X Suspends 200k Chinese Bot Farm Accused of Manipulating AI Data Center Debate
MichaelWaitze · x · 2026-08-30
X's Global Government Affairs and Safety teams suspended roughly 200,000 suspected inauthentic accounts. About 200 of these were found to be targeting U.S. debates on AI data centers and energy policy, posing as Americans to push claims that data centers are driving up electricity costs.
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