Canadian spy agency said on Monday, March 24 that India and China can try to intervene in its upcoming general election. This allegation has been made when Canada’s relations with these two countries are strong.Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced to hold a mid -day elections on March 28 in the country. Addressing a press conference on this election, Vanessa Lloyd, Deputy Director of Canada’s security intelligence service (CSIS) Operation, said that the opposing countries (hostel state actors) are taking help of Artificial Intelligence rapidly to intervene in the elections.
He said, “PRC (People’s Republic of China) may use AI-competent tools to try to interfere in Canada’s democratic process in this current election.” Lloyd said that China may use social media to promote a nervous nervous nervous and “there is a highly prone to the Chinese ethnic, cultural and religious communities in Canada using” secret and misleading “means.
He said, “We have also seen that the Government of India has the intention and ability to intervene in Canadian communities and democratic processes to claim its geopolitical influence.”
Both countries who have denied previous allegations of intervention, ie India and China have not said anything about new allegations so far.
Lloyd also said that Russia has tried to create a “spread network” on social media and news websites which extends the side of Kremlin. He said, “It is possible that Russia will use these online networks to run a campaign of intervention from the manipulation of foreign information and intervention.”
He also alleged that Pakistan could conduct interference activities against Canada “according to its strategic objectives”.
Let us know that in September 2023, former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had alleged the involvement of New Delhi in the murder of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Since then, tension has increased between India and Canada. India has rejected the charge as “absurd”.