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submitted 6 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

In a YouTube video, a voice in English announces that China has researched and developed its own ultra-thin 1-nanometer chip – a staggering claim given that the chip isn’t expected in commercial devices for another decade.

"Recent news from China has sent ripples of excitement and astonishment across the globe," gushes the voice-over on the China Charged YouTube channel. "This revolutionary breakthrough is more than a technological marvel; it is a game-changer that will redefine the global tech landscape."

"Prepare to have your mind blown," says another video, this time on the channel Unbelievable Projects. "Welcome to today's video, in which we'll discover why America remains behind China in infrastructure development."

These voices and their “good news” about China are evidence that the Chinese Communist Party and its overseas proxies are using artificial intelligence to flood YouTube with propaganda videos, according to a new report that describes a "coordinated inauthentic influence campaign" on the platform.

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[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 39 points 6 months ago

I'm shocked.

They've also infiltrated the administration of lemmy.ml and specifically c/worldnews.

[-] 13617@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago

Can someone please explain to me the drama of Lemmy.ml and why everyone seems to be leaving it?

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 37 points 6 months ago

I don't know. I just saw a thread there yesterday about "young people are more favorable on China" and inevitably the discussion ended up being largely about the many Chinese atrocities, all of which the mods promptly removed, as well as leaving all the comments claiming that those were all CCP bots coming to...spread anti-Chinese propaganda?

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 23 points 6 months ago

Better yet, look at the modlog.

[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Lemmy.ml is run by ML. Marxist-LENINIST. They will not allow almost any critique of any government that falls under that umbrella ever. But will gladly hypocritically criticize any western power for the same thing.

If it was wrong for the US Britain and the west to do it. It's wrong for China, North Korea today or the Soviet Union in their time to have done it as well. Not a free pass for them to do it. When it comes to anything criticizing their political ideologies you may as well be on something like lemmy.conservative in many ways.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago
[-] CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world 2 points 6 months ago

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !worldnews@lemmy.ml

[-] Hooverx@lemm.ee 0 points 6 months ago

honestly they just expect more evidence

I think they're not moderated by Americans so their standard for what's "acceptable" is less "what's politically-aligned" but "what's backed by the available evidence"

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