All posts tagged "propaganda"

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  Escaping the echo chamber: how governments are combating disinformation

  Consecutive crises such as the coronavirus pandemic and war in Ukraine have prompted a spike in the spread of misinformation and propaganda online. This is a worrying trend for governments,

  • Posted December 21, 2022
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  India and USA clamp down on China’s TikTok app

  The US government is considering banning the Chinese social media app TikTok due to fears over surveillance and data-gathering. Speaking to Laura Ingraham on Fox News, secretary of state Mike Pompeo

  • Posted July 8, 2020
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  Global internet freedom falls for ninth consecutive year, watchdog finds

  Governments around the world are increasingly using social media to manipulate elections and monitor their citizens, leading to digital authoritarianism and causing global internet freedom to decline for the ninth

  • Posted November 14, 2019
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  Chinese social media opening up public debate, university study finds

  Chinese social media systems are fostering a more open public debate within the country on political and social issues such as corruption, new research from the University of Rhode Island

  • Posted April 27, 2017
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