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CCP social media propaganda agents ie 50c army
Council of foreign relations ^

Posted on 09/02/2021 5:45:39 AM PDT by Phoenix8

Some sling personal insults; others come bearing GIFs. With eclectic names like “truth_seeker456” and “mariele01757186,” and typically zero Twitter followers, they aren’t exactly hard to spot. But for all their obvious tells, China’s internet trolls are a more potent force than most analysts give them credit for—and remain a core part of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) strategy to seize international discourse power. Influence Campaigns and Disinformation Today, most onlookers regard the “Fifty Cent Army” as an oddity of the Chinese internet, more warranting mockery than demanding action. But as the CCP pivots to more aggressively pushing propaganda on foreign social media networks, its trolls are beginning to pose serious threats to economic security, political stability, and personal safety worldwide.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: ccppropaganda
Have you also noticed, like myself, these diehard radical leftists on your favorite social media sites like FB, TWITTER and CL? They argue causes that are so extreme and they show so little regard to give and take discussion you would swear they are CCP themselves?

Well chances are good some are indeed just that.

1 posted on 09/02/2021 5:45:39 AM PDT by Phoenix8
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Read the linked article, albeit quickly, and checked out its Fifty Cent Army link...I was looking for something on Chicoms stirring the "vax or not to vax" pot. It would seem to be fertile ground for sowing hate and discontent, even amongst the Trump camp.
2 posted on 09/02/2021 7:53:08 AM PDT by PerConPat (A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground - Mencken)
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