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X Finds 200 Accounts Behind A Chinese Bot Farm's Data Center Posts

X ties those posts to a wider network of nearly two hundred thousand accounts, most of which never touched the subject.

  • 200 accounts inside the cluster posted content specifically opposing US data center construction.
  • X classifies the full network, near 200,000 accounts, as Chinese in origin and coordinated.
  • X's report never names President Trump, despite headlines crediting him with the warning.

Why it matters: Two hundred accounts among two hundred thousand is the finding; the headline's hero appears nowhere in the source.

X Global Government Affairs (@GlobalAffairs) post ↗ · Aug 28, 20268/28/26