China’s Spamouflage disinformation crew has been targeting US Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) with its fake news campaigns over the past couple of months, trolling the Republican lawmaker’s official X account and posting negative stories about Rubio on Reddit and Medium. This is according to Clemson University researchers Darren Linvill and Patrick Warren, who note that this isn’t the first time that the Beijing-linked trolls have set their sights on Rubio.

Source: The Register