'Absurb and laughable': China on Facebook's Zuckerberg's claims of US election interference

Record ID: 1438034

  • Title: 'Absurb and laughable': China on Facebook's Zuckerberg's claims of US election interference
  • Date: 22nd October 2019
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (OCTOBER 22, 2019) (REUTERS) FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN HUA CHUNYING WALKING IN JOURNALISTS SITTING (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN HUA CHUNYING, SAYING: "It may not be the first time that questions about China's intervention in the U.S. election are mentioned. I think this is very absurd and laughable. China has always pursued the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries. We have never had any interest in interfering in the internal elections of other countries, including the U.S. general election. If someone says China interfered in the U.S. election, they should provide proof." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS EXTERIOR OF FOREIGN MINISTRY CHINESE FLAG FLYING
  • Embargoed: 5th November 2019 09:17
  • Keywords: China Facebook Zuckerberg 2020 US election
  • Location: BEIJING, CHINA
  • City: BEIJING, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001B26G9XJ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: China's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Tuesday (October 22) that China has never had any interest in interfering in the U.S. general election and that the accusation was "absurd and laughable".
    "We face increasingly sophisticated attacks from nation states like Russia, Iran and China, but I'm confident we're more prepared." Zuckerberg said on Monday (October 21).
    Facebook has announced steps to combat misinformation and voter suppression ahead of the November 2020 U.S. presidential election, on the same day it disclosed the removal of a network of Russian accounts targeting U.S. voters on Instagram.
    Facebook said on Monday (October 21) it would increase transparency through measures such as showing more information about the confirmed owner of a Facebook page and more prominently labeling content that independent fact-checkers have marked as false.
    (Production: Thomas Suen)
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