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'The goal is to disguise propaganda as independent content.' A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a U.S. Tech Mogul (web.archive.org)

submitted 1 year ago by 0x815@feddit.de to c/news@beehaw.org

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From a think tank in Massachusetts to an event space in Manhattan, from a political party in South Africa to news organizations in India and Brazil, investigators tracked hundreds of millions of dollars to groups linked to Mr. Singham that mix progressive advocacy with Chinese government talking points.

Some, like No Cold War, a loose collective run mostly by American and British activists who say the West’s rhetoric against China has distracted from issues like climate change and racial injustice, popped up in recent years. Others, like the American antiwar group Code Pink, have morphed over time. Code Pink once criticized China’s rights record but now defends its internment of the predominantly Muslim Uyghurs, which human rights experts have labeled a crime against humanity.

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[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Every single billionaire is a policy failure.

They shouldn't exist in civilized society.

If this guy is an unregistered foreign agent, he needs to be in prison. Full fucking stop.

[–] sendmestuff@feddit.nl 21 points 1 year ago

I agree, those people are traitors... to freedom, democracy and to what human kind should be. Fuck them

[–] 0x815@feddit.de 16 points 1 year ago

'They are dealers, not leaders’: Retired judges, officers [in India] write to [Indian] President seeking action against ‘China-backed portal’

"We have no words to describe such people except as traitors. … we are giving too wide a leverage to all kinds of inimical forces under the garb of ‘free press’. … The email exchanges that are in the public domain establish beyond doubt that these people are not leaders but dealers. They are not columnists but actually fifth columnists,” the letter said.

[–] Quexotic@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you can't get a link to work and on cave like I did here's the link for the original: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/world/europe/neville-roy-singham-china-propaganda.html And if that article is not viewable to you as it is not viewable to me: https://qrius.com/who-is-neville-roy-singham-accused-of-being-at-the-centre-of-global-chinese-propaganda-network/

[–] aport@programming.dev 11 points 1 year ago

When is hexbear sending its CCP Defense Brigade to this thread?

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Blimey,

That's an eye opening article