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The Chinese government has built up the world’s largest known online disinformation operation and is using it to harass US residents, politicians, and businesses—at times threatening its targets with violence, a CNN review of court documents and public disclosures by social media companies has found.

The onslaught of attacks – often of a vile and deeply personal nature – is part of a well-organized, increasingly brazen Chinese government intimidation campaign targeting people in the United States, documents show.

The US State Department says the tactics are part of a broader multi-billion-dollar effort to shape the world’s information environment and silence critics of Beijing that has expanded under President Xi Jinping. On Wednesday, President Biden is due to meet Xi at a summit in San Francisco.

Victims face a barrage of tens of thousands of social media posts that call them traitors, dogs, and racist and homophobic slurs. They say it’s all part of an effort to drive them into a state of constant fear and paranoia.

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[-] ThatFembyWho 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, the Chinese and Russians on one side...

and "our" own government on the other.

Victims face a barrage of tens of thousands of social media posts that call them traitors, dogs, and racist and homophobic slurs

What's the difference between that and the average unhinged MAGA republican? Hell Trump himself could be behind half of those.

Americans don't need enemies with "friends" like them.

[-] Du3K@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

A bunch of actual people are keyboard warriors, trolls and bigots online?

No, that makes too much sense, everyone being mean online to Americans is a Chinese bot.

[-] SchizoDenji@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

>Lemmy.ml account

>Excusing China.

[-] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Get the fuck off social media, people!! Don't you get it. For this and so many other reasons

[-] goldenlocks@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The article presents no evidence of this. The report they linked here: https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/dragonbridge-targets-rare-earths-mining-companies also presented literally no evidence. Just some screen shots. No IP Addresses? No actual proof?

I'm glad the CIA has run out of ideas, it's getting pathetic at this point.

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

So the article about misinformation is itself misinformation?!? I feel like I’m in a cross between Oceans 11 and Inception.

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