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# How China uses search engines to spread propaganda
- URL: https://werd.io/how-china-uses-search-engines-to-spread-propaganda/
- Published: 2022-07-06T19:23:40.000Z
- Updated: 2022-07-06T19:23:40.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:23

“\[…\] as authoritarian states like China increasingly use online platforms to disseminate narratives aimed at weakening their democratic competitors, these search engines represent a crucial battleground in their information war with rivals. For Beijing, search engines represent a key—and underappreciated vector—to spread propaganda to audiences around the world.”

\[[Link](https://www.brookings.edu/techstream/how-china-uses-search-engines-to-spread-propaganda/)\]