August 2023 and accelerated in scale over the September long weekend, said the GAC. “This campaign targeted dozens of MPs from across the political spectrum and spanning multiple geographic regions of Canada, including the Prime Minister, the leader of the Official Opposition, and several members of Cabinet,” the statement said....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/chinas-spamouflage-campaign-targets-trudeau-poilievre-mps-global-affairs-canada-5515166