Title Shadow Play: a pro-China technology and anti-US influence operation thrives on YouTube

Published Barton, Australian Capital Territory : Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 2023

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Description 1 online resource Series Policy brief / Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 2209-9689 ; report no. 77/2023 Policy brief (Australian Strategic Policy Institute) report no. 77/2023 2209-9689 Contents Executive summary. -- Attribution. -- Methodology and operation discover. -- The Shadow Play network. -- The Shadow Play network's key narratives. -- Iran and China's BeiDou satellite system: how an influence operation can become misinformation. -- Conclusion and policy recommendations. -- Appendices. -- Notes Summary ASPI has recently observed a coordinated inauthentic influence campaign originating on YouTube that’s promoting pro-China and anti-US narratives in an apparent effort to shift English-speaking audiences’ views of those countries’ roles in international politics, the global economy and strategic technology competition. This new campaign (which ASPI has named ‘Shadow Play’) has attracted an unusually large audience and is using entities and voice overs generated by artificial intelligence (AI) as a tactic that enables broad reach and scale. It focuses on promoting a series of narratives including China’s efforts to ‘win the US–China technology war’ amid US sanctions targeting China. It also includes a focus on Chinese and US companies, such as pro-Huawei and anti-Apple content. The campaign focuses on promoting six narratives. Two of the most dominant narratives are that China is ‘winning’ in crucial areas of global competition: first, in the ‘US–China tech war’ and, second, in the competition for rare earths and critical minerals. Other key narratives express that the US is headed for collapse and that its alliance partnerships are fracturing, that China and Russia are responsible, capable players in geopolitics, that the US dollar and the US economy are weak, and that China is highly capable and trusted to deliver massive infrastructure projects Notes ISSN: 2209-9689 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-56) Subject YouTube (Firm) -- Political aspects SUBJECT YouTube (Firm) fast Subject Information warfare -- China Propaganda -- China Social media -- China -- Influence Disinformation -- China Disinformation Information warfare Propaganda Social media -- Influence China Genre/Form Electronic books Form Electronic book Author Australian Strategic Policy Institute.

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