Chinese propaganda is rampant on the fediverse. We need to discuss ways to combat this. One group- memes or something is wholly controlled by Chinese state actors. What do you think?

  • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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    4 hours ago

    okay but it’s also a normal thing for the CPC to monitor and influence online spaces and it’s certainly not restricted to lemmy

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      1 hour ago

      To a degree, perhaps, though the CPC largely sticks to the Chinese sphere of the internet. I haven’t seen any evidence for CPC interference in Lemmy though, nor of widespread CPC influence over western, English-speaking spaces. China doesn’t really care as much for that, plus the implication is that the US Empire is fundamentally weaker than the PRC at propagandizing on the Statesian “home turf” when we know the opposite is the case.