When wildfires swept across Maui last month with destructive fury, China’s increasingly resourceful information warriors pounced.

The disaster was not natural, they said in a flurry of false posts that spread across the internet, but was th…

Researchers say they’ve discovered 85 social media accounts and blogs originating from China and working in tandem to amplify a conspiracy theory claiming the deadly fires in Maui were caused by a secretive “weather weapon” unleashed by the…

Mistrust on cause of Maui fire fueled by Chinese disinformation

Erika Pless, with a mask to filter out dust, looks towards a field near the alleged origin of the West Maui Wildfire, in Lahaina on the island of Maui, Hawaii, Wednesday, Aug. …

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A disinformation campaign that sprung up almost immediately after wildfires ravaged Maui was spread by China and Russia, researchers have concluded.

And, they say, that campaign made the government’s response to t…