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Mar 31, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
🚨New Post: Coronavirus Conspiracy Claims: What's Behind a Chinese Diplomat’s COVID-19 Misdirection
@gwbstr and I searched Chinese state media & social media platforms to analyze allegations of U.S. military involvement in the origin of COVID-19:
cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/news/china-cov…1. Groundless speculation about a U.S. military involvement in the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic did not begin with Zhao: We found evidence of social media users floating the idea as early as January 2020.
Mar 19, 2020 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
🚨New post: Propaganda & Pandemics - How Chinese State Media Shapes Conversations on The Coronavirus cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/news/chinese-s…
We analyzed Facebook data to see how Beijing is using its English-language state media to shape the narrative around coronavirus. Some observations:
1. Beijing wants to make you feel good about coronavirus: While U.S. media write on rising numbers of infections, Chinese state media share positive stories, such as reports of recovered patients.
