Sarah Cook

My latest via @CEPA on how Chinese AI models spread propaganda & censorship globally. New research finds that these models embed Beijing's content controls on topics vital to European and U.S. security, reaching far beyond domestic CCP sensitivities and human rights. cepa.org/article/chines…

With democracy in global retreat, the authoritarians are winning, even considering the capture of Maduro and the Iran war. I use the latest annual report from Freedom House to show the scale of democracies’ problems. My latest for ⁦@CFR_org⁩ cfr.org/articles/freed…

Nothing to see here, just a world leading news bureau taking money from a blacklisted company with ties to the Chinese military that is, at best, complicit in genocidal activities.

DSET releases new policy commentary — “Distillation Cascade”: How China’s AI Capabilities Form, Spread, and Escape Export Controls. 📌 Full article available here: dset.tw/en/research/%C…

In case you missed it — have a read through our recent report "The Great Broadcasting Retreat" on how China is shutting down hundreds of local TV and radio channels. And rebuilding its propaganda apparatus online. lingua-sinica.org/the-great-broa…

China’s holding thousands of political prisoners in appalling conditions. Please join me and members of three prisoners’ families today, Monday, March 16 from 9:30 am EDT online or in person, for a @HudsonInstitute event urging Trump and other officials visiting China to press Xi Jinping to release them. @OliviaEnos and @michaelsobolik will moderate, the @McCainInstitute's @PedroPizano and @luke_alliance will also speak🧵1/6 hudson.org/events/priorit…

Most Taiwanese would be willing to resist a Chinese invasion "at all costs," a new poll finds.

Police in City of Jinggangshan, China released a video instructing the public on what they must not post on social media. She said, when using WeChat, pay attention — the following content must never be posted: Do not post politically sensitive topics. Do not spread rumors. Do not share so-called internal documents. Do not post content related to pornography, drugs, or violence. Do not post any news about Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan before it is released on official websites. Do not share military-related information. Do not post documents involving state secrets. Do not post videos of unknown origin, especially those involving criminal groups or police. Do not post any other information that violates relevant laws and regulations.

As unveiled by @thetimes, my British Citizenship application has been under consideration by @ukhomeoffice for 10 mths, and faces a risk of rejection depsite meeting all req’ts. Meanwhile, I received @10DowningStreet invitation to its LNY reception. This is total hypocrisy. […]

@ShangguanJiewen Chinese CCP propagandist using seedance 2 AI to spread fake BS about "Chinese Robots" seriously? Don't believe anything this communist shil posts. It's all fake, lies and propaganda

Recommended reading: @Sarah_G_Cook explains how Chinese AI systems embed CCP propaganda and censor politically sensitive topics. Freedom House continues to cover this growing trend, including in Freedom on the Net. Learn more: freedomhouse.org/report/freedom…

#锡安之光教会案 目前高全福牧师、唐秉义牧师、庞羽师母被以诈骗罪起诉。 wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/03/202638… 庞羽有心脏疾病，在看守所无有效药物加以控制，半夜值班时心脏时常疼痛，甚至不能正常如厕。 2025年5月16日开始，高全福等十一人陆续被捕； 2025年9月3日，高全福妻子庞羽被以诈骗罪逮捕。

Three sources tell 60 Minutes that undercover agents purchased a miniaturized microwave weapon from a Russian criminal network. Secret U.S. military lab testing of the device on rats and sheep has resulted in symptoms similar to Havana Syndrome, a confidential source says. cbsn.ws/4d7bHkz

New studies from Europe reveal how Chinese open-source AI models (DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi) embed CCP propaganda & censorship—distorting facts on Ukraine, security risks, & more. This isn't just about China; it's spreading globally. Thread 👇 cepa.org/article/chines…

@ShangguanJiewen You’re also simply posting what you’re told to post, your opinion is not your own and it’s pathetic

🙋‍♀️ 在 #国际妇女节 这天，我们一起声援Tara #张雅笛，以及所有仍在关押的女性良心犯。作为汉人，她在过去几年间，持续为 #藏人 权益发声，并通过写作促进藏-汉对话。 2025年夏天，张雅笛在回国探亲期间被国家安全机关拘捕，并被以 “煽动分裂国家罪” 的名义关押在湖南省国安看守所。 截止目前，她已在看守所中度过了221天的时光。 张雅笛的案例并非个案，而是包括女性和少数民族等弱势群体在中国被系统性压迫的一环。我们希望提醒大家，受压迫的人不仅仅是因为 “女性” 这个身份，女性主义除了关注性别平权，也关注边缘群体被压迫背后的多重原因。 在过去数十年间，藏人女性正在经历广泛地文化灭绝、非法羁押和强制绝育，她们的宗教信仰被中国当局污名化，她们的语言和文化传承正在面临断代的危险。 我们不会忘记Tara张雅笛，正如我们不会忘记所有仍受压迫的女性个体。愿她们早日争取到属于自己的自由。 🙋‍♀️ On International Women’s Day, we stand with #Tara Zhang Yadi and all women prisoners of conscience who remain behind bars. As a Han Chinese, Tara spent the past several years speaking up for #Tibetan rights and promoting Tibetan–Han dialogue through her writing. In the summer of 2025, while returning to China to visit her family, Zhang Yadi was detained by state security authorities and later held at the Hunan National Security Detention Center on the charge of “inciting separatism.” As of today, she has spent 221 days in detention. Zhang Yadi’s case is not an isolated one. It forms part of a broader pattern of systematic repression in China affecting vulnerable groups, including women and ethnic minorities. We also wish to emphasize that oppression is not experienced solely because of the identity of being “a woman.” Feminism, beyond advocating for gender equality, also seeks to understand and address the multiple and intersecting forces behind the oppression of marginalized communities. For decades, Tibetan women have faced widespread cultural destruction, arbitrary detention, and forced sterilization. Their religious beliefs have been stigmatized by the authorities, and the transmission of their language and culture is increasingly under threat. We will not forget Tara Zhang Yadi, just as we will not forget all women who continue to live under oppression. May they soon win the freedom that is rightfully theirs.

Pro-CCP authoritarians may not like me, but they REALLY hate strong woman activists like @frances_hui. There's just no comparison in the level of gendered abuse women in China's human rights movements face. As Frances writes: "This threat to my freedom is real and ever present. But there is also a deep misogyny in this assault on my liberty... The implication is clear: A woman who rises to relevance must have slept her way there and is little more than a sexual object." Read her powerful new piece here: japantimes.co.jp/commentary/202…

跨国镇压：意大利以国家安全为由驱逐八名中国公民，此前他们被指在多年间对中国知名异议人士、网络意见领袖李老师 @whyyoutouzhele 实施持续监控、骚扰与威胁。👇 safeguarddefenders.com/zh-hans/blog/t…

#国际妇女节 向失去自由的女性人权捍卫者致敬！

UPCOMING EVENT: An Evening with Jan Jekielek and Rob Schneider - Insights from Jekielek’s new book 𝙆𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙊𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 On March 16, acclaimed journalist @JanJekielek, host of @AmThoughtLeader, joins @RobSchneider at the Trump Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. for a powerful discussion on Jekielek’s new book, 𝘒𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘖𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳. The book exposes one of the darkest crimes of our time—China’s state-run, murder-for-organs industry—and its disturbing ties to the West. Learn more and book tickets - link below.🔽

Explico esto un poco mejor: Grammarly, una app para escritura de textos en inglés anunció nueva función: Revisiones de Expertos. De curioso voy a probarlo y pongo algo del texto del libro nuevo en el que estoy trabajando a ver qué sale. Ahí el sistema se pone a buscar "expertos" que me puedan ayudar. Uno de los expertos era yo. ¿Cómo? Si, por la temática soy uno de los expertos que figura en su catálogo junto con otros colegas, muchos que conozco personalmente. Usan mi nombre y un supuesto agente IA entrenado con contenido que yo escribí para que ayude a otras personas. Todo 100% ilegal. No pagaron por el contenido ni pidieron siquiera permiso para usar mi nombre. No es solo mi nombre, claro, hay miles de autores de todas las temáticas que tienen un clon experto revisor gratis trabajando ahí, incluso de gente fallecida. Bienvenidos al 2026.