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Pushing back against the propaganda
Chris Zappone | September 2, 2023China and Russia have hijacked western social media to wage a propaganda war against the free world regarding Taiwan, Ukraine and other hot-button issues, aided and abetted by the usual array of useful idiots, and it’s time for democracies to fight back.
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Don’t believe the hype
Chris Zappone | March 11, 2022From authoritarian propaganda to virtual reality and non-fungible tokens, reality must increasingly compete with the unreal for attention and credibility.
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In fighting online interference, the first line of defence is the mind
Chris Zappone | March 18, 2019The internet and social media give authoritarian nations a lever to pull in democracy’s debates through intermediaries who guide opinions in their interest or undermine the legitimacy of democracy itself.