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Coronavirus: EU accuses China and Russia of running disinformation campaigns

Guardian, 11 Jun 2020
Russia and China have been accused by Brussels of running disinformation campaigns inside the European Union, as the bloc set out a plan to tackle an 'infodemic' of false facts about the coronavirus. While the charge against Russia has been levelled on many occasions, this is the first time the European commission has publicly named China as a source of disinformation
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