Report: Chinese agents helped spread rumors about virus lockdowns in the US

Coronavirus hoaxes and myths started circulating pretty quickly last month when the outbreak first exploded in a major way here -- one of the hoaxes being a rumor that President Trump was about to institute a dramatic lockdown of the US. Those rumors circulated across social media and tended to be attributed to someone who knows someone who works at a federal agency. However, a new report from The New York Times claims this was the work of Chinese operatives. Visit BGR's homepage for more storie...