Disinformation

Propaganda warfare is increasingly shaping narratives, policies and lives around the world.

Information War

Comedy is no laughing matter for authoritarian states

Around the world, stand-ups and satirists are facing the wrath of humorless governments. Here are five people who cracked gags and then faced serious consequences

Mariam Kiparoidze

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Social media health myths are destroying the lives of teenage girls

A new study shows the devastating effect of misinformation on the physical and mental wellbeing of young women

Erica Hellerstein

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YouTube is still showing propagandist ads featuring detained Belarusians

In May, an ad appeared in which blogger Roman Protasevich made an apparently forced confession to inciting mass protests against President Alexander Lukashenko. It was removed for violating the platform’s policies. Similar videos are still showing up

Caitlin Thompson

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Have Italy’s Covid pass protesters forgotten the carnage caused by the pandemic?

Bergamo was an early coronavirus epicenter. Now, some of its residents are joining a wave of ‘freedom’ demonstrations spreading across Europe

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Information warfare is on the rise. Why aren’t more people taking it seriously?

Future conflicts could see conventional fighting take a backseat to online propaganda

Erica Hellerstein

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As Germany prepares for a historic election, far-right leaders are embracing Trump’s Big Lie

From members of the nationalist party Alternative für Deutschland to QAnon followers and anti-lockdown activists, a whole cast of characters is claiming that the ballot will be rigged

Emily Schultheis

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Hacks, threats and propaganda: how China tried to discredit the Uyghur Tribunal

Beijing appears to have used every trick in the book to disrupt an independent forum on human rights abuses in Xinjiang, held in London

Isobel Cockerell

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Far-right groups hit Germany’s flooded regions with conspiracy theories and disinformation

Leading figures in the Querdenken anti-lockdown movement have traveled to some of the worst-affected areas, causing chaos and disrupting official relief efforts

Josephine Hüetlin

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Hero, Zero, Hero: China’s Dr. Fauci is on a dizzy ride as pandemic persists

Chinese scientists are silenced on social media as they criticize top infectious disease expert Zhang Wenhong, saying he plagiarized his PhD thesis.

Isobel Cockerell

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Letter From London: Snake news is fake news

A recent hoax about escaped venomous reptiles highlights the conflict between facts and civic responsibility on social media — and the void created by the decline of local newsrooms

What does the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan mean for Central Asia?

Afghanistan expert Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili on how regional relations could change amid the lack of a U.S. strategy

Mariam Kiparoidze

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Russian vaccine propaganda is deepening divisions in conflict-riven Ukraine

Conspiracy theories about Covid-19 and Sputnik V boosterism are a new front in the ongoing war between Kremlin-controlled separatists and government forces

Lily Hyde

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‘Influence for hire’ networks are manipulating online discussions throughout the Asia Pacific region

Disinformation campaigns have become a lucrative economy in a part of the world where digital labor is cheap

Mariam Kiparoidze

Vietnamese and Latino micro-influencers fight against vaccine disinformation in San Jose

A diverse community of Instagram and TikTok stars is the latest weapon in the war against Covid-19

Erica Hellerstein

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Inside the UK’s anti-lockdown media machine

Throughout the pandemic, right-wing commentators have regularly railed against Covid-19 restrictions. Martin Daubney and his colleagues at Unlocked have made it their full time job

Darren Loucaides

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