There is a reason why the AFP won’t call out China

There is a reason why the AFP won’t call out China

Intelligence identifies China as the state actor posing the gravest threat to Australia - but the country’s top cop can’t publicly say so.

  • byNick McKenzie

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Two arrested setting up Chinese ‘secret police station’ in New York

Two arrested setting up Chinese ‘secret police station’ in New York

“We cannot and will not tolerate the Chinese government’s persecution of pro-democracy activists who have sought refuge in this country,” Breon Peace,the top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn,told reporters.

  • byLuc Cohen
Russians brag that only 1 per cent of fake social media profiles are caught,leak shows

Russians brag that only 1 per cent of fake social media profiles are caught,leak shows

Intelligence and tech safety specialists cautioned that the Russian agency whose claims helped form the basis for the leaked document may have exaggerated its success rate.

  • byJoseph Menn
Tiktok a hotbed of Russian war propaganda,report shows

Tiktok a hotbed of Russian war propaganda,report shows

A year after Russia invaded Ukraine,more than a third of 80 TikTok accounts operated by Russian state outlets were not labelled as propaganda by the platform.

  • byDavid Klepper
China finds unlikely friend in Utah as tensions with Washington rise

China finds unlikely friend in Utah as tensions with Washington rise

China and its proxies spent years aggressively courting the state’s leaders in ways that raise national security concerns.

  • byAlan Suderman andSam Metz
Justin Trudeau bows to pressure,lets top aide testify on Chinese election meddling in Canada

Justin Trudeau bows to pressure,lets top aide testify on Chinese election meddling in Canada

Justin Trudeau says that China attempted to meddle in the 2019 and 2021 polls,but did not change the outcome. Conservatives want more answers.

  • byIsmail Shakil
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Release the bots:Thousands of pro-Trump accounts attack DeSantis,Haley

Release the bots:Thousands of pro-Trump accounts attack DeSantis,Haley

When it came to Ron DeSantis,the bots aggressively suggested that the Florida governor couldn’t beat Trump,but would be a great running mate.

  • byDavid Klepper
Federal police to blitz foreign interference in multicultural communities

Federal police to blitz foreign interference in multicultural communities

In a campaign to begin on Monday,the AFP will ramp up its fight against foreign interference operations in Australia’s multicultural communities.

  • byJames Massola
Pro-Kremlin accounts buying up Twitter blue-check verifications:report

Pro-Kremlin accounts buying up Twitter blue-check verifications:report

Musk has boosted one of the accounts by replying to its tweets,including one spreading a lie that thousands of NATO troops had died in Ukraine.

  • byJoseph Menn
‘Total confidence’:Trudeau reassures Canadians amid reports of China’s election meddling

‘Total confidence’:Trudeau reassures Canadians amid reports of China’s election meddling

Included in the classified reports is the revelation that China’s former consul-general in Vancouver boasted in 2021 about how she helped defeat two Conservative MPs,a newspaper reported.

  • byBrian Platt
‘We’re not afraid’:Australia-based Russians taking on Putin

‘We’re not afraid’:Australia-based Russians taking on Putin

Russia’s propaganda is legendary and full of tentacles. This group of people are fighting against it.

  • byChris Zappone