Summary

A Canadian task force detected a “coordinated and malicious” online campaign linked to China, targeting Chrystia Freeland, a candidate to replace Justin Trudeau as prime minister.

The campaign was traced to a WeChat news account linked to the Chinese government, with over 30 accounts participating. China’s embassy has not responded, but Beijing has denied interference allegations.

This follows previous claims of Chinese election meddling.

Freeland stated she “will not be intimidated.” Trudeau remains PM until a new Liberal leader is chosen on March 9.

    • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      A lot of people associate Carney with Trudeau as he’s been advising Trudeau for a while now.

      A lot of people think Freeland was the best part of the current government.