AFP
China has been using social media networks like Twitter to spread positive propaganda about the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since the start of the pandemic, according to a report published by an international press group.
"China successfully activated existing media infrastructures to seed positive narratives globally amid the Covid-19 pandemic," the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said in a report published on May 12.
The survey of journalists' unions in 50 countries found that the CCP activated "existing infrastructure" in the wake of the pandemic, including training programs and sponsored trips for journalists, content sharing agreements feeding state-sponsored messages into news networks in other countries, and ownership of publishing platforms.