How China waged an infowar against U.S. interests in the Philippines

China hired Philippine firm that ran fake social media accounts.
Accounts posted content aiming to disparage Western vaccines, Philippine maritime claims and its U.S. alliance
Chinese embassy gave out cash awards to prominent Filipino officials and media personalities
Beijing says it doesn't interfere in internal affairs of other countries

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Yes, but tell me about how the US waged an infowar against US interests in the US.

Joncash2@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 323d

Yeah, but who wasn't doing that to the Philippines? I mean the US was definitely doing that.

BCBoy911@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 323d

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChinaAngVirus_disinformation_campaign ??? America did that. I've heard no reports of Chinese vaccine misinfo in the Philippines until now. Makes me wonder if this is a "no u" post-reveal ass covering now that Trump is back in office.