A pro-China propaganda group reportedly ran a targeted social media campaign to undermine the US rare earth industry | Businessinsider

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A pro-China propaganda group reportedly ran a targeted social media campaign to undermine the US rare earth industry

REUTERS/Melanie Burton.The group used fake accounts posing as Texas residents opposed to a new rare earths plant.

The campaign specifically targeted the mining companies to"thwart rivalry" to China's dominance in the sector, Mandiant added. Mandiant said the propaganda campaigners used the fake accounts — including accounts pretending to be local residents — to claim that the Texas plant would expose residents to radioactive contamination and would create unrepairable environmental damage.

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BISouthAfrica You have to give these countries credit, our government is struggling to wrap their heads around the electricity issue. Countries like China are working us and we aren't even their citizens... Yet. Now that is proactive.

BISouthAfrica You yourselves are the propaganda of South Africa.

BISouthAfrica At least you aren't talking about Zim things today

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