OTTAWA (Reuters) -- A Canadian task force said on Friday that malicious news articles originating on Chinese social media tried to disparage former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, who is running to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the leader of the Liberal Party.
The Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections Task Force (SITE) said it detected "coordinated and malicious activity" targeting Freeland that was traced to an anonymous but popular news account on Chinese social media platform WeChat.
