Ask an Expert: When PR Looks Like Press: Tracking China's Spoofed Media Domains
An exclusive look at the vast network of inauthentic domains linked to China-based actors, revealing an operation far larger and more commercially complex than previously documented.
Overview
This on-demand Ask an Expert webinar breaks down Graphika’s latest investigation into a sprawling network of spoofed media domains linked to China-based actors.
Graphika analysts examine how these operations imitate legitimate international news outlets, amplify pro-China and anti-U.S. narratives, and rely on interconnected companies and digital infrastructure to scale influence across languages and platforms. The session highlights where commercial PR and marketing activity intersects with state-aligned influence operations—blurring the line between persuasion and manipulation.
What You’ll Learn
- Mapping Spoofed Media Networks: How we traced Chinese PR and marketing companies imitating legitimate media outlets.
- Amplification by Influence Operations: How well-known Chinese influence operations are amplifying content from these spoofed outlets.
- Cross-Language Targeting Strategies: How these networks are targeting both Chinese and English speaking audiences.
- Corporate and Infrastructure Support: Learn about the corporate entities that support these companies and digital assets.
Who Should Watch
- Threat Intelligence & Cybersecurity Teams: Analysts monitoring influence operations, information warfare, and coordinated inauthentic behavior.
- Government & Policy Professionals: Teams focused on national security, public trust, election integrity, and foreign influence.
- Trust & Safety Leaders: Platform teams responsible for detecting abuse, manipulation, and deceptive media networks.
- Brand Protection & Communications Teams: Professionals concerned with reputational risk, media impersonation, and narrative manipulation.
- Researchers & Investigators: Anyone interested in OSINT, network analysis, and the evolving tactics behind modern influence operations.
Originally Aired
Wednesday, January 28, 2026, this webinar is now available on-demand for you to explore at your convenience.
Margot Fulde-Hardy researches Chinese online influence operations targeting global audiences. Additionally, she conducts investigations related to foreign information manipulation and interference campaigns targeting electoral contexts. Margot is also a FIMI-ISAC member and co-chair of OASIS Open source project DAD-CDM technical steering committee, where she supports the research on creating a common data model for FIMI campaigns, drawing on her expertise on STIX, TTPs, and OpenCTI.
Lili specializes in tracking and analyzing Chinese influence operations targeting global audiences and democratic processes. Additionally, she has expertise in tracking AI-enabled inauthentic behavior, platform abuse, and nation-state cyber threats. At Graphika, she has led investigations into networks of fake news domains and threats to commercial interests.
Angie Waller
Intelligence Specialist, Growth
Angie is a computational linguist and product designer who studies AI systems and vulnerabilities that emerge on social media platforms.
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