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Epoch Times
25-07-2025
- Epoch Times
CCP Trolls Target Livestreams Marking Falun Gong Commemoration
Gan Jing World, a video-sharing platform, said it was hit with a 'coordinated online attack' that flooded its platform with thousands of hate messages aimed at silencing Falun Gong‐related programming on the 26th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP's) persecution campaign against the faith group. The barrage started around 9 a.m. ET on July 20 and persisted until 3 p.m., swamping comment sections attached to GJW+ Streaming's special feature, 'July 20: A Film Tribute to Falun Gong Resisting Persecution and Defending Freedom,' the company said. Media livestreams covering Falun Gong practitioners' July 20 parade in New York City were also targeted, as users worldwide posted under hashtags such as #720 and #July20Rally. Gan Jing World reported that the suspected troll accounts were mass-created between July 7 and July 14, using overseas email addresses and virtual private networks to hide their location. Although the hate comments appeared in traditional Chinese, platform technicians said the accounts were configured in simplified Chinese and routed through Taiwanese IP addresses, a pattern the company linked to prior 'Spamouflage' operations traced to mainland China. Simplified Chinese characters are used in mainland China, and traditional Chinese characters are used in Taiwan. Moderators collected evidence—including account names and email addresses—for submission to law enforcement and removed the abusive content in keeping with the site's community guidelines, Gan Jing World said. The New York-based firm, founded in 2022 with the motto 'Technology for Humanity,' said it remains committed to protecting user privacy and free expression through continual technology upgrades. 'Gan Jing World urges the American public and government to recognize this incident as part of the CCP's broader campaign to silence free expression beyond China's borders—and to take it seriously,' the platform said in its July 22 statement. The company noted that July 20 is a sensitive date—it marks the launch of the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong in 1999. Similar interference struck the site on July 20, 2023, resembling tactics long used against Shen Yun Performing Arts and other Falun Gong-related voices. Documentary Puts Organ Harvesting in Spotlight This year's anniversary has also drawn fresh scrutiny because of 'Ironclad Irrefutable Evidence,' a 32-episode documentary series from the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG). The series, available in Chinese and English, compiles more than a decade of research—secretly recorded phone calls, eyewitness testimony, and data from 41 hospitals—purporting to show state-sanctioned harvesting of organs from living practitioners. In one recording, a hospital director told investigators, 'We might have [the organ] tomorrow,' highlighting how quickly matching organs could be sourced, the organization said. Episodes 23 through 26 cover how the forced organ harvesting was ordered by former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin and implicates senior military and political figures. WOIPFG cited official statistics showing that national liver transplants jumped from 78 in the eight years before 1999 to more than 15,000 in the seven years afterward—a spike the researchers argue would be impossible without involuntary donors. More than one-quarter of emergency liver surgeries reportedly occurred within 72 hours of admission, and some teams performed up to 24 transplants in a day. By June 2020, the investigation had released 730 phone recordings implicating 891 hospitals and more than 9,500 surgeons involved in or aware of the illicit practice. Later episodes describe psychological and drug experiments, secret detention facilities likened to concentration camps, and claims that plastinated bodies of murdered practitioners were displayed in exhibitions. The series also revisits the 2001 'Tiananmen Square self-immolation,' labeling it a staged event used to demonize Falun Gong. US Response and Legislative Push The seriousness of these accusations is reinforced by statements from U.S. lawmakers and international experts. 'Forced organ harvesting is an atrocity reminiscent of the Nazis, and it's happening tens of thousands of times every year,' Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) told The Epoch Times, referencing conclusions from the China Tribunal, an independent panel that in 2019 determined that detained Falun Gong practitioners were the primary source of organs for Chinese transplants. In March, federal agents arrested two men accused of running an illegal Chinese police outpost in New York that allegedly targeted Falun Gong practitioners—evidence, Smith argued, of Beijing's expanding reach on U.S. soil. Pattern of Transnational Repression Gan Jing World said the July 20 attack fits the CCP's 'ongoing playbook of transnational repression' and called on authorities to hold perpetrators accountable. The company said user privacy had not been compromised and vowed to 'continue safeguarding freedom of speech with technology innovations.' As Falun Gong adherents mark 26 years of persecution, both the cyberattack on Gan Jing World and the WOIPFG documentary renewed demands for international scrutiny. 'The full weight of evidence now available should serve as a rallying cry to 'choose justice and conscience,'' the investigative group said. For Gan Jing World, the next step is turning evidence over to investigators—and remaining vigilant, it said. 'This is not the first time we have been targeted,' the platform said, 'and it may not be the last.'
Epoch Times
25-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Epoch Times
Gan Jing World Presents Film Tribute to Falun Gong Resisting Persecution
In response to an outpouring of worldwide support, Gan Jing World has extended its online film series, 'July 20: A Film Tribute to Falun Gong Resisting Persecution and Defending Freedom.' The expanded lineup runs through July 27 and features four additional award-winning movie dramas and documentaries that spotlight ongoing human rights abuses in China. The extended series continues to offer free daily livestreams twice a day, presenting powerful stories that document the 26-year-long persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual discipline rooted in meditation and the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance. The response to the film series has been 'overwhelming, with audiences around the world showing tremendous support and engagement,' reads the event page on Gan Jing World. The original four-day series ran from July 17 to 20. The new titles running from July 24 to 27 include a mix of documentaries and dramas that reveal the scope of persecution—and the strength of those who resist it. 'Twenty-six years have passed, yet millions of practitioners inside and outside China continue to uphold their faith with peaceful resilience,' the events page states. 'What kind of inner strength enables people to stand against tyranny without retaliation? What kind of conviction inspires them to safeguard the right to tell the truth, no matter the cost?' Films in the tribute series are available for free, airing twice daily at 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. ET through July 27 at Extended Film Lineup July 24 – Canaries in a Cold War This documentary follows musician and activist James H. White as he travels to Washington to write a song in protest of the Beijing Winter Olympics. After hearing harrowing testimony from three sisters tortured in China, White travels to Europe, where he uncovers a sinister global web of media silence around ongoing abuses. July 25 – Memories A dramatic retelling of the historic 1999 peaceful appeal in Beijing—one of China's largest demonstrations for freedom of belief—'Memories' captures the courage of tens of thousands who petitioned for the right to practice Falun Gong. The story follows Zhang Xiaoyue, who overcame a difficult childhood marked by poverty and abandonment. When her estranged father resurfaced with plans to sell her for money, a compassionate aunt intervened and changed her fate. Years later, Xiaoyue, now a prosecutor, unexpectedly crosses paths with her former rescuer during a trial—only to discover that the kind aunt who once saved her is now the subject of her investigation. July 26 – Where Are You Set against the backdrop of modern-day China, this drama follows a woman's determined and courageous search for her missing husband. As she navigates a harrowing path of truth and love, she confronts the forces that tore her family apart, all while discovering her own resilience. July 27 – Hard to Believe This investigative documentary explores the mass harvesting of organs from Chinese prisoners of conscience, particularly Falun Gong practitioners. It challenges the silence of the international medical community and questions: Why has the international medical community failed to intervene? A Look Back at the Films The initial lineup included a different set of films. 'Each film reveals the untold stories of courage and perseverance amidst ongoing human rights atrocities. Some are crafted by acclaimed directors, others told by firsthand witnesses—but all are united in truth,' the events page states. Coming for You II: The Eternal 50 Minutes (July 17) Based on true events, a maliciously planned fire sets off a national movement. A group of ordinary individuals accomplishes a magnificent feat. Human Harvest (July 18) When reports first emerged from China in 2006 that state-run hospitals were killing prisoners of conscience to sell their organs, it seemed too horrible to believe. But as researchers around the world—including human rights lawyer David Matas and former Canadian Member of Parliament David Kilgour—began to uncover the mystery, the true picture became all too clear. Their evidence suggests that tens of thousands of innocent people have been killed on demand to supply an ongoing illegal organ transplant industry. That Which We Pass On (July 19) A hospital diagnosis shatters the world of a brother and sister who rely solely on each other for survival. In a desperate attempt to raise money for his sister's treatment, the brother faces one blow after another—no matter how hard he tries, misfortune seems inescapable. But then, a mysterious letter arrives—and it may change the fate of two families forever. Letter from Masanjia (July 20) An Oregon woman finds an SOS note from a Chinese dissident in a package of Halloween decorations from Kmart, setting off a chain of events that would shut down the entire labor camp system in China and ignite the note-writer's dangerous quest to expose a deadly persecution. About Gan Jing World Gan Jing World —meaning 'clean' world in Chinese—is a tech platform dedicated to wholesome content and digital well-being. With a non-addictive algorithm and a strict privacy-first model, it promotes uplifting media across news, entertainment, education, and civic discourse. The platform pledges to reconnect users with traditional values while protecting children and families in a safe digital space.
