China
China continues to use Facebook and Twitter to shape coronavirus narratives
Chinese officials are creating Twitter accounts for the first time, and propaganda ads on Facebook are estimating to reach up to 45 million people.
Scientific journal Nature bends the knee, apologizes for associating coronavirus with China and Wuhan
Nature also called for others to “stop the coronavirus stigma.”
Animal Crossing New Horizons banned in China, likely for “offensive content”
The game allows too much creative freedom for the ruling Communist Chinese Party.
Researchers shocked some Zoom encryption keys generated by servers in China
As more people are forced to use Zoom, the more people are finding out about it.
China proposes a new internet protocol that gives government ultimate control
The proposed top-down approach would make censorship easier.
Chinese propaganda accounts and outlets rush to paint China as the coronavirus hero
And Western media doesn’t seem to want to cover it.
The mounting human cost of China’s coronavirus censorship
Censorship costs lives.
Tens of thousands of Chinese propaganda accounts are running wild on Twitter
Twitter is notorious for banning accounts, but when it comes to Chinese propaganda, the company has reservations about banning.
Daily Mail accused of republishing Chinese propaganda without disclosure
Articles with the approved narrative from Beijing are appearing in the Daily Mail.
Google’s mobile keyboard now blacklists “Chinese virus” from autosuggest
The phrase joins a bunch of others Google doesn’t suggest you say.
Report compiles 41 damning early coronavirus outbreak articles deleted by China
Now the report itself has now been censored.
Reddit admins lock discussion of study suggesting China’s censorship-driven response to coronavirus cost lives
Users are keeping a close eye on Reddit’s tendency to censor content critical of China.