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OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – According to an analysis conducted by a federal research unit, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) may have tried to influence the outcome of the Canadian 2021 federal election through the spread of disinformation about the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC).
According to a report obtained by the Canadian Press through the Access to Information Act, an analysis acquired one week before the September 20, 2021, federal election by Rapid Response Mechanism Canada (RRMC) found that China-based social media apps were riddled with CCP disinformation about the Conservative Party.
Chinese-based social media platforms include WeChat, Weibo, Xigua, Bilibili, and Douyin.
The RRMC analysis indicated that the Chinese social media apps were put through a digital forensic scan using web archives along with other techniques.
The RRMC analysis showed that the CCP news organization the Global Times started to report about the Conservative Party in the middle of September.
On Douyin, which is like TikTok, China’s
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