China Spreads Propaganda to U.S. on Facebook, a Platform It Bans at Home
China’s propaganda efforts are in the spotlight with President Trump visiting the country
and American lawmakers investigating foreign powers’ use of technology to sway voters in the United States.
"Every person and nation has its own culture and customs, no need to interfere." Another woman
addresses America directly: "Don’t be so self-important and arrogant." NOV. 7, 2017
Even children are asked about the relationship between the United States and China.
During Facebook’s time in the congressional hot seat last week, Senator John Kennedy, a Republican
from Louisiana, asked whether China had also run ads to affect the United States election.
Facebook executives even set up a page to show CCTV, one of Beijing’s chief propaganda outlets,
how to use the platform during President Xi Jinping’s 2015 trip to the United States.
It also hasn’t been reluctant to use it as a soapbox where China’s relationship with the United States is concerned.
"They don’t respect China and use South Korea to spy on China," says another.
As if to demonstrate the platform’s effectiveness, outside its borders China uses it
to spread state-produced propaganda around the world, including the United States.
