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Universities Group Head Says Canadian Research Programs Cleared of China Risks
Canadian research programs have now been cleared of security risks posed by China, a university association executive told MPs at a House of Commons committee. This claim follows security alerts about research partnerships with Chinese technology firms and a military academy. “We hear about potential threats, we hear about attempts to influence and so on and we take them very, very seriously,” said Chad Gaffield, chief executive officer of U15, an association representing Canada’s top 15 research universities. During his testimony at the House science committee, he further asserted that the measures implemented to mitigate security risks associated with Beijing “are working,” according to Blacklock’s Reporter.... Chinese Authorities ‘Actually Want to Get Rid of the Uyghurs,’ Says Rights Advocate
China’s communist regime is effectively using a “misinformation campaign” to put a patina of palatability on its genocide, according to Omer Kanat, the executive director of the Uyghur Human Rights Project. The misinformation includes scripted foreign dignitary visits to what the regime calls the “Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region” and a trickle of visits abroad by muzzled Uyghurs who are instructed only to say good things about Xinjiang. Meanwhile, the regime is relocating hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs from reeducation camps, where they are put through a brainwashing program, to state prisons and forced labor factories where they can work over 10 hours per day in addition to political indoctrination sessions.... China Used Over 8,000 Fake Social Media Accounts to Target UK, Meta Says
Meta shut down over 8,000 social media accounts covertly run by China which targeted the UK, a new EU transparency report has revealed. The Facebook and Instagram profiles were part of network being coordinated in Bejing, according to the data disclosed by the social media giant. “One or more” of the 930 Facebook pages identified by Meta had amassed more than 560,000 followers, according to its report published by the European Commission. Over 7,700 Facebook accounts were identified and shut down by Meta from April to May this year, along with 15 groups and 15 Instagram accounts for “inauthentic behaviour.” Meta said in its EU report: “This network originated in China and targeted many regions around the world, including Taiwan, the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, Japan, and global Chinese-speaking audiences....