Both China and Russia used social media to promote conspiracy theories about the causes of the Lahaina fire.
"The disaster was not natural, [China's information warriors] said in a flurry of false posts that spread across the internet, but was the result of a secret “weather weapon” being tested by the United States."
"a coordinated Russian campaign began on Twitter, the social media platform now known as X, on Aug. 9, a day after the fires started."
