"China Borrowing Russian Tactics to Spread Coronavirus Disinformation"

China's state-backed information operations are starting to follow Russia's playbook for spreading disinformation.  The Chinese state-backed information operations usually run disinformation operations aimed at controlling a narrative.   However, now they are mirroring  Russian state-backed information operations behavior of spreading disinformation.  Russia usually spreads disinformation to cause chaos and confusion.  The disinformation China is spreading is where the coronavirus first originated.  On Sunday, a state-backed Chinese outlet propagated fake news, that COVID-19 started spreading through Italy first before it was detected in China.  

Cyberscoop reports: "China Borrowing Russian Tactics to Spread Coronavirus Disinformation"