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The documents, including more than 3,200 directives and 1,800 memos and other files from the country’s internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China, lay bare the systems that helped authorities shape online opinion. https://t.co/KtHlc8TApD pic.twitter.com/GDlW6Io460
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 19, 2020
They ordered news sites not to issue push alerts about his death, and told social platforms to gradually remove his name from trending topics pages and activated legions of fake online commenters to flood social sites with distracting chatter. https://t.co/Twygu3YwFh pic.twitter.com/uVfExnNPQD
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 19, 2020
Read our full investigation on how Chinese officials stage-managed what appeared online in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak: https://t.co/Twygu3YwFh
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 19, 2020
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Important story by @paulmozur, @zhonggg, @jeffykao and @Aaron_Krolik that looks at how #China tried to manage online information about #COVID19 pandemic during the early stage of the outbreak. Thousands of documents and directives offered some clue. https://t.co/F7t27gHE0P
— William Yang (@WilliamYang120) December 20, 2020
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