China uses immoral means to influence global media, politics for fake propaganda: Report

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has a significant role in manipulating or countries' information spaces and media through fake propaganda, reported ANI citing Hong Kong Post. report stated that to achieve its "unethical goals,"  CCP is known to use immoral, vile means and tools. However, due to a lack of evidence, it was impossible to prove that forces based in China were engaging in global disinformation campaigns. However, things have changed as a result of large scale investigations, reported outlet.

According to report, before 2016 US elections, Russia was involved in an extensive disinformation campaign and China has been on a similar path for many years. This has been uncovered by investigations and deactivation of fake accounts. re is now proof that pro-China forces have been using worldwide social media platforms to carry out a variety of manipulative operations. Multiple investigations into same issue reveal a massive number of operations and actions with significant ramifications in global politics, global search results, and mobile phone users around world reported Hong Kong Post. 

Thousands of fake Twitter accounts suspended

A study, conducted by Oxford Internet Institute in United Kingdom, revealed that over 26,000 Twitter accounts were involved in ramping up posts uploed by Chinese diplomats or state media. amplification procedure was repeated over 2,00,000 times. accounts were later suspended for content tampering, reported outlet. Many such Twitter accounts were multilingual. In United Kingdom, a substantial percentage of retweets on former Ambassor Liu Xiaoming's tweets originated from fraudulent accounts that were later banned by microblogging site. 

'Over 10,000 YouTune channels suspended or removed'

According to Google's quarterly reports on YouTube takedowns, over 10,570 YouTube channels have been suspended or removed. Between January to September 2021, aforementioned channels were allegedly involved in coordinated influence efforts involving China. Despite deactivation of unauntic accounts, China-linked producers continue to change and refresh propaganda information on a regular basis. Hong Post reported that propagandists manipulate platform algorithms by ding bogus public support to Chinese diplomatic pronouncements, exposing more genuine users to Chinese government's propaganda.

(With ANI inputs)

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