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Fact Checking: Misinformation Spread Quickly on Chinese-language Social Media after Lebanon’s Pager and Walkie-Talkie Explosions in September (tfc-taiwan.org.tw)

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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:

The scenes that falsely depicted the explosions

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

Concerns that iPhones could also explode

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

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