Russian propaganda is spreading into the world’s video games.In Minecraft, the immersive game owned by Microsoft, Russian players re-enacted the battle for Soledar, a city in Ukraine that Russian forces […]
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Back to news homeRussia’s Online Censorship Has Surged During Ukraine War
What’s the difference between Russia’s internet before and after the invasion of Ukraine? The answer: a thirtyfold increase in censorship.That was the finding of a report published on Wednesday by […]
Russia Seeds New Surveillance Tech to Squash Ukraine War Dissent
As the war in Ukraine unfolded last year, Russia’s best digital spies turned to new tools to fight an enemy on another front: those inside its own borders who opposed […]
Without a Covid Narrative, China’s Censors Are Not Sure What to Do
Since China dropped its strict “zero Covid” policy, a joke has been making the rounds on social media about the sudden shift.Three men who don’t know each other sit in […]
An Alternate Reality: How Russia’s State TV Spins the Ukraine War
Collaboration between the Kremlin and state broadcasters dates back more than two decades, said Mr. Gatov, a former Russian journalist and an expert on state propaganda. Each day, the Kremlin […]
Russia Reactivates Its Trolls and Bots Ahead of Tuesday’s Midterms
The user on Gab who identifies as Nora Berka resurfaced in August after a yearlong silence on the social media platform, reposting a handful of messages with sharply conservative political […]
China’s ‘Absurd’ Covid Propaganda Stirs Rebellion
“We have won the great battle against Covid!”“History will remember those who contributed!”“Extinguish every outbreak!”These are among the many battle-style slogans that Beijing has unleashed to rally support around its […]
Battling Violence and Censors, Women in China Become ‘Invisible and Absent’
HONG KONG — When a prominent woman in China’s #MeToo movement took on a powerful man in court, it was the accused, not the accuser, who was held up as […]
Russia’s Unfounded Claims of Secret U.S. Bioweapons Linger On and On
The United States secretly manufactured biological weapons in Ukraine. It trained birds to carry pathogens into Russia. It created Covid-19. It operated laboratories in Nigeria that engineered this year’s outbreak […]
How Russia Propaganda Is Reaching Beyond English Speakers
The day after a missile struck a shopping mall in central Ukraine in June, killing at least 18 people, the Spanish-language arm of Russia’s global television network, RT en Español, […]