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Debunked: The Chinese regime’s #disinformation campaign on genocide
An overseas Uyghur advocate has pointed out that it was “paid makeshift actors” and not persecuted people who recently appeared in the communist party’s #propaganda productions to refute the international community’s accusation of genocide against the ethnic minority in #Xinjiang.
The so-called Uyghur representatives spoke fluent Chinese after allegedly learning the language from scratch in a little over 6 months while detained in “training camps.” One of the speakers had even appeared in another CCP propaganda video with a totally different backstory last year.
These people who appear in the #CCP’s foreign propaganda have no choice but to act in this “political show,” for their own safety and the safety of their families.
#MustRead:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinese-regimes-disinformation-campaign-on-uyghur-genocide-debunked_3761375.html?utm_medium=epochtimes&utm_source=telegram
An overseas Uyghur advocate has pointed out that it was “paid makeshift actors” and not persecuted people who recently appeared in the communist party’s #propaganda productions to refute the international community’s accusation of genocide against the ethnic minority in #Xinjiang.
The so-called Uyghur representatives spoke fluent Chinese after allegedly learning the language from scratch in a little over 6 months while detained in “training camps.” One of the speakers had even appeared in another CCP propaganda video with a totally different backstory last year.
These people who appear in the #CCP’s foreign propaganda have no choice but to act in this “political show,” for their own safety and the safety of their families.
#MustRead:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinese-regimes-disinformation-campaign-on-uyghur-genocide-debunked_3761375.html?utm_medium=epochtimes&utm_source=telegram
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Beijing Is Getting Better at Disinformation on Global Social Media
When China-linked networks of social media bots and trolls appeared on the global disinformation scene in 2019, most analysts concluded that their impact and reach were fairly limited, particularly in terms of engagement by real users and relative to more sophisticated actors in this realm, like the Russian regime. As many China watchers anticipated, that assessment now seems to be changing.
Several in-depth investigations published over the past two months by academic researchers, think tanks, news outlets, and cybersecurity companies have shed light on the evolution of disinformation campaigns originating in China. Some offer new insights on campaigns that peaked last spring, while others analyze more recent messaging, tactics, and accounts that have emerged since October 2020.
Source: The Diplomat #Mar30
https://thediplomat.com/2021/03/beijing-is-getting-better-at-disinformation-on-global-social-media/
#Beijing #Disinformation #Media
When China-linked networks of social media bots and trolls appeared on the global disinformation scene in 2019, most analysts concluded that their impact and reach were fairly limited, particularly in terms of engagement by real users and relative to more sophisticated actors in this realm, like the Russian regime. As many China watchers anticipated, that assessment now seems to be changing.
Several in-depth investigations published over the past two months by academic researchers, think tanks, news outlets, and cybersecurity companies have shed light on the evolution of disinformation campaigns originating in China. Some offer new insights on campaigns that peaked last spring, while others analyze more recent messaging, tactics, and accounts that have emerged since October 2020.
Source: The Diplomat #Mar30
https://thediplomat.com/2021/03/beijing-is-getting-better-at-disinformation-on-global-social-media/
#Beijing #Disinformation #Media
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#WolfWarrior #Disinformation
Chinese #ForeignMinister tells Germans ‘you know what #genocide looks like’
Source: Sydney Morning Herald #May27
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Chinese #ForeignMinister tells Germans ‘you know what #genocide looks like’
Source: Sydney Morning Herald #May27
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#WolfWarrior #Disinformation
Chinese #ForeignMinister tells Germans ‘you know what #genocide looks like’
//It is estimated that 1 million Uighurs have been detained in so-called re-education camps in Xinjiang.
China’s Foreign Minister #WangYi rejected academic research detailing the abuses, including forced labour and forced sterilisations of women.
#Uighur women who have been detained in the camps have detailed systemic rape, abuse and torture. China has refused to allow independent investigators into the camps and denies any abuses are taking place.
“There is no forced labour in China,” Wang said. “There’s no such thing [as] concentration camps in #Xinjiang.”
“And there’s no such thing as genocide - our European friends know what is genocide,” he said, referring to the Holocaust when Nazi Germany murdered 6 million Jews during World War II.
#Buetikofer, who leads the European Parliament’s China delegation, was one of the politicians sanctioned.
Buetikofer described as reckless Wang’s attempts to use the Holocaust to dismiss claims of crimes against humanity in Xinjiang.
“Wang Yi basically tells us ‘shut up, you shouldn’t talk’.
“The Holocaust should not be used as a diplomatic football for rhetorical gains,” he told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
“The fact of the matter is that it has been precisely because of our wretched history that we have built our democracies and European Union on the basis of adherence to human rights and the rule of law. For us it is an historic obligation.
“If this People’s Republic of China had nothing to hide, they would open up and allow a full independent investigation; no amount of aggressive wolf-warrior diplomacy will obscure the fact that they still have not done so,” he said.//
Read the article:
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/chinese-foreign-minister-tells-germans-you-know-what-genocide-looks-like-20210526-p57vdy.html
Source: Sydney Morning Herald #May27
Chinese #ForeignMinister tells Germans ‘you know what #genocide looks like’
//It is estimated that 1 million Uighurs have been detained in so-called re-education camps in Xinjiang.
China’s Foreign Minister #WangYi rejected academic research detailing the abuses, including forced labour and forced sterilisations of women.
#Uighur women who have been detained in the camps have detailed systemic rape, abuse and torture. China has refused to allow independent investigators into the camps and denies any abuses are taking place.
“There is no forced labour in China,” Wang said. “There’s no such thing [as] concentration camps in #Xinjiang.”
“And there’s no such thing as genocide - our European friends know what is genocide,” he said, referring to the Holocaust when Nazi Germany murdered 6 million Jews during World War II.
#Buetikofer, who leads the European Parliament’s China delegation, was one of the politicians sanctioned.
Buetikofer described as reckless Wang’s attempts to use the Holocaust to dismiss claims of crimes against humanity in Xinjiang.
“Wang Yi basically tells us ‘shut up, you shouldn’t talk’.
“The Holocaust should not be used as a diplomatic football for rhetorical gains,” he told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
“The fact of the matter is that it has been precisely because of our wretched history that we have built our democracies and European Union on the basis of adherence to human rights and the rule of law. For us it is an historic obligation.
“If this People’s Republic of China had nothing to hide, they would open up and allow a full independent investigation; no amount of aggressive wolf-warrior diplomacy will obscure the fact that they still have not done so,” he said.//
Read the article:
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/chinese-foreign-minister-tells-germans-you-know-what-genocide-looks-like-20210526-p57vdy.html
Source: Sydney Morning Herald #May27
The Sydney Morning Herald
Chinese foreign minister tells Germans ‘you know what genocide looks like’
During the Munich Security Conference, Wang Yi said sanctions imposed by the European Union over human rights violations in Xinjiang made China feel bullied.
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#Propaganda #CCPRules
China State Media Enlists Overseas #KOL and University Students to Promote the Chinese Communist Party
//China’s state TV station has been targeting British university campuses and offering students the chance to win thousands of pounds by becoming pro-Beijing social media influencers, The Times can reveal.
#CGTN had its broadcasting licence revokedand was taken off the air in Britain in February after an investigation by Ofcom, the media regulator, found that it was editorially controlled by the #ChineseCommunistParty.
The network has since launched a “#MediaChallengers” campaign to recruit internet influencers and vloggers globally, some of whom will promote China and counter western narratives that damage its image.
Successful applicants can win up to $10,000 and secure part-time or full-time jobs at CGTN, according to promotional documents.
At least six students at the University of Leeds and one at the University of Manchester have signed up to the campaign, The Times has found...
Hannah Bailey, an expert on Chinese digital disinformation at the Oxford Internet Institute, said: “If we have western social media influencers reading out China’s official line on particular issues, then domestic audiences might believe the Chinese Communist Party is admired by international audiences.” She said the CGTN campaign was “part of a broader trend that we’ve seen of China trying to increase its influence among university campuses”.//
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/china-state-tv-channel-cgtn-enlists-uk-student-influencers-dw9v5sbnc
Source: The Times #June12
#Brainwashing #Disinformation
China State Media Enlists Overseas #KOL and University Students to Promote the Chinese Communist Party
//China’s state TV station has been targeting British university campuses and offering students the chance to win thousands of pounds by becoming pro-Beijing social media influencers, The Times can reveal.
#CGTN had its broadcasting licence revokedand was taken off the air in Britain in February after an investigation by Ofcom, the media regulator, found that it was editorially controlled by the #ChineseCommunistParty.
The network has since launched a “#MediaChallengers” campaign to recruit internet influencers and vloggers globally, some of whom will promote China and counter western narratives that damage its image.
Successful applicants can win up to $10,000 and secure part-time or full-time jobs at CGTN, according to promotional documents.
At least six students at the University of Leeds and one at the University of Manchester have signed up to the campaign, The Times has found...
Hannah Bailey, an expert on Chinese digital disinformation at the Oxford Internet Institute, said: “If we have western social media influencers reading out China’s official line on particular issues, then domestic audiences might believe the Chinese Communist Party is admired by international audiences.” She said the CGTN campaign was “part of a broader trend that we’ve seen of China trying to increase its influence among university campuses”.//
Read full article:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/china-state-tv-channel-cgtn-enlists-uk-student-influencers-dw9v5sbnc
Source: The Times #June12
#Brainwashing #Disinformation
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China state TV channel CGTN enlists UK student influencers
China’s state TV station has been targeting British university campuses and offering students the chance to win thousands of pounds by becoming pro-Beijing social media influencers, The Times can reveal. CGTN had its broadcasting licence revoked and was taken…
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Tldr: more fake accounts to spam pro-CCP content
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I’m sure we have seen how these fake accounts “raid” comment sections with copy and pasted messages.
And if you’re on twitter, you may have seen copy and pasted tweets too.
That’s not all! CIR also found accounts that actually post content that are anti-“the west”.
Let’s hope these spam-ish accounts get removed. Social media platforms aren’t meant for robots.
#facebook #youtube #instagram #twitter #CCP #China #disinformation #AI
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I’m sure we have seen how these fake accounts “raid” comment sections with copy and pasted messages.
And if you’re on twitter, you may have seen copy and pasted tweets too.
That’s not all! CIR also found accounts that actually post content that are anti-“the west”.
Let’s hope these spam-ish accounts get removed. Social media platforms aren’t meant for robots.
#facebook #youtube #instagram #twitter #CCP #China #disinformation #AI
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Media is too big
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China uses military tactic-information warfare to its fullest potential outside of wars. It’s turned the strategy to disrupt enemy communication and intelligence into a global campaign of #Disinformation.
How does China use #InformationWarfare exactly? And more importantly, how does the Chinese Communist Party disseminate disinformation about the coronavirus origin.
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How does China use #InformationWarfare exactly? And more importantly, how does the Chinese Communist Party disseminate disinformation about the coronavirus origin.
🔥WATCH HERE 👉https://youtu.be/-FgkpPjQrLA
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Cringing so hard at the term “grandpa xi”
#CCP #China #Xi #Brainwashing #Education #meme #propaganda #disinformation #granpaXi #diyms #english
#CCP #China #Xi #Brainwashing #Education #meme #propaganda #disinformation #granpaXi #diyms #english
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Media is too big
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#China uses #informationwarfare to its fullest potential—disrupting enemy communication and intelligence and creating a global campaign of #disinformation.
🔥Watch here👉https://youtu.be/-FgkpPjQrLA
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Media is too big
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How does the #CCP use information warfare to disseminate #disinformation about the #CCPVirus origin?
🔥Watch here👉https://youtu.be/-FgkpPjQrLA
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They blame anyone but themselves 🤷🏻♂️
#CCP #Disinformation #COVID #coronavirus #china #US #lobster #wuhan #covid19
#CCP #Disinformation #COVID #coronavirus #china #US #lobster #wuhan #covid19
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Marcel Schliebs is a #Disinformation researcher at the University of Oxford. He's been tracking messages that pro-Beijing social media accounts have spread around #Twitter for the past 18 months, and he's found a surprising #VirusOrigin theory.
🔶 Watch the full episode👉https://youtu.be/Pt37mTzjubY
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Marcel Schliebs is a #Disinformation researcher at the University of Oxford. He's been tracking messages that pro-Beijing social media accounts have spread around #Twitter for the past 18 months, and he's found a surprising #VirusOrigin theory.
🔶 Watch the full episode👉https://youtu.be/Pt37mTzjubY
🔶 Watch the full episode👉https://youtu.be/Pt37mTzjubY
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#Cybersecurity #FakeNews
Facebook takes down China-based network spreading false COVID-19 claims
//The parent company of #Facebook and #Instagram said on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, it has taken down more than 600 accounts, pages and groups connected to a Chinese influence operation spreading #COVID19 #disinformation, including an account purporting to be a fictitious Swiss biologist.
The China-based network was one of six #Meta, formerly know as Facebook, removed in November for abusing its platforms, a reminder that bad actors around the world are using social media to promote false information and harass opponents.
The China-based operation came to light after the company was alerted to an account purporting to be a Swiss biologist named Wilson Edwards (no such person exists). The account posted claims on Facebook and Twitter in July that the U.S. was pressuring World Health Organization scientists to blame China for the COVID-19 virus. The posts alleging U.S. intimidation soon appeared in Chinese state media stories.//
Image: Stand News
Source: NPR #Dec1
https://www.npr.org/2021/12/01/1060645940/facebook-takes-down-china-based-fake-covid-claims
#FakeIdentity #MadeInChina #CCPControls #CCP #Regime
Facebook takes down China-based network spreading false COVID-19 claims
//The parent company of #Facebook and #Instagram said on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, it has taken down more than 600 accounts, pages and groups connected to a Chinese influence operation spreading #COVID19 #disinformation, including an account purporting to be a fictitious Swiss biologist.
The China-based network was one of six #Meta, formerly know as Facebook, removed in November for abusing its platforms, a reminder that bad actors around the world are using social media to promote false information and harass opponents.
The China-based operation came to light after the company was alerted to an account purporting to be a Swiss biologist named Wilson Edwards (no such person exists). The account posted claims on Facebook and Twitter in July that the U.S. was pressuring World Health Organization scientists to blame China for the COVID-19 virus. The posts alleging U.S. intimidation soon appeared in Chinese state media stories.//
Image: Stand News
Source: NPR #Dec1
https://www.npr.org/2021/12/01/1060645940/facebook-takes-down-china-based-fake-covid-claims
#FakeIdentity #MadeInChina #CCPControls #CCP #Regime
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#Propaganda #CCP
Buying Influence: How China Manipulates #Facebook and #Twitter
//...a new set of documents reviewed by The New York Times reveals in stark detail how Chinese officials tap private businesses to generate content on demand, draw followers, track critics and provide other services for information campaigns. That operation increasingly plays out on international platforms like Facebook and Twitter, which the Chinese government blocks at home.
The documents, which were part of a request for bids from contractors, offer a rare glimpse into how China’s vast bureaucracy works to spread propaganda and to sculpt opinion on global social media. They were taken offline after The Times contacted the Chinese government about them...
A separate document reviewed by The Times shows that the same local branch of Shanghai police purchased video-making services from a different company in November. The police asked the supplier to provide at least 20 videos a month and to distribute those on domestic and overseas social media. The document referred to the task as original video production that would be used to fight the “battle of public opinion.”
Earlier this year, a New York Times and ProPublica analysis showed howthousands of videos portraying members of the Uyghur ethnic minority living happy and free lives were a key part of an information campaign that Twitter ultimately attributed to the Chinese Communist Party...
Work like what Shanghai Cloud Link pitched is likely just the tip of the iceberg. Local governments and police across China have put out similar requests for services to influence overseas social media, but often in vague terms. Occasionally, specifics are revealed.
In 2017, for instance, the police in Inner Mongolia purchased software that allowed government trolls to post directly to multiple social media sites, inside and outside of China, according to documents reviewed by The Times.
In another case, a contractor had downloaded hundreds of access credentials for Facebook’s public feed, allowing it to collect data about who commented on which posts and when.//
Read the full article:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/20/technology/china-facebook-twitter-influence-manipulation.htmlb
Source: New York Times #Dec20
#Manipulation #PublicOpinionManagement #SocialMedia #Meta #Disinformation #MadeinChina #CCPRules
Buying Influence: How China Manipulates #Facebook and #Twitter
//...a new set of documents reviewed by The New York Times reveals in stark detail how Chinese officials tap private businesses to generate content on demand, draw followers, track critics and provide other services for information campaigns. That operation increasingly plays out on international platforms like Facebook and Twitter, which the Chinese government blocks at home.
The documents, which were part of a request for bids from contractors, offer a rare glimpse into how China’s vast bureaucracy works to spread propaganda and to sculpt opinion on global social media. They were taken offline after The Times contacted the Chinese government about them...
A separate document reviewed by The Times shows that the same local branch of Shanghai police purchased video-making services from a different company in November. The police asked the supplier to provide at least 20 videos a month and to distribute those on domestic and overseas social media. The document referred to the task as original video production that would be used to fight the “battle of public opinion.”
Earlier this year, a New York Times and ProPublica analysis showed howthousands of videos portraying members of the Uyghur ethnic minority living happy and free lives were a key part of an information campaign that Twitter ultimately attributed to the Chinese Communist Party...
Work like what Shanghai Cloud Link pitched is likely just the tip of the iceberg. Local governments and police across China have put out similar requests for services to influence overseas social media, but often in vague terms. Occasionally, specifics are revealed.
In 2017, for instance, the police in Inner Mongolia purchased software that allowed government trolls to post directly to multiple social media sites, inside and outside of China, according to documents reviewed by The Times.
In another case, a contractor had downloaded hundreds of access credentials for Facebook’s public feed, allowing it to collect data about who commented on which posts and when.//
Read the full article:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/20/technology/china-facebook-twitter-influence-manipulation.htmlb
Source: New York Times #Dec20
#Manipulation #PublicOpinionManagement #SocialMedia #Meta #Disinformation #MadeinChina #CCPRules
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China hacked six states in the United States in its latest #Cybercrime. Its cyberattacks are getting more sophisticated, as more #Disinformation campaigns are floating online to promote Beijing’s line. The Chinese regime is doubling down on #HybridWarfare.
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#ChineseHackers are once again attacking the United States—this time in at least six states. They are stealing #SensitiveData and propagandizing the world with #Disinformation.
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It’s not just #russia and #ukraine we talk about #disinformation .. let’s no forget the master #ccp #china! #meme #fuckccp #boycottchina #fire #mashmellow #fakenews
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#NeverTrustCCP #Disinformation
Report found Beijing's exploitation in search results to shape views of Xinjiang and COVID-19
China’s global campaign to expand the reach of its political positions is said to help it secure a coveted piece of online real estate: first-page search results on Google and other major Western portals.
Content reflecting Beijing’s position on its human-rights record and the origins of Covid-19 now regularly appears among top results on Google, Bing and YouTube, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution and another Washington think tank, the Alliance for Securing Democracy, which seeks to study and resist the authoritarian government.
The report found the Chinese state media are "remarkably effective" at influencing the content returned for the term “Xinjiang” across several search types.
“Xinjiang,” which is among the most neutral terms in our data set, regularly returned state-backed content across news searches, with at least one Chinese state-backed news outlet appearing in the top 10 results in 88% of searches (106 out of 120 days searched).
On YouTube, state media appeared among the top 10 results in searches for “Xinjiang” in 98% of searches (118 out of 120 days searched).
Read full report
Winning the web: How Beijing exploits search results to shape views of Xinjiang and COVID-19
https://www.brookings.edu/research/winning-the-web-how-beijing-exploits-search-results-to-shape-views-of-xinjiang-and-covid-19/
Source: RFI; #May28
https://bit.ly/3PMrnvz
Report found Beijing's exploitation in search results to shape views of Xinjiang and COVID-19
China’s global campaign to expand the reach of its political positions is said to help it secure a coveted piece of online real estate: first-page search results on Google and other major Western portals.
Content reflecting Beijing’s position on its human-rights record and the origins of Covid-19 now regularly appears among top results on Google, Bing and YouTube, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution and another Washington think tank, the Alliance for Securing Democracy, which seeks to study and resist the authoritarian government.
The report found the Chinese state media are "remarkably effective" at influencing the content returned for the term “Xinjiang” across several search types.
“Xinjiang,” which is among the most neutral terms in our data set, regularly returned state-backed content across news searches, with at least one Chinese state-backed news outlet appearing in the top 10 results in 88% of searches (106 out of 120 days searched).
On YouTube, state media appeared among the top 10 results in searches for “Xinjiang” in 98% of searches (118 out of 120 days searched).
Read full report
Winning the web: How Beijing exploits search results to shape views of Xinjiang and COVID-19
https://www.brookings.edu/research/winning-the-web-how-beijing-exploits-search-results-to-shape-views-of-xinjiang-and-covid-19/
Source: RFI; #May28
https://bit.ly/3PMrnvz
Brookings
Winning the web: How Beijing exploits search results to shape views of Xinjiang and COVID-19
As the war in Ukraine unfolds, Russian propaganda about the conflict has gotten a boost from a friendly source: government officials and state media out of Beijing.
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#NeverTrustCCP #Disinformation
Report found Beijing's exploitation in search results to shape views of Xinjiang and COVID-19
China’s global campaign to expand the reach of its political positions is said to help it secure a coveted piece of online real estate: first-page search results on Google and other major Western portals.
Content reflecting Beijing’s position on its human-rights record and the origins of Covid-19 now regularly appears among top results on Google, Bing and YouTube, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution and another Washington think tank, the Alliance for Securing Democracy, which seeks to study and resist the authoritarian government.
The report found the Chinese state media are "remarkably effective" at influencing the content returned for the term “Xinjiang” across several search types.
“Xinjiang,” which is among the most neutral terms in our data set, regularly returned state-backed content across news searches, with at least one Chinese state-backed news outlet appearing in the top 10 results in 88% of searches (106 out of 120 days searched).
On YouTube, state media appeared among the top 10 results in searches for “Xinjiang” in 98% of searches (118 out of 120 days searched).
Read full report
Winning the web: How Beijing exploits search results to shape views of Xinjiang and COVID-19
https://www.brookings.edu/research/winning-the-web-how-beijing-exploits-search-results-to-shape-views-of-xinjiang-and-covid-19/
Source: RFI; #May28
https://bit.ly/3PMrnvz
Report found Beijing's exploitation in search results to shape views of Xinjiang and COVID-19
China’s global campaign to expand the reach of its political positions is said to help it secure a coveted piece of online real estate: first-page search results on Google and other major Western portals.
Content reflecting Beijing’s position on its human-rights record and the origins of Covid-19 now regularly appears among top results on Google, Bing and YouTube, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution and another Washington think tank, the Alliance for Securing Democracy, which seeks to study and resist the authoritarian government.
The report found the Chinese state media are "remarkably effective" at influencing the content returned for the term “Xinjiang” across several search types.
“Xinjiang,” which is among the most neutral terms in our data set, regularly returned state-backed content across news searches, with at least one Chinese state-backed news outlet appearing in the top 10 results in 88% of searches (106 out of 120 days searched).
On YouTube, state media appeared among the top 10 results in searches for “Xinjiang” in 98% of searches (118 out of 120 days searched).
Read full report
Winning the web: How Beijing exploits search results to shape views of Xinjiang and COVID-19
https://www.brookings.edu/research/winning-the-web-how-beijing-exploits-search-results-to-shape-views-of-xinjiang-and-covid-19/
Source: RFI; #May28
https://bit.ly/3PMrnvz
Brookings
Winning the web: How Beijing exploits search results to shape views of Xinjiang and COVID-19
As the war in Ukraine unfolds, Russian propaganda about the conflict has gotten a boost from a friendly source: government officials and state media out of Beijing.