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by samspenc 1666 days ago
> A disinformation network with ties to China used hundreds of fake social media accounts—including one belonging to a fictitious Swiss biologist—to spread an unfounded claim that the U.S. pressured scientists to blame China for the coronavirus, Facebook said Wednesday.

That's not even a "fake scientist", that's a ... fictitious non-existent scientist.