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Brussels shifts position by accusing Beijing for first time of running false campaigns

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Wed 10 Jun 2020 11.16 BSTLast modified on Wed 10 Jun 2020 18.10 BST

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European commission vice-president Vĕra Jourová: ‘If we have evidence we should not shy away from naming and shaming.’ Photograph: François Lenoir/AP
China has been accused by Brussels of running disinformation campaigns inside the European Union, as the bloc set out a plan to tackle a “huge wave” of false facts about the coronavirus pandemic.

The European commission said Russia and China were running “targeted influence operations and disinformation campaigns in the EU, its neighbourhood, and globally”. While the charge against Russia has been levelled on many occasions, this is the first time the EU executive has publicly named China as a source of disinformation.

French politicians were furious when a Chinese embassy website claimed in mid-April, at the height of Europe’s pandemic, that care workers had abandoned their jobs leaving residents to die. The unnamed Chinese diplomat also claimed falsely that 80 French lawmakers had used a racist slur against the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

“I believe if we have evidence we should not shy away from naming and shaming,” Vĕra Jourová, a European commission vice-president, told reporters. “What we also witnessed is a surge in narratives undermining our democracies and in effect our response to the crisis, for example the claim there are secret US biological laboratories on former Soviet republics has been spread by both pro-Kremlin outlets, as well as Chinese officials and state media.”

“I strongly believe that a geopolitically strong EU can only materialise if we are assertive,” Jourová said, alluding to the aim of the European commission’s president, Ursula von der Leyen, for the body to have more clout on the world stage.

The more assertive stance marks a change in tone from a report in March which merely described Chinese media narratives, while focusing the spotlight on disinformation from Kremlin-backed sources. It comes after lawmakers in the European parliament accused the commission of watering down an earlier report on disinformation under pressure from China – charges EU officials strongly denied.

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EU member states are grappling with how to deal with China on a range of fronts, from foreign policy and security, to the economy. The commission described China as a “systemic rival” in a 2019 report that was seen by many member states as marking a watershed in how the EU deals with an increasingly aggressive government in Beijing.

The EU commission also issued an implicit rebuke to Donald Trump, as it noted the harmful effects of his bizarre suggestions about injecting bleach to treat coronavirus. Without naming the US president, a commission document stated that such false claims can be “very harmful”, noting that Belgium’s Poison Control Centre has recorded an increase of 15% in the number of bleach-related incidents.

Jourová repeated her praise of Twitter for putting a factchecking tag on two of Trump’s recent tweets, while saying she would like to see a similar approach taken by social media companies on other false information. “Be it the president, be the diplomats, be it me…. when we [politicians] say something we have to be accountable and we should be able to stand that somebody goes and checks the facts.”

The commission has encouraged social media companies to sign a voluntary code of practice on disinformation, while threatening regulation if they fail to act. The latest report steps up demands on platforms to be more transparent in sharing data with researchers and intensify work with independent fact checkers. “I would not like the platforms themselves to be the arbiters of truth,” Jourová said.

The Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok has become the latest company to sign the code of practice, the commission said, joining the likes of Facebook, Google, Twitter and Mozilla.
 
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I don't think the guardian represent EU. They represent UK voice but now they are not part of EU. From what I know Germany the biggest economy power in EU still very keen to maintain good r/s with China as their export heavily depend on China consumer markets to help them recovered from this recession.
 
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I don't think the guardian represent EU. They represent UK voice but now they are not part of EU. From what I know Germany the biggest economy power in EU still very keen to maintain good r/s with China as their export heavily depend on China consumer markets to help them recovered from this recession.

"The European commission said Russia and China were running “targeted influence operations and disinformation campaigns in the EU, its neighbourhood, and globally”. While the charge against Russia has been levelled on many occasions, this is the first time the EU executive has publicly named China as a source of disinformation."


The Guardian is just reporting what the EU is saying.

China should not think that EU needs China more than the other way round. They will say what they like and China will just have to take it. China can hardly become USA's total bitch in retaliation.
 
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"The European commission said Russia and China were running “targeted influence operations and disinformation campaigns in the EU, its neighbourhood, and globally”. While the charge against Russia has been levelled on many occasions, this is the first time the EU executive has publicly named China as a source of disinformation."


The Guardian is just reporting what the EU is saying.

China should not think that EU needs China more than the other way round. They will say what they like and China will just have to take it. China can hardly become USA's total bitch in retaliation.
IT IS SHAMEFUL THAT YOU DELIBERATELY OMIT THIS PARAGRAPH,
that the MISLEADING TITLE tries to malign China as being the main purveyor for the HUGE WAVE of disinfomation that is NOT FROM CHINA but rather from the US.

" China has been accused by Brussels of running disinformation campaigns inside the European Union, as the bloc set out a plan to tackle a “huge wave” of false facts about the coronavirus pandemic. "

For those who missed out this attempt to demonize China.
China is being mentioned in the same sentence BUT IS NOT CONNECTED with the SEPERATE STATEMENT that the EU is set to tackle a "huge wave" of false facts.
That is this "HUGE WAVE" of false facts IS NOT MAINLY FROM CHINA as is suggested by the MISLEADING TITLE.
@Han Patriot, a cunning closet CHINA HATER here for you.
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Dude I am done.... Germany and France wants business, the anglos want trouble but once trump is out, it will be business as usual but anti China on the front.

Dude I am done.... Germany and France wants business, the anglos want trouble but once trump is out, it will be business as usual but anti China on the front.
 
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I don't think so.

Based on my own experience.

Most of the coronavirus information came from China.

And I don't know which one is the so-called disinformation because all of them make sense.

From all the prevention, test kit, and how to cure it.


In my opinion, it's Western media who are playing drama with coronavirus.

Just like usually with other news for the sake to sell it.


I don't think EU politicians are dumb.

But playing dumb.
 
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What happen to the "ENORMOUS" evidence that Trump and Pompeo have on the Wuhan lab ?

:argh: :alcoholic:
 
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The United States, EU, Russia, are the same. They are all White
 
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Shit I didn’t know masks and social distancing was disinformation


Pinkoids killing people due to pride is nothing new.
 
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