China was the most active country in propagating disinformation on the origin of the COVID-19, according to a newly-released report by the Associated Press (AP) and the Digital Forensic Research Lab of Washington-based think tank Atlantic Council. The report was the results of a nine-month joint research project, after analyzing millions of social media posts […]

Taiwan’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee on Oct. 29 invited the head of the National Security Bureau to give a report on the island nation’s security at the Legislative Yuan. Legislator Chen Baiwei highlighted the interference from the Chinese regime’s disinformation campaign through troll farms in Taiwan and the national security agency confirmed such […]

Acting Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Wednesday warned that countries working to destabilize the United States are prepared to interfere in upcoming elections either on or close to Election Day, echoing recent warnings from top federal law enforcement and intelligence officials. “WARNING. The bulk of disinformation attacks prepared by our adversaries were […]

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Oct. 25 again responded to recent reports about his son Hunter’s business dealings in China, Ukraine, and other countries, asserting they’re part of a “smear campaign” meant to damage his chances of being elected. Biden said the reports, which are based on emails and photos that were sourced from […]

Iran and Russia have gained access and obtained U.S. voting registration information “to influence public opinion relation to our elections,” the Trump administration’s national intelligence director warned at a major election security briefing to the nation on Wednesday night. John Ratcliffe, the Trump-appointed Director of National Intelligence, said during the rare press conference that the […]

The Chinese regime is leveraging propaganda about President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis to manipulate public perceptions ahead of the presidential election, said Retired U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Robert Spalding in a recent interview with The Epoch Times’ American Thought Leaders 🇺🇸 host Jan Jekielek. Spalding also explained Beijing’s tactics to interfere in U.S. politics, and his […]

Guerrilla style social media campaigns have been identified as part of a drive to leverage negative media portrayals of the United States to “denigrate” the country’s standing domestically and internationally. In an August report (pdf)  by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), the think-tank identified a series of “unsophisticated” Twitter and Facebook campaigns that attempted […]

Honest News Straight to Your Home. Try the Epoch Times yourself, and get a free gift: https://ept.ms/2Tu6l8t The Chinese Communist Party, or CCP, has been spreading disinformation on social media platforms with the use of online bots and paid trolls, known as China’s “50-Cent-Army,” in order to amplify their agenda. 00:26 CCP Spreads Disinformation Using […]

NBC anchor Chuck Todd apologized for spreading disinformation about Attorney General William Barr, claiming he had not watched a full interview with the official from which he took a brief, edited clip to try to make a point. Todd’s “Meet the Press” show included a clip of Barr’s recent interview with CBS. It showed Barr […]

Honest News Straight to Your Home. Try the Epoch Times yourself, and get a free gift. U.S. State Department Spokesperson, Morgan Ortagus, expressed during a Bill Hemmer Reports Fox News interview on April 29, that currently no credible scientists, doctors, or investigators have yet entered the Wuhan lab or the seafood market to investigate the […]

The U.S. State Department has discovered a “coordinated” bot campaign on Twitter designed to disseminate Chinese Communist Party (CCP) disinformation, forming part of Beijing’s campaign to deflect blame over its role in causing the global COVID-19 pandemic. The department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC), which works to expose foreign disinformation efforts, recently identified thousands of “inauthentic” […]

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 […]

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using its state-run social media accounts, which boast tens of millions of followers, to spread disinformation via Facebook and Instagram advertisements in an attempt to criticize President Donald Trump and alter the narratives on the CCP virus pandemic. The ads, many of which ran with no political disclaimer, were […]

Commentary A lot of ink has been expended trying to assign blame for the spread of COVID-19. While most people now acknowledge that the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus, originated in Wuhan, China, there’s still debate about whether it came from a biological lab or a “wet market.” Much of […]

China has been using tools like social media to spread conspiracy theories amid its aggressive disinformation campaign about its responsibility for the deadly CCP virus, which is threatening populations around the world. The Chinese regime is attempting to deflect a rising tide of worldwide criticism for its coverup of the CCP virus by suggesting the […]

U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) is urging the U.S. State Department to work with allies to counter China’s disinformation campaign regarding the CCP virus. “The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) is carrying out a disinformation campaign in an attempt to transfer blame to the United States and that is exacerbating this dire situation,” McCaul wrote in […]

U.S. government officials and spokespersons are becoming more vocal in addressing an aggressive disinformation push by the Chinese communist regime—in some cases responding directly to Beijing officials and debunking their propaganda in real time. Social media platforms such as Twitter are major tools being utilized by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as part of its […]

The Group of Seven (G-7) economies have agreed to push back against Beijing’s sprawling propaganda campaign designed to deflect blame for causing the global pandemic, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on March 26. G-7 countries discussed the Chinese regime’s “intentional disinformation campaign” during a virtual meeting held on March 25, according to Pompeo. […]

Commentary As the CCP virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus, is ravaging countries around the world, the Chinese regime has launched a propaganda and disinformation campaign to maintain social stability and to bolster its international image. Meanwhile, there is evidence of power struggle between political factions within the regime and has been displayed through […]

In a notable shift in messaging, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is now turning to directly target President Donald Trump as part of its global disinformation campaign—aggressively pushing terms such as “Trump Pandemic.” Chinese officials and state-run media have already attempted to shift the blame over the regime’s botched handling of the CCP virus by pushing […]

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is continuing to target the United States as part of an increasingly antagonistic disinformation campaign, to cover its own mishandling of the pandemic—now confirmed to have infected nearly 330,000 globally. Over the past few days, as part of this anti-U.S. campaign, the CCP began pushing a new conspiracy theory, one that alleged the […]

Four Republican senators have called on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to stop spreading disinformation about the origins of the coronavirus outbreak and join the international community to combat the global pandemic. “The false information being spread by CCP officials, as well as medical professionals linked to the CCP and state-controlled media outlets, is irresponsible […]

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 […]

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo raised “strong U.S. objections” to Beijing over the Chinese regime’s efforts to shift the blame for the coronavirus pandemic, days after a top Chinese official promoted a conspiracy theory about the virus’ origin. In a March 16 phone call with China’s top foreign affairs official, Yang Jiechi, Pompeo stressed “this […]

Commentary I recently came across a campus newspaper talking about how local farmers were having to change their farming techniques to accommodate the reality of global warming. The headline for the online version said: “‘You’re going to see dead crops:’ How a changing climate is hurting local farmers.” This was of interest to me. I […]

In this episode of Crossroads we speak with Ronald Rychlak, co-author of “Disinformation” and Jamie L. Whitten Chair of Law and Government at University of Mississippi, about how disinformation works, how governments and front organizations use it, and how it has already been used to frame issues many of us may be familiar with.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts—who may soon be presiding over President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial—said in his year-end report that people should be aware of disinformation on the Internet spread through social media. Roberts recounted the story of John Jay, one of the three authors of the Federalist Papers, getting injured during the Doctors’ Riot […]

In this episode of Crossroads we speak with Charity Wright, a cyber threat intelligence analyst at IntSights Cyber Intelligence, whose research and 15 years experience in the US Army and NSA give her unique insights into Chinese and Russian cyber and disinformations operations.

Twitter has just made available more data about fake accounts that were stoking unrest in Hong Kong. On Sept. 20, Twitter said in a blog post that it released more data on 4,301 accounts based in China that “were attempting to sow discord about the protest movement in Hong Kong.” These accounts were part of […]

The European Union’s 28 member-countries with a combined population of about 512 million last week delivered the highest turnout of voters in two decades in choosing 751 new Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). The Grand Coalition, the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) and centre-left Social Democrats, lost more than 70 MEPs and its long-held […]