The Disinformation Dragon

Published: March 9, 2021, 8:40 p.m.

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Prior to the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement and the Covid-19 pandemic, China\\u2019s presence on international social media was largely to promote a positive image of its country \\u2013 trying to \\u2018change the climate\\u2019 rather than seeking to sow confusion and division. But this is changing.\\n \\nIn this investigation by File on 4 and BBC Monitoring, Paul Kenyon and Krassimira Twigg examine China\\u2019s new strategy of aggressively pushing disinformation on social media platforms through the use of \\u2018wolf warrior\\u2019 diplomats, internet bots, \\u2018the 50-cent army\\u2019 of loyal Chinese netizens and a longer term goal of inventing a new type of internet where authoritarian governments can control users. \\n \\nEditor: Lucy Proctor\\nProducer: Jim Booth

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