🚨 JUST IN: X has just rooted out a Chinese bot farm of 200,000 THOUSAND accounts influencing American politics, with hundreds of them running an influence operation against the construction of data centers in the US
The posts claimed that AI data centers "drive up household electricity prices" and "strain the grid"
"Others included AI-generated cartoons that depicted data-center operators enriching themselves at the public's expense."
"We take seriously any attempts to undermine the integrity of the global town square and suspend accounts that violate our Authenticity policy."
Good! Purge them all! @elonmusk
On August 22, 2026, Italian border police at Milan Malpensa Airport intercepted a Chinese national in her 40s, revoking her EU residency and issuing a 15-year re-entry ban over covert surveillance.
An investigation by Turin Digos, Italy's special operations police unit, exposed her ties to a local Chinese chamber of commerce used to fund stalkers targeting political dissidents. Her primary target was Teacher Li (@whyyoutouzhele), a prominent Chinese activist living under police protection after documenting China's 2022 White Paper anti-lockdown protests.
This incident marks the ninth expulsion by Italian authorities in 2026, following the deportation of eight operatives in March for state-sponsored intimidation. The broader crackdown was triggered by human rights watchdog Safeguard Defenders, which uncovered 11 illegal Chinese overseas police stations operating across Italy.
Italian security officials are enforcing a clear red line, refusing to allow local business groups to serve as fronts for transnational repression on European soil.