{"id":375700,"date":"2026-09-04T01:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T00:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-ai-backlash-actually-a-chinese-psy-op-the-global-story\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T01:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T00:00:15","slug":"is-the-ai-backlash-actually-a-chinese-psy-op-the-global-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-ai-backlash-actually-a-chinese-psy-op-the-global-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the AI backlash actually a Chinese psy-op? | The Global Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/QEDSmKCWuqY\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Is the AI backlash actually a Chinese psy-op? | The Global Story\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QEDSmKCWuqY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Accusations of foreign interference have been making headlines this week. <\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk\u2019s X alleges that China has been stirring up a backlash against American data centres. <\/p>\n<p>Israel and Russia have denied allegations from Spain\u2019s prime minister that they\u2019re partly to blame for the migrant crisis in Ceuta. <\/p>\n<p>And Germany has accused Russia of being behind a spate of drone attacks at a German airport. Vladimir Putin has dismissed those claims and accused Germany of a\u2018 false flag\u2019 operation. <\/p>\n<p>We speak to the BBC\u2019s social media investigations correspondent, Marianna Spring to examine the evidence and ask whether foreign interference is really to blame in every case, or if it is just a convenient scapegoat. <\/p>\n<p>0:00 Introduction to the episode<br \/>\n1:48 Why is Elon Musk\/X accusing China of misinformation surrounding data centres<br \/>\n5:33 How do bot farms work?<br \/>\n8:00 Why does Elon Musk even care?<br \/>\n8:53 The Ceuta migrant crisis and Spain&#8217;s critique of Isreal and Russia<br \/>\n12:23 Mirage content and how that encouraged people to go to Ceuta<br \/>\n13:36 So why is Spain involving Isreal and Russia?<br \/>\n17:09 Why is it beneficial for a leader to accuse another country of foreign interference?<br \/>\n18:27 Germany&#8217;s blames Russia for airport drone attack<br \/>\n21:11 What do we know about Russia&#8217;s alleged campaigns of foreign intervention?<br \/>\n24:33 Which operation is more beneficial to Russia in the long run?<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#China #Russia #Misinformation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accusations of foreign interference have been making headlines this week. 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