{
  "id": 6451476,
  "title": "Smear Campaign Says Anti-Flock Movement Is Chinese Propaganda",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/smear-campaign-says-anti-flock-movement-is-chinese-propaganda",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-09T17:15:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "404 Media",
    "slug": "404-media",
    "url": "https://www.404media.co/smear-campaign-says-anti-flock-movement-is-chinese-propaganda/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A recent report by Consumer Action for a Strong Economy claims that opposition to Flock technology and data centers is being fueled by Chinese-linked activist networks and organizations. The report suggests this opposition is being linked to surveillance, policing, and immigration. The report further alleges that opposition to Flock is part of a \"wedge issue\" driven by China, used to discredit America's AI expansion. It points to Breakthrough News, a group funded by American tech billionaire Neville Roy Singham, as evidence of this alleged coordination. Singham, who lives in China, has funded organizations such as Breakthrough News. The report also notes that some members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, a leftist political party funded by Singham, have posted about Flock on social media and held information sessions on it. Despite these claims, the report's methodology is unclear and its assertions remain unverified.",
  "summary": "Sinclair Broadcasting is pushing the idea that China and the No Kings protesters are the reason people don't like Flock.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}