Sakshi Tiwari
China has launched an extensive campaign to combat the growing menace of fake news, misleading information, and false claims swirling on social media, which undermine the country’s reputation and project it in a poor light.
The Chinese internet authorities are taking down social media accounts that falsely ‘hype’ the country’s military by spreading misleading information, such as fabricated claims of “cyber-warfare” in the South China Sea.
The report is based on an assessment made by the Cyberspace Administration of China, whose findings were published on October 28 and reported by SCMP.
The report mentioned a few cases, including a June report on Chinese social media Douyin that read: “Breaking news: China and the US engaged in 12 hours of cyber warfare, causing Luzon Island in the Philippines to lose all GPS, communication, and phone signals!”
Incidentally, this comes days after the US alleged that a Chinese hacking network called ‘Volt Typhoon’ had compromised several internet-connected devices. China has refuted the claims, producing evidence to prove that the US accusations are false and amount to a disinformation campaign.
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