China Is Pouring Billions Into Global Disinformation Efforts, State Department
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According to a report from the State Department’s Global Engagement Center, the Chinese government is pouring billions of dollars annually into a global disinformation campaign, using investments abroad and various tactics to promote Beijing’s geopolitical aims and squelch criticism of its policies.
Beijing’s broad-ranging efforts, the assessment said, feature online bot and troll armies, legal actions against those critical of Chinese companies and investments, and content-sharing agreements with media in Latin America and Africa.
Other tactics include laundering English-language articles written by fake authors in influential local media and placing diplomatic pressure on foreign universities and newspapers that publish content deemed offensive.
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