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turns out we wuz wrong, guise…

 

Russian propaganda on Ukraine's non-existent 'biolabs' boosted by U.S. far right

 

Russian and Chinese officials have also pushed the theory, associated withQAnon,which has reached mainstream conservative media in the U.S.

 

March 14, 2020 / 02:20

 

Russia’s early struggles to push disinformation and propaganda about Ukraine have picked up momentum in recent days, thanks to a variety of debunked conspiracy theories about biological research labs in Ukraine. Much of the false information is flourishing in Russian social media, far-right online spaces and U.S. conservative media, including Tucker Carlson’s show on Fox News.

 

The theories, which have been boosted by Russian and Chinese officials, come as U.S. officials warn that Russia could be preparing a chemical or biological weapons attack of its own in Ukraine.

 

Most of the conspiracy theories claim that the U.S. was developing and plotting to release a bioweapon or potentially another coronavirus from “biolabs”’ throughout Ukraine and that Russia invaded to take over the labs. Many of the theories implicate people who are often the targets of far-right conspiracy thinking — including Dr. Anthony Fauci and President Joe Biden — as being behind creating the weaponized diseases in the biolabs.

 

Disinformation experts said the biolabs theory echoes other Russian propaganda meant to justify its military efforts, which often makes allegations against other countries and populations that reflect similar attacks it plans to make.

 

PolitiFacthas debunked the theories, and no evidence of U.S.-run bioweapons labs in Ukraine has been put forward. Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence, told the Senate Intelligence Committee the U.S. has no evidence that Ukraine has pursued bioweapons and that the only assistance provided by the U.S. was “in the context of biosafety.” …

 

Boosted by far-right influencers on the day of the invasion, an anonymousQAnon Twitter accounttitled @WarClandestine pushed the “biolabs” theory to new heights, using the same “US biolabs” graphic initially included on the Gab post that went largely unshared the week before.

 

Twitter said the account and others that pushed the biolabs theory were banned for “multiple violations of our abusive behavior policy.”

 

The biolab conspiracy theory has taken over as the prevailing narrative on pro-Trump andQAnonwebsites like The Great Awakening and Patriots.Win.

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/qanon-ukraine-biolabs-russian-propaganda-efforts-boosted-us-far-right-rcna19392