Monday, 29 Jun 2020 06:50 PM MYT
Whether it is distorted coverage or outright conspiracy theories, articles written in French and German by foreign state media are resonating widely on Facebook and Twitter, often with their origins unclear, the Oxford Internet Institute said in a report published today. In their French, German as well as Spanish output, state media groups have “politicised the coronavirus by criticising Western democracies, praising their home countries, and promoting conspiracy theories about the origins of the virus”, the institute said.
Bright added: “A significant portion of social media is people consuming content that is directly funded by foreign governments, and it’s not very clear to the reader that that’s the case.” The report also examined content in German, French and Spanish from Turkey’s TRT network, which it said focussed more on positive portrayals of the Turkish government’s actions against the pandemic.
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