Unpacking China’s Viral Propaganda War | RealClearInvestigations

While that conspiracy theory was quickly noted and dismissed in much of the West, it is continuing and broadening all over social media in China a country that strictly monitors what appears on its online platforms, regularly scrubbing it of what the authorities call rumors. But a lot of it, put on platforms that are banned in China, seems aimed outward, part of a concerted effort to convince the world that China, once the villain of the coronavirus story, is actually its hero, and that the real villain is America.

Its effectiveness may provide a new illustration of how fake news, if repeated loudly and often enough, uses social media as a carrier to spread misinformation around the globe.

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China message is echoing in the US MSM. I can imagine how it’s doing in Africa.