Beijing has mobilized its army of online trolls and demagogues to create fake news and manipulate public views in Taiwan, according to a disclosure by investigators from the island’s Ministry of Justice.
The investigators found “unequivocal evidence” that China was behind a deluge of disinformation and planted fake news that either dug up dirt on the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DLP) or targeted President Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan newspapers revealed.
In one instance, China’s state broadcaster China Central Television aired footage of military exercises held by the People’s Liberation Army years earlier in a bid to stir up panic in Taiwan. Another piece claiming that the PLA “will reclaim Taiwan by 2020” also went viral in Taiwan: investigators traced its source to a Beijing-based website operating under the Communist Party’s propaganda department.
A third report from China said that the DLP was “abetting” a referendum aimed at changing the nation’s name at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. There is no such plan.
The Justice Ministry has established a taskforce to combat the spread of disinformation and said it may prosecute anyone responsible.
“China’s internet brigade is clearly spreading fake news, and its activities will have an immense effect on Taiwan’s politics and elections,” the ministry warned.
A cybersecurity expert told the Taipei Times: “Fake news is created by taking images or words out of context. It is often created to serve an agenda, such as discrediting the government or stirring public discontent, and many of the stories bear the Chinese government’s hallmark of propaganda or brainwashing.”
But the expert cautioned that while the government needed to take action against disinformation, its response must also be measured to ensure that freedom of speech was always protected.
Disinformation war, no one can beat the American/UK disinformation wars, other than bombing, killing and waterboarding on the fabricated phantom WMD allegation as humanitarian intervention, the CIA, NED and MI6 established tens of thousands of YouTube channels in Chinese as well in English to wage culture crusade disinformation war against Chinese, not just PRC, but Chinese as a civilization.
The American/UK are fabricating fake Chinese history on all aspects of lives, no matter how trivial it is, from ancient to current, to distort, misinform and smear about Chinese, the people, the nation and the civilization. The American/UK are worse than their adversary in Germany during the WWII, they are the same ‘god -fearing’ morally defunct evil cult ‘inquisitors.’
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They’re in bed with the Americans when it comes to fake news, lies, conspiracies, and CIA jobs.
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No disinformation in China. If you dont parrot the party line you will have your scores lowered on the social credit system
While the CCP only ever tell the truth.
Yashad Rizvi
Yes, CCP won’t let you in on the secrets, neither will any CP. But, they never distort or make things up. And they never lie. They have no need to fake things.
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Flora de los Sinensis Never lie ? 5 social credit points for you,comrade
Yashad Rizvi
Social credit points? What on God’s green earth is that?
Does one credit point qualify me for a Stormy Daniel? Or do I have a choice berween a Stormy Daniel, a center, a Sore Aei inflatable that comes with the latest AI technology?
On second thought, Razvi, I think I’ll just stick with my other half cos I love her beating the craps out of me. It’s call genuine love ????.