The Chinese government has built up the world’s largest known online disinformation operation and is using it to harass US residents, politicians, and businesses at times threatening its targets with violence, a CNN review of court documents and public disclosures by social media companies has found.
Much attention has been drawn to the fake elector schemes in Georgia and Michigan where local and state authorities charged some participants for election crimes this past summer. But in
Dozens of states sued Instagram-parent Meta on Tuesday, accusing the social media giant of harming young users’ mental health through allegedly addictive features such as infinite news feeds and frequent notifications that demand users’ constant attention.