Press Freedom Group Warns of China’s Pandemic Disinformation Campaign

Press Freedom Group Warns of China’s Pandemic Disinformation Campaign
A resident wearing a face mask exits a shop after buying a newspaper in Treviolo, Italy, on April 9, 2020. Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images
Frank Fang
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a nonprofit that advocates for press freedom, is warning people to beware of China’s continued global disinformation campaign in connection with the CCP virus.

“On the pretext of ‘setting the record straight’ about the coronavirus, Beijing is pumping out lies and imprecisions designed to discredit journalists’ work and sow doubt about what they are reporting,” said Cédric Alviani, head of RSF’s East Asia bureau, in a statement published on April 18.
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
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Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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