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I have seen the US government doing this a lot. Example, whitewashing the No Gun Ri massacre on Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=No_Gun_Ri&diff=185... ). That one is from US Central Command Multi National Security Transition Team Iraq.

Also have seen similar edits on Wikipedia from Ft. Benning/WHISC/SOA and so forth.

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You should actually read the paper. An IP user making edits to a controversial Wikipedia page is nothing like what this paper is talking about. To summarize:

1. The Chinese government has a massive, coordinated effort to post on social media to serve their propaganda goals.

2. That effort attempts to distract from things they don't want people to consider, rather than just loudly pushing the party line.

The methods are interesting. It is worth noting however that it's not the any gov't wouldn't want to do this, or even doesn't.

This is a very typical response in a thread about China.

Please stop comparing it with other nations. China's government and its modus operandi is a completely different ball game. It is not even the same sport.

It only detracts from the discussion. If you would like to discuss US topics, please open a new thread and we are happy to have a conversation.

but if you are criticizing something while doing the same thing, it's just hypocrisy.

I beg your pardon?

> I have seen the US government doing this a lot.

I find it funny that an article mentioning "...the goal of this massive secretive operation is instead to distract the public and change the subject..." contains a comment that does exactly that.

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