Facebook uncovers fake Chinese experts targeting english-speaking audiences in US, UK
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Meta, which owns Facebook, has deactivated over 500 accounts tied to a Chinese-based internet misinformation network. The accounts pushed the allegations of a fictitious Swiss scientist named "Wilson Edwards," who claimed the US was interfering with the search for Covid-19's origins, a media report said. Chinese official media channels prominently covered Edwards' remarks.