'Peddling false narrative': MEA condemns anti-India campaign by Chinese vloggers
The Indian Ministry of External Affairs has condemned a campaign by Chinese vloggers who are filming in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and falsely presenting the footage as New Delhi. The government criticized the effort as a deliberate attempt to spread a distorted and negative image of India.
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Highlights the growing concern over digital misinformation and the use of social media platforms to conduct geopolitical influence operations.
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Tuesday condemned an alleged coordinated anti-India campaign by Chinese nationals who have reportedly been filming videos in slum areas of Dhaka for months and portraying the locations as parts of New Delhi during livestreams on Chinese social media platforms.During the weekly press briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal termed the incident as "unfortunate" and said that attempts to project a distorted picture of a country only undermine the credibility of those involved and those backing them."We have seen media reports in this regard. Such efforts to present a distorted picture of any country are unfortunate," Jaiswal said."Insofar as efforts to buy foreign elements to portray Dhaka as Delhi are concerned, the peddling of false narratives only undermines the credibility of those who are undertaking such actions and those who are behind them.
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