Chinese Agents Impersonated Texans on Social Media to Sabotage Critical US Rare Earth Minerals Plant

30 Jun 2022 | Abstracted from American Military News

"Chinese agents pretending to be concerned Texans executed an online disinformation campaign against a company building a rare earth minerals facility in Texas for the Department of Defense...The Pentagon later released a statement confirming...findings.

"...pro-China disinformation campaign used fake social media accounts to cast doubt on Lynas Rare Earth Ltd. and other mining firms in an effort to weaken the rare earth minerals supply..."

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