This was announced by AR on Thursday, Ukrinform reported.

“Anonymous individuals in China set up thousands of fake social media accounts pretending to belong to Americans and used them to spread polarizing political content in an effort to divide the US population ahead of next year’s elections,” the release said. The statement was included.

It was also announced that the fake network had nearly 4.8 thousand fake accounts. The accounts featured fake photos, names and places that appeared to be ordinary American Facebook users discussing political topics.

At the same time, to create the appearance of authenticity, the network distributed posts from the X network, formerly known as Twitter, created by politicians, media and other real users.

The network was discovered and shut down by the technology company that owns Facebook and Instagram.

As reported, other countries have repeatedly used American technology platforms to sow discord and distrust. Moreover, the activities of such fake networks were mostly aimed at influencing election results in democratic countries.