Chinese Bot Farm

X just suspended a 200,000-account Chinese bot farm today. Here's what you need to know.

X's Global Government Affairs team and X Safety investigated suspected Chinese inauthentic accounts running influence operations on the platform. They found a bot farm of roughly 200,000… https://t.co/YPzyyTHEi0 pic.twitter.com/yF3FMpzHTR

— AGTP (@AGTPinsights) August 28, 2026

… accounts total.

Within that farm, X identified about 200 accounts posting in a way meant to manipulate legitimate U.S. debate over AI data centers and energy policy. Many of these accounts posed as ordinary Americans, and their posts pushed claims that AI data centers are driving up electricity costs.

Key numbers:
- ~200,000 total accounts in the bot farm
- ~200 accounts targeting AI data center and energy policy debate

X says the accounts have been suspended, and the platform frames this as part of a broader pattern of foreign influence operations shaping U.S. policy discussions.