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China used Twitter, Facebook more than ever for Xinjiang Propaganda in 2020: Research
1Apr By Joe RodriguezNo Comments
Asia

China used Twitter, Facebook more than ever for Xinjiang Propaganda in 2020: Research

A new research by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute has said that the Chinese government’s propaganda activity on Twitter and Facebook over its policies toward ethnic minorities in Xinjiang reached an all-time high in 2020, as Beijing sought to portray its approach, including use of widespread internment camps, as beneficial to the remote northwestern region.According to the research, the frequency of tweets about Xinjiang from Chinese state media and diplomatic Twitter accounts increased to an average of nearly 500 tweets per month in 2020, up from about 280 per month in 2019.“Since early 2020, there’s been a stark increase in the Chinese Government and state media’s use of US social media networks to push alternative narratives and disinformation about the situation in Xinjiang. ...
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Indian govt asks Twitter to remove 1,178 Pak-Khalistani handles over provocative content on farmers’ protest
9Feb By Joe RodriguezNo Comments
Asia

Indian govt asks Twitter to remove 1,178 Pak-Khalistani handles over provocative content on farmers’ protest

Amid the ongoing farmers' protest in India, the Central government has directed Twitter to remove 1,178 Pakistani-Khalistani accounts spreading misinformation and provocative content on farmers agitation, according to sources.External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday had said that there was a reason why the MEA reacted to the remarks of some celebrities in relation to protest by farmer unions and noted that they spoke "on matters on which they obviously didn't know very much".Jaishankar said that the 'toolkit' case, which is being probed by police, has revealed a lot."I think it has revealed a lot. We have to wait and see what comes out. You can see there was a reason why the foreign ministry reacted to the statements which some celebrities gave out on matters on which they obviou...
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Chinese embassy in US retweets Trump’s election fraud claim, blames hackers
10Dec By Mike TrudellNo Comments
China, Singapore, World

Chinese embassy in US retweets Trump’s election fraud claim, blames hackers

In a major blunder, the Chinese embassy in the US retweeted President Donald Trump's tweet, in which he accused the Democrats of cheating in the presidential election. However, later the embassy said that its official Twitter account was hacked.Taking to Twitter, Trump wrote, "If somebody cheated in the Election, which the Democrats did, why wouldn't the Election be immediately overturned? How can a Country be run like this?"The post carrying a Twitter warning that the claim of election fraud is "disputed" was retweeted by the official account for the Chinese government's presence in the US.The embassy then tweeted saying: "The Chinese Embassy twitter account was hacked this afternoon and we condemn such an act. For clarification, the Embassy didn’t do any retweeting on Dec.9."This comes d...
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