How ‘Chinese’ Social Media Warriors Are Waging a War Against India
4 years, 5 months ago

How ‘Chinese’ Social Media Warriors Are Waging a War Against India

The Quint  

One month after a violent stand-off between the Indian and the Chinese Troops in Galwan Valley along the Line of Actual Control resulted in the killing of at least 20 Indian Army personnel, Twitter has emerged as a battlefront with multiple handles impersonating Chinese nationals being used to spread misinformation against India. The Quint assessed several such profiles which were set up in March 2020 and found clear discrepancies between actual facts and the information being shared by these handles. In an earlier story, The Quint's WebQoof team exposed how a handle with username Cathy Rolanova claims to be a Russian OSINT expert and spreads misinformation against India. In this report, we have debunked another profile which goes by the username 美麗的男 何金濤 and when translated to English it means ‘Beautiful man He Jintao’.

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China-linked ‘Spamouflage’ network mimics Americans online to sway US political debate
3 months, 3 weeks ago

China-linked ‘Spamouflage’ network mimics Americans online to sway US political debate

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — When he first emerged on social media, the user known as Harlan claimed to be a New Yorker and an Army veteran who supported Donald Trump for president. New research into Chinese disinformation networks targeting American voters shows Harlan’s claims were as fictitious as his profile picture, which analysts think was created using artificial intelligence. “One of the …

China is pushing divisive political messages online using fake U.S. voters
3 months, 3 weeks ago

China is pushing divisive political messages online using fake U.S. voters

NPR  

China is pushing divisive political messages online using fake U.S. voters toggle caption Ezra Acayan/Getty Images A long-running Chinese influence operation is posing as American voters on social media in an attempt to exacerbate social divisions ahead of the 2024 presidential election, according to a new report from the research company Graphika. Sponsor Message The group of fake accounts Graphika …

Fake Accounts Calling for 'Pro-Sikh Protests' Were Created in China, Meta Finds
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Fake Accounts Calling for 'Pro-Sikh Protests' Were Created in China, Meta Finds

The Quint  

Scale: Meta said that it took down over 37 Facebook accounts, 13 Pages, five Groups, and nine accounts on Instagram for displaying coordinated inauthentic behaviour promoting 'Operation K'. Reach: "About 2,700 accounts followed one or more of these Pages, about 1,300 accounts joined one or more of these Groups, and under 100 accounts followed one or more of these Instagram …

China spreads MAGA conspiracy theories on faked social media accounts: report
8 months, 3 weeks ago

China spreads MAGA conspiracy theories on faked social media accounts: report

Raw Story  

Chinese accounts designed to look like they belong to American supporters of Donald Trump are taking to social media, pushing conspiracy theories and attacking President Joe Biden ahead of the 2024 election, according to researchers and government officials. Echoing disruption campaigns against the U.S. that originated in Russia, China's actions signal a more concerted push to use social media as …

Security agencies flag to central govt list of Indian influencers peddling pro-China propaganda, say they do so after taking money from CCP
10 months ago

Security agencies flag to central govt list of Indian influencers peddling pro-China propaganda, say they do so after taking money from CCP

Op India  

Indian security agencies have identified more than a dozen Indian social media influencers and vloggers who are allegedly pushing Chinese government narratives, posing a threat to India’s national security. The officials in the security establishment opine that it is all part of the Chinese Communist Party’s policy of shaping and disseminating ‘favoured’ narratives both internally and internationally through foreign social …

2 Chinese Bloggers in Exile Warn That Police Are Interrogating Their Followers
10 months, 3 weeks ago

2 Chinese Bloggers in Exile Warn That Police Are Interrogating Their Followers

The Diplomat  

Wang Zhi’an and Li Ying said in separate posts that Chinese police were interrogating people who followed them on social media, and urged followers to take precautions. Two prominent Chinese bloggers in exile said police were investigating their millions of followers on international social media platforms, in an escalation of Beijing’s attempts to clamp down on critical speech even outside …

Meta finds thousands of China-based Facebook accounts trying to influence opinions ahead of US, and India elections
1 year ago

Meta finds thousands of China-based Facebook accounts trying to influence opinions ahead of US, and India elections

Op India  

In its latest issue of the quarterly “Adversarial Threat” report, Facebook parent Meta said it took down a network of 4789 China-based fake and misleading accounts. In its report, Meta stated that China now ranks as the third-largest geographical source of such deceptive networks carrying out what Meta calls “coordinated inauthentic behaviour”, while Russia and Iran continue to lead. The …

Facebook crackdown against fake Chinese accounts that tried to spread fake news about India | Deets Here
1 year ago

Facebook crackdown against fake Chinese accounts that tried to spread fake news about India | Deets Here

India TV News  

In its recent quarterly threat report, social media giant Meta has underlined a mounting concern involving fake Facebook accounts emanating from China, spreading fabricated news about India. These accounts, masquerading as Indian users, were extensively engaged in propagating deceptive information related to Indian politics and various national security matters. Notably, the Tibet-focused accounts posed as pro-independence activists who also accused …

Newsclick and beyond: Unveiling China's information warfare tactics in India
1 year, 4 months ago

Newsclick and beyond: Unveiling China's information warfare tactics in India

Firstpost  

The disinformation machinery of China might be impeccably efficient but it would not be able to create discord within the Indian society if the subversive actors on the Indian soil are not functioning as its arms In today’s rapidly evolving world, information has emerged as a potent weapon, leading nations to grapple with the intricacies of modern conflict. The revelations …

Twitter’s anti-propaganda team grapples with Chinese spam accounts on lockdown protests
2 years ago

Twitter’s anti-propaganda team grapples with Chinese spam accounts on lockdown protests

The Hindu  

China is witnessing anti-lockdown protests as the country’s zero-COVID policy is making its citizens speak out against the draconian measures. As protests spread across cities, China’s state-backed accounts are reportedly spamming hashtags on Twitter, according to a report by Washington Post. https://t.co/OdwqL8qne5 — Joseph Menn November 28, 2022 “Outgunned Twitter staff” are trying to fight back the stream of spam …

India Today Impact | Pro-Chinese account posting Uyghur propaganda videos disappears
2 years, 2 months ago

India Today Impact | Pro-Chinese account posting Uyghur propaganda videos disappears

India Today  

Out of a string of accounts sharing “happy” Uyghur propaganda videos, one prominent account that the India Today Open-Source Investigations team mentioned in its piece on pro-China accounts disseminating propaganda regarding Uyghurs on YouTube, has strangely disappeared soon after the piece was released online. These propaganda videos showed how happily Uyghurs were living under the Chinese Communist Party regime and …

Meta, Twitter bust ‘deceptive’ pro-US influence campaign: report
2 years, 4 months ago

Meta, Twitter bust ‘deceptive’ pro-US influence campaign: report

Al Jazeera  

Fake accounts promoted pro-Western narratives while trying to discredit China, Russia and Iran, researchers say. Facebook, Instagram and Twitter disrupted pro-United States covert influence operations that used “deceptive tactics” to shape opinion in Central Asia and the Middle East, according to a report by internet researchers. “These posts primarily focused on US support for central Asian countries and their people, …

How Delhi Police social media team is nipping trouble in the bud
2 years, 5 months ago

How Delhi Police social media team is nipping trouble in the bud

The Hindu  

Earlier this year, tagging Delhi Police, a video was shared by a Twitter user showing a herd of cows stacked inside a mini-truck, claiming that they were being smuggled in east Delhi’s Ghazipur area. Within seconds, the police’s social media monitoring team swung into action and sent the input to the nodal officer of the district police, who in turn …

How China’s TikTok, Facebook influencers push propaganda
2 years, 8 months ago

How China’s TikTok, Facebook influencers push propaganda

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — To her 1.4 million followers across TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook, Vica Li says she is a “life blogger” and “food lover” who wants to teach her fans about China so they can travel the country with ease. Many of the profiles belong to Chinese state media reporters who have in recent months transformed their Facebook, Instagram, Twitter …

EXPLAINED: How China's TikTok And Facebook Influencers Push Propaganda
2 years, 8 months ago

EXPLAINED: How China's TikTok And Facebook Influencers Push Propaganda

News 18  

To her 1.4 million followers on social media, Vica Li says she is a “life blogger” and “food lover” who wants to teach her fans about China so they can travel the country with ease. “Through my lens, I will take you around China, take you into Vica’s life!” she says in a January video posted on YouTube and Facebook. …

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube Asked To Remove Fake Accounts Within 24 Hours of Complaint
3 years, 6 months ago

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube Asked To Remove Fake Accounts Within 24 Hours of Complaint

News 18  

The government of India has mandated top social media companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Google to remove accounts with fake profile pictures of known personalities and businesses, and even the general user within 24 hours of being notified of the same by the user or someone on the user’s behalf. This comes as part of the new IT rules and …

Army of fake fans boosts China’s messaging on Twitter
3 years, 6 months ago

Army of fake fans boosts China’s messaging on Twitter

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — China’s ruling Communist Party has opened a new front in its long, ambitious war to shape global public opinion: Western social media. A seven-month investigation by the Associated Press and the Oxford Internet Institute, a department at Oxford University, found that China’s rise on Twitter has been powered by an army of fake accounts that have retweeted Chinese …

Chinese Hackers Made Fake Facebook Profiles, Apps To Spy On Uyghur Activists
3 years, 9 months ago

Chinese Hackers Made Fake Facebook Profiles, Apps To Spy On Uyghur Activists

NPR  

Chinese Hackers Made Fake Facebook Profiles, Apps To Spy On Uyghur Activists Enlarge this image toggle caption Jenny Kane/AP Jenny Kane/AP Chinese hackers used fake Facebook profiles and spoof websites to target Uyghur activists with spy malware, the social media company announced on Wednesday. Using various cyber espionage tactics, Facebook said, members of Earth Empusa or Evil Eye sought out …

Delhi Police writes to Google, social media giants seeking info on creators of 'toolkit'
3 years, 10 months ago

Delhi Police writes to Google, social media giants seeking info on creators of 'toolkit'

India Today  

Days after climate activist Greta Thunberg shared in on Twitter while extending support to the farmers' agitation, the 'toolkit' document is now under scrutiny. The Delhi Police on Friday approached Google and other social media giants seeking more clarity about email ids, URLs and other information mentioned in the document. We have sought details about the email ids, domain URLs …

'India Should Follow WTO Rules': China On Prohibition Of 59 Apps Including TikTok & WeChat
3 years, 10 months ago

'India Should Follow WTO Rules': China On Prohibition Of 59 Apps Including TikTok & WeChat

ABP News  

Asserting the Indian side has since last year repeatedly used national security to prohibit some mobile apps with Chinese background, China on Wednesday said New Delhi’s decision to keep a ban on 59 Chinese apps was a violation of the World Trade Organisation’s fair rules of business and would hurt Chinese firms. Chinese embassy spokesperson Ji Rong in a statement …

How China Snoops Using Social Media: Hackers Reveal Data from Surveillance Firms
4 years, 4 months ago

How China Snoops Using Social Media: Hackers Reveal Data from Surveillance Firms

News 18  

China is widely infamous for its public surveillance tactics. Now, a group of hackers named CCP Unmasked has claimed to have ‘hacked’ at least three Chinese companies, which they have claimed in interviews to be social media surveillance agencies. Additionally, documents revealed from the CCP Unmasked hack further claim that these firms also have working social media surveillance models for …

Pakistanis behind ‘Chinese’ info war on India-China border standoff
4 years, 4 months ago

Pakistanis behind ‘Chinese’ info war on India-China border standoff

The Hindu  

Many of the ‘Chinese’ accounts that mushroomed on social media this summer and spread false information about the border clash with India have been traced to Pakistan, in what is believed to be a coordinated disinformation campaign aimed at India. The India-China border tensions starting in May, and culminating in the June 15 clash in the Galwan Valley, sparked a …

Opinion | How Chinese media is playing the victim card before the world
4 years, 5 months ago

Opinion | How Chinese media is playing the victim card before the world

India TV News  

Official sources have now confirmed that Chinese troops have withdrawn from Patrolling Point 14 of Galwan Valley in Ladakh. The Chinese state media further alleged that it was India which banned 59 Chinese apps and imposed restrictions on trade with China. The questions also made mention of National Security Adviser Ajit Doval’s talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, why …

Galwan Valley clash: India is next target of Chinese misinformation machinery and we are already falling prey
4 years, 6 months ago

Galwan Valley clash: India is next target of Chinese misinformation machinery and we are already falling prey

Firstpost  

Such online psychological operations target internet users with selective messaging, which includes altered facts and disinformation which then influences the targeted users’ emotions and objective reasoning. The popularity of Chinese-owned social media services in China’s target countries also helps propagate the Chinese agenda. In a recent example, a Twitter user, claiming to be from China, tweeted a video and said …

US Navy's chief of information warns against Chinese app TikTok
4 years, 6 months ago

US Navy's chief of information warns against Chinese app TikTok

Op India  

The US Chief of Naval Operations has taken to Twitter to raise apprehensions over TikTok, a Chinese video-sharing social media app, and concern over the privacy of its users. Sharing an article by The Wall Street Journal, Charlie Brown, the US Navy’s Public Affairs officer, raised apprehensions about the dynamics of a social media platform owned by a Beijing-based company. …

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