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Coronavirus: Russia pushing fake news about US using outbreak to wage economic war on China, officials say | South China Morning Post

By Thomas A. Smith

Thousands of Russian-linked social media accounts have launched a coordinated effort to spread alarm about the new coronavirus, disrupting global efforts to fight the epidemic, US officials say.

The disinformation campaign promotes unfounded conspiracy theories that the United States is behind the Covid-19 outbreak, in an apparent bid to damage the US image around the world by seizing on health concerns.

via www.scmp.com