A Handy Guide to Decoding CCP Disinformation

Published on August 22, 2024

Commentary Understanding what is true or false these days can be a challenge and has real-life consequences. We are subjected to so many influences, some we can perceive, others more covert. Traditional media and online platforms are increasingly subject to influencers, and not just social media. Totalitarian regimes use lies to control people. Turn white to black, no problem. A lie into a truth, easily done. And the scope of their influence is not necessarily confined to their captive populations. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is a classic. It is not content to just control people within China, and what they think, believe, and do. It wants to control the world’s influence on the Chinese people—because it fears what will happen to its rule when people know the truth....

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