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A network of fake social media accounts linked to the Chinese government pushed Americans to protest anti-Asian violence and dismiss the idea that the coronavirus was created in a Chinese lab. A report from cybersecurity firm Mandiant and a Google research team found that thousands of accounts on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and other platforms were involved in the network. They called on Americans, specifically New Yorkers, to show up for protests against anti-Asian discrimination and “fight back” against theories that the COVID-19 virus was created in a Chinese lab in Wuhan. The Twitter and Facebook accounts largely pushed #StopAsianHate, a...
