American political candidate Xiong Yan. In September 2022, Meta Platforms removed fake accounts linked to a China-based influence operation ahead of the 2022 United States elections. In October 2022, Mandiant reported that Chinese state-backed advanced persistent threat group Dragonbridge was attempting to dissuade Americans from voting in the 2022 midterm elections via fake social media accounts and falsified news articles. In early November 2022, Twitter disrupted several China-based fake account networks aimed at influencing the U.S. midterms. Venezuela 1958 election (by Soviet Union) The Soviet Union covertly supported Wolfgang Larrazábal who represented a Democratic Republican Union-Communist Party of Venezuela coalition in the 1958 Venezuelan general election. Wolfgang lost to Rómulo Betancourt of Democratic Action. Vietnam 1971 election (by United States) According to documents provided by the State Department Office of the Historian, the US government carried out a number of covert actions to ensure that Nguyễn Văn Thiệu would get elected. The CIA covertly funded Thiệu and his political allies, as well as pressuring political parties to act in a compliant way. References Further reading Electoral fraud Ethically disputed political practices