OAN Newsroom UPDATED 1:50 PM PT – Saturday, December 26, 2020 In the early days of the coronavirus outbreak, China’s ruling communist party took extensive steps to control the narrative surrounding the virus as well as to fight public opinion. This revelation came amid reports by ‘Pro-Publica’ and the ‘New York Times,’ which detailed documents leaked by a hacker group called ‘CCP Unmasked.’ These documents show thousands of directives and memos reportedly from the country’s internet regulator, the ‘Cyberspace Administration of China.’ According to the documents, the internet regulator aimed to make the virus appear less threatening in addition to making authorities seem like they were competently handling the situation. To do so, the Cyberspace Administration of China used specialized software to allow the government to track online trends, coordinate censorship activity and manage fake social media accounts.