Foreign Disinformation Campaign Stoking Virus Fears: Report

Foreign Disinformation Campaign Stoking Virus Fears: Report
President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the press briefing room at the White House on March 15, 2020 in Washington. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
Bowen Xiao
Updated:

A foreign disinformation campaign aimed to sow fear in the United States over the novel coronavirus is currently underway, according to a new report.

Three unnamed U.S. officials told The Associated Press that they began confronting on March 15 what they called a “deliberate effort by a foreign entity” to ignite fears of a nationwide quarantine. Federal agencies, such as the National Security Council, addressed such claims on March 15, saying they were false.
Bowen Xiao
Bowen Xiao
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Bowen Xiao was a New York-based reporter at The Epoch Times. He covers national security, human trafficking and U.S. politics.
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