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Anatomy of a conspiracy: With COVID disinformation, China took a leading role An Associated Press investigation, conducted in collaboration with the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, found that powerful political figures and allied media in China, the U.S., Russia and Iran flooded the globe with disinformation about the origins of the COVID pandemic. By ERIKA KINETZAssociated Press Share Clockwise from left: Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei; Russian President Vladimir Putin; former U.S. President Trump; and Chinese President Xi Jinping. AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin BRU...

Anatomy of a conspiracy: With COVID-19, China took leading role SECTIONS Last Updated: Feb 15, 2021, 11:17 AM IST Share Synopsis A nine-month investigation of state-sponsored disinformation conducted in collaboration with the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, shows how a rumor that the U.S. created the virus that causes COVID-19 was weaponized by the Chinese government, spreading from the dark corners of the Internet to millions across the globe. AP In Pic: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying speaks during a daily briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Be...

BRUSSELS--The rumors began almost as soon as the disease itself. Claims that a foreign adversary had

The rumors began almost as soon as the disease itself. Claims that a foreign adversary had unleashed a bioweapon emerged at the fringes of Chinese social media the same day China first reported the outbreak of a mysterious virus. “Watch out for Americans!” a Weibo user wrote on Dec. 31, 2019. Today, a year after…