Media

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  2022-11-23

  Iran state media officials sanctioned for forced confessions, censorship

  Six officials of Iran's state-run broadcasting company have been blacklisted for restricting the free flow of information and forcing confessions.

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  2022-09-16

  China making inroads, building influence through media manipulation

  Controlling the narrative on China is a strategic priority for Beijing as it seeks to build up its political, military and economic influence in the Middle East, Central Asia and beyond, research shows.

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  2022-07-14

  China seen manipulating array of online platforms to spread propaganda

  China is using Google, Bing, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and more to disseminate narratives aimed at weakening democratic institutions and to spread propaganda to audiences around the world.

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  2022-07-06

  Beijing ramps up investment in Urdu media amid rise in anti-China sentiment

  Pakistan is one of the major targets of Chinese propaganda because it is a key component of the prized Belt and Road Initiative. But growing public anger is upsetting Beijing's plans.

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  2022-03-16

  Kremlin propaganda finds echo chamber in Chinese media on Ukraine war

  Chinese state media have been parroting Kremlin disinformation and offering sympathy for Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

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  2022-01-27

  China offers payoffs to Pakistani journalists for Olympics propaganda

  The Chinese embassy in Pakistan has been seeking out journalists and offering them money in exchange for countering media that 'politicised and stigmatised' the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

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  2021-12-03

  Twitter shuts down thousands of Chinese propaganda accounts

  The vast majority of the nearly 3,500 accounts were part of a network that amplified Chinese Communist Party narratives related to its repression of Muslims in Xinjiang.

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  2021-09-13

  Russian trolls hijack comments in Western media to push Kremlin narratives

  State media outlets have been compiling 'reader comments stories' that use the comments pro-Russian trolls post on the websites of Western media outlets as their basis to claim 'dissent'.

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  2020-10-16

  New radio stations in tribal districts seek to counter militant propaganda

  About 70% of the population in tribal districts use radio as their primary medium for news and entertainment.

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  2020-09-07

  China brags of normality as world continues to reel from pandemic

  While the rest of the world suffers under lockdowns due to COVID-19, Beijing appears intent on making the country appear to have moved on. See what Chinese state media is doing.