A Chinese social media operation that aims to whip up political anger in the West has called for the overthrow of a foreign government when impersonating protesters criticising flood relief efforts in Spain, online analysis outfit Graphika said.

New York-based Graphika said an operation dubbed Spamouflage, which it believed was linked to the Chinese state, posed this month as human rights group Safeguard Defenders to spread online calls for the government to be toppled in response to the catastrophic floods in October that killed 224 people.

“This is the first time we have seen Spamouflage directly calling to overthrow a foreign government,” Graphika said in its latest report.

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    1 day ago

    The only source is Graphika, a US based research group that I haven’t heard of before, which according to Wikipedia is known for investigating China only and that has started in 2021. US media is currently blasting China on every front for damaging fragile ego of Sam Altman, hence I’m looking for any different perspective.