2002: Falun Gong Hijacks Chinese TV
The Falun Gong religion might be fully outlawed in mainland China, but that didn’t stop its followers from getting their message to the people via the airwaves. Twice in one month in 2002, followers hacked into broadcasts of the country’s leading government-run network, China Central Television, or CCTV, to tout the benefits of joining the group across 10 local channels. News outlets wrote at the time that these broadcasts “lasted from seconds to minutes,” prompting the country to launch a full-scale investigation into the issue.
