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Fake accounts gain traction as they praise China, mock US

by Amanda Seitz
| February 4, 2021 8:03 AM

A pro-China network of fake and imposter accounts found a global audience on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter to mock the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the deadly riot in Washington that left five dead, new research published Thursday found.

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