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Episode: Dragonbridge: China’s Secret Bot Network Targets Escaped Virologist Dr. Li-meng Yan & Scientists Who Support The Wuhan Lab Leak Theory
Description: Media Forensics Hub of Clemson University uncovered a Chinese state-sponsored campaign to discredit scientists who say COVID originated from a lab in Wuhan – and escaped virologist Dr. Li-meng Yan is one of their top targets. By churning out thousands of offensive memes and spammy posts, the CCP government aims to discredit its critics and bury conversations under millions of bot accounts and fake profiles on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.The report says China organized “what is sometimes referred to as the 50 Cent Army, a collection of as many as two million social media users which make online comment...