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  • 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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[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Joncash2@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

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

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-told-philippines-it-made-missteps-secret-anti-vax-propaganda-effort-2024-07-26/

[–] BCBoy911@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

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.