Google has blocked a huge network of pro-China propaganda news websites

Google has blocked a huge network of pro-China propaganda news websites


  • Google crackdown identifies four PR firms infiltrating search results
  • ‘Glassbridge’ firms spread Chinese propaganda
  • Google removed 1,000 domains form the network

Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has revealed it has blocked over 1,000 sites belonging to a small number of PR firms that spread pro-China propaganda through inauthentic news sites.

The sites posed as local news networks, even publishing authentic localized content alongside state sponsored press releases to deceive readers.

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