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Propaganda

Come elections, critical thinking skills are key to fighting fake news
Thought Leader
/ 9 May 2024

Come elections, critical thinking skills are key to fighting fake news

As 29 May approaches, we must find a way to separate the wheat from the chaff

By Helen Grange
Combating deliberately wrong information that intends to mislead and misinform in an election year is a civil duty
Analysis
/ 17 January 2024

Combating deliberately wrong information that intends to mislead and misinform in an election year is a civil duty

Combating deliberately wrong information that intends to mislead and misinformation in election year is a civil duty

By Helen Grange
Silencing the lambs: John Pilger on how propaganda works
Opinion
/ 15 September 2022

Silencing the lambs: John Pilger on how propaganda works

If we want to avoid seeing the world through an imperial one-way mirror in which “we” are moral and benign and “they” are not, we must extract ourselves from the submissive void and start telling the truth

By John Pilger
Twitter moves to limit reach of Russian government accounts
Top Six
/ 8 April 2022

Twitter moves to limit reach of Russian government accounts

‘We will not amplify o government accounts belonging to states that limit access to free information and are engaged in armed interstate conflict,’ the social network said

By Agence France Presse
Total knew it was fuelling climate change since the 1970s
Opinion
/ 25 October 2021

Total knew it was fuelling climate change since the 1970s

New scientific research shows the oil company understood the science before it became a public issue and spent millions to promote misinformation

By Landry Ninteretse
Debunk the lies of anti-vaxxers
Opinion
/ 25 January 2021

Debunk the lies of anti-vaxxers

There’s more than enough to be suspicious about with Big Pharma, but know your enemy

By Philip Machanick
Is WhatsApp shaping democracy in Africa?
Africa
/ 21 July 2020

Is WhatsApp shaping democracy in Africa?

A study shows that the social messaging platform is both emancipatory and destructive, particularly during election campaigns

By Nic Cheeseman, Jonathan Fisher, Idayat Hassan and Jamie Hitchen
Meet Katoto, Museveni’s big fan
Africa
/ 27 June 2020

Meet Katoto, Museveni’s big fan

The TV cartoon character — think Homer Simpson meets Robin Hood — with added propaganda

By Eric Mwine-Mugaju
Don’t attack the Chinese — learn from their example
Article
/ 8 June 2019

Don’t attack the Chinese — learn from their example

By labelling China as a colonial threat, Zambian historian Sishuwa Sishuwa is helping its enemies

By Mathew Blatchford
WhatsApp: Cibiyar farfaganda a lokacin zaben Nijeriya
Africa
/ 18 April 2019

WhatsApp: Cibiyar farfaganda a lokacin zaben Nijeriya

Kafofin sada zumunta sun taka muhimmiyar rawa a zaben Nijeriya da ya gabata.

By Idayat Hassan and Jamie Hitchen
Nigeria’s ‘propaganda secretaries’
Africa
/ 18 April 2019

Nigeria’s ‘propaganda secretaries’

Social media and fake news played a big role in Nigeria’s general election.These online entrepreneurs make a living from it

By Idayat Hassan and Jamie Hitchen
Why Al-Shabab targets Kenya— and what the country can do about it
Africa
/ 16 November 2017

Why Al-Shabab targets Kenya— and what the country can do about it

Kenya faces a serious threat of terrorist attacks given its strategic geopolitical position, its tourism and corruption

By Staff Reporter
Hitler imagery in Thai junta propaganda film sparks outrage
Article
/ 10 December 2014

Hitler imagery in Thai junta propaganda film sparks outrage

The short film commissioned by the junta has left people outraged and baffled after the seemingly harmless video showed images of Adolf Hitler.

By Staff Reporter
Leave the children alone: Thais reject junta’s new behavioural code
Article
/ 9 December 2014

Leave the children alone: Thais reject junta’s new behavioural code

An additional round of patriotic propaganda has been added to the Thai school curriculum.

By Staff Reporter

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