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propaganda

Caricature of Russian President Vladimir Putin in an election hacking concept - in a dark hoodie, at a laptop with binary code

Tech giants built digital dragnets to stop Russian propaganda—here’s how it still seeps through

Russian propaganda and disinformation commingle across the web.

On Mar 31, 2022 by Claire Goforth

Tech
TASS Facebook page

Facebook’s ban of Russian state media doesn’t appear to apply to the largest state-run outlet

TASS is spreading Russian propaganda on Facebook.

On Mar 4, 2022 by Claire Goforth

Tech
russian troops in tank

Did a Ukrainian newspaper dox 120,000 Russian soldiers?

Experts are urging caution

On Mar 1, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

Tech
Putin on multiple TV screens.

Zero Hedge accused of pushing Russian propaganda—it’s not the first time

The site has faced these kind of allegations before.

On Feb 16, 2022 by Mike Rothschild

Tech
Tucker Carlson

Tucker Carlson’s trailer for the ‘true story’ of Capitol riot slammed as ‘dangerous propaganda’

Video claims Jan. 6 may have been a 'false flag' and domestic terrorists are patriots.

On Oct 28, 2021 by Claire Goforth

Tech
Ice Cube next to a tweet including Russian propaganda

Ice Cube accused of spreading Russian propaganda

'Ice Cube is having an anti-Semitic QAnon meltdown.'

On Jun 10, 2020 by Mikael Thalen

Tech

YouTube ads are rife with coronavirus conspiracies—from the same right-wing site

YouTube removed all its coronavirus ads in response to the Daily Dot inquiry.

On May 19, 2020 by Claire Goforth

Tech

New York Post reporter’s identity stolen to push pro-Iran propaganda on Twitter

The Twitter account has since been suspended.

On Jan 8, 2020 by Brooke Sjoberg

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prager u, dennis prager, sheldon adelson, mike leven

PragerU is conservatism for the youths—brought to you by old billionaires

They’re old, they’re rich, and they want you to think just like them.

On Nov 25, 2019 by Claire Goforth

Tech
tiktok online

TikTok takes down 2 dozen ISIS accounts being used for recruitment

'Content promoting terrorist organizations has absolutely no place on TikTok.'

On Oct 21, 2019 by Brooke Sjoberg

IRL Layer 8 Tech

The latest front in Turkey’s digital war against the Kurds? Google reviews

Will one-star reviews win a war?

On Oct 14, 2019 by Claire Goforth

Tech
ice-propaganda-photos

People are not falling for these ICE ‘propaganda’ photos

People are comparing photos ICE tweeted to Nazi propaganda.

On Jun 16, 2019 by Samira Sadeque

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china_propaganda_app

China’s wildly popular propaganda app is quizzing and tracking citizens

'Mom is already approaching  50, her eyes aren’t so good anymore...'

On Mar 7, 2019 by Mikael Thalen

Tech
captain marvel air force propaganda

Is ‘Captain Marvel’ military propaganda?

Like 'Top Gun,' the Marvel film looks a lot like a recruitment tool.

On Mar 1, 2019 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

Internet Culture Parsec

Russian TV praises robot that is really a dude in a costume

No wonder his dance moves are so fancy.

On Dec 12, 2018 by Mikael Thalen

Tech

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