China-Linked Campaign Harasses Dissident's Teenage Daughter
Deng Yuwen, a prominent Chinese writer now living in exile in suburban Philadelphia, has regularly criticized China and its authoritarian leader, Xi Jinping. China’s response of late has been harsh, with scathing and menacingly personal online attacks.According to researchers at Clemson University and Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, a secret propaganda network linked to the country’s security services bombarded not only Mr. Deng but also his teenage daughter with sexually suggestive and threatening posts on popular social media platforms.The content, posted by users with false identities, appeared in replies to Mr Deng’s posts on social media platform X, as well as on the accounts of public schools in their community, where his daughter, who is 16, was falsely portrayed as a drug ...










