Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during COVID-19 pandemic
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda

* Twitter/X accounts w. Tagalog language word "ChinaAngVirus" (China is the virus)
* U.S. military clandestine program
* discredited China’s Sinovac inoculation
* targeted Filipino public, others
* put innocent lives at risk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChinaAngVirus_disinformation_campaign: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChinaAngVirus_disinformation_campaign

#Pentagon #disinformation #antivaxx #propaganda #Philippines #Sinovac #COVID19 #USmilitary #China #ChinaAngVirus

Cool and normal: "The U.S. military launched a clandestine program amid the COVID crisis to discredit China’s Sinovac inoculation"

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/

"Reuters identified at least 300 accounts on X, formerly Twitter, that matched descriptions shared by former U.S. military officials familiar with the Philippines operation. Almost all were created in the summer of 2020 and centered on the slogan #Chinaangvirus – Tagalog for China is the virus."

新型コロナウイルス感染症のパンデミックがピークを迎えた際、米軍は、この致死的なウイルスによる被害が特に大きかったフィリピンにおける中国の影響力拡大に対抗するため、秘密裏に作戦を開始した。
この秘密作戦はこれ迄報道されていなかった。ロイターの調査で、中国が供給しているワクチンやその他の救命支援の安全性と有効性に疑念を抱かせることが目的だったことが判明した。フィリピン人を装った偽のアカウントを通じ、軍のプロパガンダ活動は反ワクチンキャンペーンへと変貌した。ソーシャルメディアの投稿では、マスクや検査キット、そしてフィリピンで最初に利用可能になるワクチンである中国のシノバックワクチンの品質を非難した。
ロイターは、フィリピン作戦に詳しい元米軍関係者が共有した説明と一致するアカウントを、X上で少なくとも300件特定した。ほぼ全てが2020年夏に作成され、「#Chinaangvirus」（タガログ語で「中国はウイルス」）というスローガンを中心に展開されていた。【1/6】

国防総省、中国製ワクチンへの恐怖を煽るため秘密裏に反ワクチンキャンペーンを展開
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/

以下自動翻訳

”ロイターの調査
国防総省はパンデミック中に中国を弱体化させるために秘密裏に反ワクチンキャンペーンを展開した”

”新型コロナウイルス感染症（COVID-19）のパンデミックがピークを迎えた際、米軍は、この致死的なウイルスによる被害が特に大きかったフィリピンにおける中国の影響力拡大に対抗するため、秘密裏に作戦を開始した。

この秘密作戦はこれまで報道されていなかった。ロイターの調査で、中国が供給しているワクチンやその他の救命支援の安全性と有効性に疑念を抱かせることが目的だったことが判明した。フィリピン人を装った偽のインターネットアカウントを通じて、軍のプロパガンダ活動は反ワクチンキャンペーンへと変貌した。ソーシャルメディアの投稿では、マスクや検査キット、そしてフィリピンで最初に利用可能になるワクチンである中国のシノバックワクチンの品質を非難した。

ロイターは、フィリピン作戦に詳しい元米軍関係者が共有した説明と一致するアカウントをX（旧ツイッター）上で少なくとも300件特定した。ほぼすべてが2020年夏に作成され、「#Chinaangvirus」（タガログ語で「中国はウイルス」）というスローガンを中心に展開されていた。”

#USA #Pentagon #BigPharma #Covid19 #China #PublicHealth #Philippines #Propaganda #Disinformation: "At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. military launched a secret campaign to counter what it perceived as China’s growing influence in the Philippines, a nation hit especially hard by the deadly virus.

The clandestine operation has not been previously reported. It aimed to sow doubt about the safety and efficacy of vaccines and other life-saving aid that was being supplied by China, a Reuters investigation found. Through phony internet accounts meant to impersonate Filipinos, the military’s propaganda efforts morphed into an anti-vax campaign. Social media posts decried the quality of face masks, test kits and the first vaccine that would become available in the Philippines – China’s Sinovac inoculation.

Reuters identified at least 300 accounts on X, formerly Twitter, that matched descriptions shared by former U.S. military officials familiar with the Philippines operation. Almost all were created in the summer of 2020 and centered on the slogan #Chinaangvirus – Tagalog for China is the virus."
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/

Blockbuster reporting from @Bing_Chris and Joel Schectman:

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. military launched a secret campaign to counter what it perceived as China’s growing influence in the Philippines, a nation hit especially hard by the deadly virus.

The clandestine operation has not been previously reported. It aimed to sow doubt about the safety and efficacy of vaccines and other life-saving aid that was being supplied by China, a Reuters investigation found. Through phony internet accounts meant to impersonate Filipinos, the military’s propaganda efforts morphed into an anti-vax campaign. Social media posts decried the quality of face masks, test kits and the first vaccine that would become available in the Philippines – China’s Sinovac inoculation.

Reuters identified at least 300 accounts on X, formerly Twitter, that matched descriptions shared by former U.S. military officials familiar with the Philippines operation. Almost all were created in the summer of 2020 and centered on the slogan #Chinaangvirus – Tagalog for China is the virus.

Pentagon's Secret Anti-Vax Campaign Against Chinese Vaccines in Asia & Middle East Discovered

According to a Reuters exclusive, the US Military engaged in a wide-ranging clandestine disinformation campaign in response to Chinese propaganda about the origin of the COVID-19 virus. The campaign started during the Trump administration and was continued until terminated by the Biden administration in mid-2021, and broadly targeted audiences across the Middle East and Asia on numerous social media platforms with native language posts.

Over 300 accounts on X (neé Twitter) were created in the summer of 2020, and wrote in Tagalog, pushing the hashtag “#ChinaAngVirus”, which translates to “China is the virus.” The accounts were removed by X after Reuters asked about them, claiming they were part of a coordinated bot campaign. In Muslim countries, assertions were made by these accounts that the Chinese vaccine contained pork gelatin, which would make it “haram” under Islamic law.

China mounted a large campaign to provide masks, ventilators, and China-produced vaccines to developing countries in early 2020. The Chinese-mad Sinovac was the primary vaccine available in the Philippines until US-mad vaccines were available there in early 2022.

Read the report here: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/