A network of “bot-like” social media accounts that targeted Liberal Leader Mark Carney in the lead-up to the federal election claimed a firm where he used to work will benefit from the party’s “net zero agenda.”
The suspected bot network appeared to suggest without evidence that the global investment firm Brookfield would benefit from Carney’s rise to power, according to an analysis from Climate Action Against Disinformation.
Based in Washington, D.C., and made up of a coalition of more than 50 climate and anti-disinformation organizations, the group tracked hundreds of accounts across YouTube and X.com in the lead-up to the election. CAAD policy co-chair Michael Khoo said the activity targeting Carney has all the hallmarks
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