Propagation of the Chinese government Confirmation of many Twitter accounts US leading paper June 11 6:00
As US-China confrontation intensifies, leading U.S. paper confirmed many Twitter accounts that were supposed to have been created to spread the Chinese government's claim, "There is a possibility that there is an organized campaign" I tell you.
The United States and China are deepening confrontation over the response to the new coronavirus and the problems in Hong Kong, and not only President Trump, but a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman continues to blame through Twitter.
The New York Times, a leading U.S. newspaper, reported on a survey of about 4,600 accounts that retweeted posts by Chinese government officials on Twitter late last month, and found that many were believed to be aimed at spreading government claims. It was
According to it, one-sixth of the accounts have few followers and are used as one-sided advertising, and one-seventh of them only retweet such as official accounts of Chinese authorities.
In addition, it also includes retweets that appear to be posted regularly and automatically.
While the article said the involvement of the Chinese government is not clear, "part of the account is definitely due to patriotic Chinese, which may have an organized campaign."
China is putting a lot of effort into public opinion work on the Internet, and it is also pointed out that there are people called the "Gogoto Party," who write in support of the government with financial support from the government.