Kyrgyzstan: Towards Total Media Control?
Vaguely-worded legislation introduces potential restrictions on wide range of outlets
1 Nov 22
Social media
How Azerbaijan’s Telegram Channels Fuel Intimidation
With little oversight, toxic disinformation and threats thrive on the encrypted platform.
25 Oct 22
Russian Propaganda Dominates Moldova’s Gagauzia
Pro-Kremlin narratives rule the information space in an autonomous region with deeply rooted ties to Moscow.
3 Oct 22
Russian Invasion Divides Uzbek Society
Moscow’s war in Ukraine is polarising public opinion in the Central Asian country.
28 May 22
How Media in Belarus and Russia Joined the Information Battlefield
Both countries have been flooded with incitement alongside deliberate confusion between fiction and historical facts.
24 Mar 22
Ukraine’s IT Warriors
As the Ukrainian army fights Russia’s invasion on the ground, a parallel war unfolds in cyberspace.
17 Mar 22
Ukraine’s Telegram Battlefield
How guerilla media operations in the country’s east preceded - and amplified - Russia’s invasion.
25 Feb 22
Kazak State Tightens Grip on Social Media
Rights groups fear that a bill framed to safeguard children could limit free speech and intensify government control.
19 Nov 21
How TikTok is Giving Turkey’s Working Class a Voice
“I want to give the social message that everyone is equal, that’s the goal of my videos.”
10 Nov 21
The Real Threat to Freedom of Speech in Ukraine
Are Kyiv’s sanctions against pro-Russian TV channels and social networks a violation of free speech or essential to fight disinformation?
1 May 21
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