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Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic - Reuters (www.reuters.com)
 
 

This article is a couple of weeks old now, but I thought it was important to remind people that despite the fact I've posted a lot recently about Russian and Chinese disinformation, the US also has a track record of engaging in disinformation campaigns against it's adversaries.

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USA | Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic (www.reuters.com)
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The U.S. military launched a clandestine program amid the COVID crisis to discredit China’s Sinovac inoculation – payback for Beijing’s efforts to blame Washington for the pandemic. One target: the Filipino public. Health experts say the gambit was indefensible and put innocent lives at risk.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/FKXpw

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cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/3177784

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic

This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/aboringdystopia by /u/Beelzebubs-Barrister on 2024-06-15 18:08:50+00:00.

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This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/aboringdystopia by /u/Beelzebubs-Barrister on 2024-06-15 18:08:50+00:00.

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Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic | Reuters Investigation (www.reuters.com)
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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.

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.

The military program started under former President Donald Trump and continued months into Joe Biden’s presidency, Reuters found – even after alarmed social media executives warned the new administration that the Pentagon had been trafficking in COVID misinformation. The Biden White House issued an edict in spring 2021 banning the anti-vax effort, which also disparaged vaccines produced by other rivals, and the Pentagon initiated an internal review, Reuters found.

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Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to incite fear of China vaccines (www.reuters.com)
 
 

The covert effort began under Trump and continued into Biden’s presidency, Reuters found. Health experts say it endangered lives for possible geopolitical gain.

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Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to incite fear of China vaccines (www.reuters.com)
 
 
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The original was posted on /r/technology by /u/uhhhwhatok on 2024-06-14 21:37:32+00:00.

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

Archive part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, and part 7

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Le Pentagone à conduit une campagne de propagande antivax en Asie du Sud Est pour essayer de diminuer l'influence de la Chine dans la région. (www.reuters.com)
 
 
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The original was posted on /r/france by /u/ReganDryke on 2024-06-14 12:36:54+00:00.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/13270546

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Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to incite fear of China vaccines (www.reuters.com)
 
 
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The original was posted on /r/worldnews by /u/untamedlazyeye on 2024-06-14 12:21:24+00:00.

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Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic (www.reuters.com)
 
 

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.

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