A Canadian task force has reported coordinated malicious activity from China aimed at Chrystia Freeland, a candidate to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The campaign reportedly originated from a WeChat account tied to the Chinese government and involved multiple news accounts on the platform. This incident adds to ongoing concerns regarding China's interference in Canadian elections, as previous investigations indicated that China is a high-priority target for influence operations in Canada. Freeland expressed her resolve against these attempts on a social media platform.
"The launch of this information operation was traced to WeChat's most popular news account an anonymous blog that has been previously linked by experts at the China Digital Times to the People's Republic of China."
"The department had already briefed the Liberal Party and members of Freeland's campaign team."
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