CHINA: ‘The State Is Using Generative AI to Engineer Reality Through Informational Gaslighting’ By CIVICUS Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.

CHINA: ‘The State Is Using Generative AI to Engineer Reality Through Informational Gaslighting’ By CIVICUS https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/03/china-the-state-is-using-generative-ai-to-engineer-reality-through-informational-gaslighting/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Pakistans_Solar_Boom_to_Tide_Over_Middle_East_Energy_Crisis_Philippines_ICC_Hearing_Gives_Survivors_ Mar 18 2026 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses China’s tech-enabled repression with Fergus Ryan, a Senior Analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), where he specialises in how the Chinese Communist Party shapes global information environments through censorship, propaganda and platform governance. His research includes a major study on China’s AI ecosystem and its human rights impacts, as well as investigations into China’s use of foreign influencers. Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.