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The pager and walkie-talkie explosions that occurred in Lebanon on September 17 and 18 resulted in serious casualties and shocked the world. False information quickly circulated over social media among Chinese language users. […] For Chinese nationalists, the explosions provided an opportunity to justify the concerns about Western products and demonstrate that only Chinese-made electronic equipment can provide consumer safety.

Several themes emerged from the Chinese disinformation pieces:

  1. The scenes that falsely depicted the explosions

  2. The incorrect allegation that Taiwan, Israel, Japan, and the United States were part of a conspiracy network

  3. Concerns that iPhones could also explode

  4. The claim that wealthy Middle Eastern countries have quickly abandoned Western-made electronic devices in favor of Chinese products, particularly those made by Huawei

  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    It’s wasn’t “explosions”. It was a terrorist attack.

    And yes, the USA was closely involved.

    It’s hard to take the imperial news seriously.