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September 24, 2020 Washington: Facebook has detected limited Chinese operations intended to both help and hurt President Donald Trump’s reelection chances, the company announced on Tuesday, the first public disclosure of Chinese efforts to influence the presidential election in November. The Chinese activity, while modest and not directly attributed to the government in Beijing, could undercut Trump’s repeated contention that China is intervening in the election to support former vice-president Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate. While the intelligence community has assessed that China opposes Trump’s reelection, officials said this week that the actions on Facebook so far were small and...
