Tag: Propaganda
China’s Internet Censors Try a New Trick: Revealing Users’ Locations
One hashtag calling for the feature to be revoked quickly accumulated 8,000 posts and was viewed more than…
Anti-Putin Russians Are Leaving, With a Push From the Kremlin
When Karen Shainyan opened his Facebook page one recent day, it was overflowing with messages reading “Congratulations!”, as…
China’s Covid Lockdown Outrage Tests Limits of Propaganda
Immediately after Beijing said it had detected a new coronavirus outbreak, officials hurried to assure residents there was…
He Was a Penniless Donor to the Far Right. He Was Also a Russian Spy.
KOSICE, Slovakia — He lived with his sick mother and never had a regular job. He had no…
U.S. and Ukrainian Groups Pierce Putin’s Propaganda Bubble
WASHINGTON — Using a mix of high-tech and Cold War tactics, Ukrainian activists and Western institutions have begun…
China’s Echoes of Russia’s Alternate Reality Intensify Around the World
When Twitter put up a warning message atop a Russian government post denying civilian killings in Bucha, Ukraine,…
Putin Is Setting Back Russia’s Potential by Decades
But over the years Mr. Putin became increasingly less tolerant of dissent, especially as “color” revolutions and pro-Western…
Was North Korea’s New ICBM Test Faked? Not Entirely.
SEOUL — When North Korea conducted its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile test to date last week, it…
How War in Ukraine Roiled Facebook and Instagram
Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, took an unusual step last week: It suspended some of the quality…
Fed Up With Deadly Propaganda, Some Russian Journalists Quit
Dmitri Likin spent more than two decades helping shape the look of Russian state television, but he says…
Russia and Far-Right Americans Find Common Ground With Ukraine War
When Victoria Nuland, an under secretary of state, was questioned in the Senate this month over whether Ukraine…
The Lies Putin Tells to Justify Russia’s War on Ukraine
In the tense weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, Russian officials denied that it planned anything…