EU blames China for ‘huge wave’ of Covid-19 disinformation
China has been accused by the European Union of running "targeted influence operations and disinformation campaigns" globally, as the bloc set out a plan to tackle a "huge wave" of false facts about the coronavirus pandemic.At the height of Europe's coronavirus outbreak, French politicians were left furious when a Chinese embassy website claimed in mid-April that care workers in France had abounded their jobs and had left patients to die. It was also claimed, falsely, that over 80 French lawmakers had used a racist slur against World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus."I believe if we have evidence we should not shy away from naming and shaming," Vera Jourova, a European Commission vice-president, said. This is the first time an EU executive has publicly named China as a ...