King of lies

Russian propaganda and disinformation continue to pose a global risk. Ukrainian territories that Russia unlawfully occupies have served as a testing ground for the Kremlin’s information operations and provide us with a glimpse into its present and future propaganda tactics.

Spamouflage

The Chinese Communist Party launched a massive campaign to manipulate Taiwanese voters by spreading disinformation and propaganda across social media, and its failure to influence the result should not undermine the threat this poses to democracies around the world.

China’s AI powered assault on YouTube

A recent investigation from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has revealed an extensive network of YouTube channels promoting pro-Chinese and anti-US public opinion in the English-speaking world.

Pushing back against the propaganda

China 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.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant

Australia’s willingness to investigate wrong-doing in Afghanistan stands in sharp contrast to China’s secrecy about its own affairs and propaganda about others.

How China backed Russia’s lies on Ukraine

Beijing’s amplification of Kremlin propaganda over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows how the Chinese Communist Party works to undermine Western democracy, subvert international order and erode respect for truth itself to promote its own political power.

Russia’s support is fed by grade Z propaganda

Despite a handful of brave protestors, the Russian people overwhelmingly support Putin’s ‘Special Military Operation’ in Ukraine and swallow the ludicrous narratives and alternative facts peddled by compliant media.

Red herrings and White Tailed Deer

China’s dismal Winter Olympics may have backfired as a propaganda exercise, but the Chinese Communist Party is using every avenue to push its agenda on the world stage, including investment in western games and films to spike content and a well funded cultural propaganda campaign.

China’s propaganda war pays off

Chinese propaganda may be crude in terms of content, but the sheer weight of the Communist Party’s misinformation campaign is shifting the narrative in its favour around the world.

China and Russia aim to undermine free world COVID vaccines

Propaganda campaigns by hostile nations aim to undermine vaccine uptake and trust in the public health agencies tasked to deal with ending the pandemic.

Reading the Chinese playbook

There is no shortage of Australian apologists for China’s bullying tactics against this country, but understanding the propaganda playbook helps guard against falling for its distortions and lies.

The power of provocation

China’s use of social media as a weapon in its ongoing campaign to intimidate nations abroad while whipping up national fervour at home was exemplified by its latest blast of anti-Australian propaganda.