American tech companies seem to have pivoted toward Chinese interests in a big way recently. YouTube was found to be deleting anti-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) comments, which they eventually termed an “error.” Twitter classified Trump’s tweet on mail-in-ballots as false information while themselves providing wrong info on the issue to users. And it seems like ...
Twitter has raised eyebrows by adding Dr. Fei-Fei Li to the company board in the capacity of an independent advisor. Li, who formerly worked at Google, has links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The appointment comes at a time when Twitter has begun to fact-check President Trump’s posts for providing misleading information. Twitter’s appointment ...
Italy has been the worst affected country in Europe by the CCP coronavirus outbreak. It is also the country China is closely associating with to develop its influence all over Europe. As such, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Beijing has been relying on Twitter propaganda bots to boost its image among Italians at ...
Social media is today an unavoidable necessity for most people. Almost a decade back, it was just making its mark in people’s lives. The fact that it has become such an important part of daily life in such a short time is an incredible achievement. It also makes us wonder how social media is going ...
A new study from researchers at The University of Manchester investigates the sophisticated network of agents on Twitter who work to distribute fake news during election campaigns. The paper — “Political Astroturfing on Twitter: How to Coordinate a Disinformation Campaign” — was published in the journal Political Communication. “Astroturfing” comes from how agents appear to ...
China’s repressive policies against the Uyghur minorities in Xinjiang are getting labeled as state-sanctioned racism. Zhao Lijian, the deputy chief of mission for the Chinese embassy in Pakistan, wanted to counter this through tweets from his Twitter account. But instead of providing proof that Beijing is not torturing the Uyghurs, Zhao tried to justify the ...
The political crisis in Venezuela is making Beijing so nervous that it is cracking down on Twitter users who post any information on the matter. Though Twitter is banned in China, some access the social media website using VPNs. These users are now getting targeted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Cracking down on the ...
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