As president, Donald Trump reportedly ordered the CIA to use social media to attack the Chinese government.
when he ordered the Central Intelligence Agency to launch a campaign against the country’s government through its local social media.created a small team of operatives who would use Chinese social media to spread negative narratives about President Xi Jinping and his government, according to
These operations included criticizing the government as well as leaking disparaging intelligence overseas. For example, the team promoted claims that Chinese Communist Party members were hiding ill-gotten money overseas and alleged that certain projects were corrupt and wasteful.did not provide details about the operations, they said the narratives were based on facts despite being released by intelligence operatives acting under false cover.
It is unclear what effect these operations had on China or if President Joe Biden continued the operation after taking over in 2021.
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