China continues its doubtful techniques to affect and manipulate the upcoming US presidential elections. US media have reported that suspicious networks linked to China have been discovered sharing conspiracy theories and anti-US propaganda because the election nears.
Networks linked to China are posting anti-Semitic conspiracy theories on social media, casting doubt on Washington’s independence from alleged Jewish affect and questioning the integrity of the 2 US presidential candidates, Voice of America (VOA) reported, citing a joint investigation by VOA Mandarin and Taiwan’s Doublethink Lab, a social media analytics agency.
The investigation uncovered greater than 30 X posts, which declare that core American political establishments, such because the White Home and US Congress, have pledged loyalty to or are being managed by Jewish elites and the Israeli authorities.
One such publish includes a pretend infographic of 18 US officers of Jewish descent, together with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The publish questions: “Jews solely make up 2 per cent of the US inhabitants, so why have they got so many representatives in necessary authorities departments?!”
One other publish includes a cartoon of Vice President Kamala Harris and her opponent, Donald Trump, with their tongues tangled collectively, wrapped round an Israeli flagpole. The publish claims, “irrespective of who of them involves energy, they won’t change their stance on Judaism,” the VOA report acknowledged.
Most of those 32 posts analysed by VOA Mandarin and Doublethink Lab have been posted throughout July and August, originating from three spam accounts, two of which have been beforehand reported by VOA. The three networks beforehand reported by VOA encompass 140 accounts, which amplify content material from three fundamental accounts or “seeders.”
In accordance with VOA, a spamouflage community is a state-sponsored operation disguised because the work of genuine social media customers to unfold pro-government narratives and disinformation whereas discrediting criticism from adversaries.
US officers have repeatedly forged China as a serious risk to the integrity of the upcoming elections, however Beijing has constantly denied these allegations.
Tuvia Gering, a nonresident fellow on the Atlantic Council’s International China Hub, who intently follows antisemitic disinformation from China, mentioned within the VOA Mandarin report, “Beijing is not essentially hostile towards Jews, however anti-Semitic conspiracy theories have traditionally been a useful instrument for use in opposition to Western nations.”
Antisemitic narratives about US politics are ceaselessly posted by these spamouflage accounts, which have lengthy thrived on the Chinese language web. An article referenced within the VOA report had acquired 1000’s of likes and reposts on the Chinese language social media app WeChat, claiming that “Jewish capital” has taken management of the American political sphere “by infiltration, marriages, marketing campaign funds and lobbying.”
The article highlighted within the VOA report emphasises the Jewish heritage of many present and former US officers and their households to advertise a fabricated narrative of Jewish management over American politics. “The spouse of the US president is Jewish, the son-in-law of the previous US president is Jewish, the mom of the earlier former US president was Jewish, the US Secretary of State is Jewish, the US Secretary of Treasury is Jewish, the Deputy Secretary of State, the Legal professional Common… are all Jewish,” the article claims.
