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Facebook owner Meta Platforms said on Wednesday that it has removed accounts used by an influence operation originating in China that promoted claims of a fake “Swiss biologist”, saying the United States was interfering in the search for the origin of COVID-19. Meta said in a report that the social media campaign was “largely unsuccessful” and targeted English-speaking audiences in the United States and Britain, and Chinese-speaking audiences in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Tibet. The claims of “Swiss biologist” Wilson Edwards were widely cited by Chinese state media in July. In August, several Chinese newspapers removed the comments and articles...
