Beijing Ramps up Fake Social Media Operation Peddling Pro-China Propaganda Overseas

The Twitter logo is shown on a mobile phone in a file photo. AFP China has been using social media networks like Twitter to spread positive propaganda about the since the start of the pandemic, according to a report published by an international press group. “China successfully activated existing media infrastructures to seed positive narratives globally amid the Covid-19 pandemic,” the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said in a report published on May 12. The survey of journalists’ unions in 50 countries found that the CCP activated “existing infrastructure” in the wake of the pandemic, including training programs and sponsored…