The COVID-19 public health crisis involves more than a fight against the coronavirus. It has prompted an information war in which the United States and its allies are losing ground to adversaries, particularly Russia and China. While the pandemic enables disruption of the information environment, it also presents a research opportunity. Based on a literature review through January 2021, evaluated at an expert seminar, this policy brief provides a baseline analysis of changing tactics, narratives, and distribution strategies in Russian and Chinese information operations (IOs) relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Group of authors: Russian and Chinese information operations during COVID-19
Used vaccine vials are dumped in a container at a Covid-19 vaccination centre, located at the Conference centre in Nice, during the third lockdown weekend implemented to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, in the French riviera city of Nice, southern France, on March 13, 2021.
