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Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs made public remarks, pointing out that the current efforts to counter the propaganda Russia spreads everywhere are insufficient, and warning that modern social media combined with new artificial intelligence technology are easily influencing people's minds. He also mentioned that Ukraine attacked three Yandex centers, which drew attention and discussion on social media.

China Daily's Douyin account posted a 16-second video in which remarks by Israeli National Security Minister Ben Gvir were edited and translated to appear as a threat to kill Palestinian women and children, sparking outrage among Chinese netizens.

Netizens found the roughly 1-minute original video on foreign platforms and re-translated it, showing that Ben-Gvir was in fact accusing Palestinian prisoners of taking part in an attack that killed 48 people — a context completely opposite to the China Daily version.

A large number of netizens went to China Daily's Douyin account to leave comments mocking its out-of-context editing, and that evening China Daily took down the video.

On July 21, 2026, in response to the Chinese official media China Daily releasing an AI animation that caricatured Filipinos as monkeys, the Philippine mainstream media Forum Daily publicly posted an image of Xi Jinping as Winnie the Pooh on social platforms as a public opinion counterattack.

On July 21, 2026, Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Jing Quan publicly responded to the controversial animation published by state media China Daily that used monkeys to allude to Filipinos, arguing that the content was an independent act of the media and had nothing to do with the Chinese government.

On July 16, 2026, the Philippine government issued a statement strongly condemning an AI animation published by Chinese official media China Daily that depicted Filipinos as monkeys, accusing the video of being filled with racist and dehumanizing propaganda and demanding its removal.

On July 10, China Daily posted an AI-generated video on Facebook depicting Filipinos in a humiliating image. The Philippine government strongly condemned it on July 16 and demanded its removal, while the Chinese side said the media's actions were unrelated to the government.

China Daily released an AI-generated video, which sparked protests from the Philippines after it allegedly depicted the Philippines as a monkey.

In 2016, Xi Jinping made clear at the symposium on the Party's news and public opinion work that media sponsored by the Party and the government must bear the Party's name, that media work must embody the Party's will and reflect the Party's positions, and he emphasized giving priority to positive publicity.