‘We remain committed to maintaining an open and authentic platform where people debate topics of public interest,’ X noted
The social media platform X announced that it performed a probe regarding “suspected Chinese inauthentic accounts” participating in influence efforts, uncovering a bot farm of around 200,000 accounts, of which 200 accounts were posting in a way that could distort true debate regarding U.S. artificial intelligence and energy policy.
“The X Safety team conducted an investigation into suspected Chinese inauthentic accounts involved in influence operations: We identified a bot farm of approximately 200,000 accounts. Within this farm, we found 200 accounts posting in a manner that could manipulate a legitimate debate about American AI and energy policy,” the post on the X Global Government Affairs account noted.
“These posts contained claims that AI data centers are driving up household electricity prices and straining the grid. Others included AI-generated cartoons that depicted data-center operators enriching themselves at the public’s expense,” the post continued.
China tried to pile onto a fight Americans already started.