Network Contagion Research Institute Intelligence Report 26 Figure 18: SocialBlade Data for @uyghurgarden, cont'd Closer analysis of the two accounts suggests that they are indeed likely managed by a single operator. Firstly, the generic wording of @uyghurgarden’s account description closely resembles that of @uyghurbeauty’s: “Welcome to the Uyghur Garden! Discover Uyghur people and their delicious food.” Furthermore, both accounts use similar custom-designed red symbols that further indicate a connection. Lastly and most tellingly, an archived screenshot from December 2022 shows that @uyghurgarden had added @uyghurbeautfy as a featured account to its channel profile.19 As this step must be undertaken by the channel operator, we can infer with high confidence that the operators of @uyghurgarden and @uyghurbeautfy are either shared or in some degree of contact. Figure 19: Web Archive Screen Capture of @uyghurbeauty from 12/12/2022 Though open-source techniques are unable to definitively prove a connection between the two channels, both exemplify the well-documented CCP tactic of using idyllic coverage of folk culture to whitewash severe human rights abuses and cultural erasure of China’s ethnoreligious minorities. They also illustrate the significant resources being allocated to the 19 Ibid.