Canada said it has detected a misinformation campaign targeting a member of its parliament on the Chinese instant-messaging app WeChat.
Ednews informs via BBC that Conservative politician Michael Chong was allegedly the target of posts sharing "misleading narratives" about his background, his family's heritage and his political views.
Global Affairs Canada (GAC) said it is "highly probable" that China was behind the WeChat campaign against him.
China has denied the accusations.
Canadian officials are seldom forthcoming about information related to foreign interference and the allegations were revealed in a rare statement by GAC on Wednesday.
The department cautioned it is difficult to definitively trace the attacks back to China because of the nature of the campaign.
"Unequivocal proof that China ordered and directed the operation is not possible to determine due to the covert nature of how social media networks are leveraged in this type of information campaign," it said.