March 28, 2024
Politics and GovernmentChina Flooded Facebook with Shady Ads Blaming Trump for the Coronavirus Crisis

China Flooded Facebook with Shady Ads Blaming Trump for the Coronavirus Crisis

Facebook allowed these glaringly political ads to run for months without a political disclaimer. China has engaged in information warfare in an attempt to rewrite history.

Chinese State Media has flooded Facebook with shady ads blaming President Trump for the Coronavirus. Further, the adverts praise China and condemn "racist" President Trump for the crisis. The undisclosed political ads, from Global Times, Xinhua News Agency, Global China Television Network (GCTN), and China Central Television (CCTV), all ran on the two platforms in recent months, targeting users around the world in English, Chinese, and Arabic, but they've only now been flagged by Facebook as bei...

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