Reuters Report on Pentagon Disinfo a Limited Hangout – Omits US State Department’s Role

– Reuters exposed the US Department of Defense’s global spanning disinformation campaign aimed at undermining China while endangering human health in supposedly US “allied” nations;

– Reuters admits the Pentagon created fake accounts on US-based social media platforms to spread disinformation about Chinese medical aid;

– Reuters admits the US government has conducted similar campaigns attacking other aspects of Chinese relations with the rest of the world;

– Omitted however, is the US State Department’s role in marshalling opposition groups created via its National Endowment for Democracy (NED) to not only spread anti-China disinformation, but also take the US State Department’s disinfo into the streets with violent protests;

– Nations need to protect their information space from foreign infiltration as seriously as nations protect their borders, shores, and air space;

– Russia and China can offer nations the means to protect their information space through IT solutions just as they offer options to protect physical domains through military hardware;

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https://www.reuters.com/investigates/…

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