Tag: Media suppression

Categories World

Beijing promises response to ‘political oppression’ after US designates six Chinese media outlets as foreign missions

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Beijing has said that it will take appropriate action in retaliation against Washington’s decision to force several Chinese news organizations to register as foreign missions operating in the US. … Read More >Beijing promises response to ‘political oppression’ after US designates six Chinese media outlets as foreign missions

Categories Russia

If you can’t beat them, ban them: Twitter no longer showing search results from well-known Russian state news agency RIA Novosti

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Twitter has shadow-banned well-known Russian news agency RIA Novosti. In practice, the move means users will no longer see the agency’s tweets in the website’s search results, unless they follow the media organization’s account. … Read More >If you can’t beat them, ban them: Twitter no longer showing search results from well-known Russian state news agency RIA Novosti

Categories Middle East

Trove of Docs Leaked by Anonymous Shows How Western Intel, PR Firms Crafted False Syria Narrative

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According to the hacktivist collective, the files provide, for the first time, “a detailed map” on the British intelligence services’ clandestine operations in Syria to fund, arm and provide a sanitized, publicly acceptable media voice to an array of opposition militants and jihadists seeking to topple the Assad government. … Read More >Trove of Docs Leaked by Anonymous Shows How Western Intel, PR Firms Crafted False Syria Narrative

Categories Russia

West wanted Moscow to open up to international media 30 years ago, now it’s discriminating against Russian outlets – FM Lavrov

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The West encouraged Russia to launch a new era of transparency during ‘perestroika,’ yet the very same democracy lecturers are today stigmatizing RT and Sputnik for “state funding” – which its own foreign media outlets rely on. … Read More >West wanted Moscow to open up to international media 30 years ago, now it’s discriminating against Russian outlets – FM Lavrov

Categories USA

Kremlin, WikiLeaks, hackers, trolls, you name it: US spies’ OBSESSION with RT comes full circle in Senate report

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Reading the final Senate Intelligence Committee report on ‘Russian meddling’ in US elections, it’s obvious they believe RT is the Christmas tree at its center, with WikiLeaks, troll bots, third parties etc. merely the ornaments. … Read More >Kremlin, WikiLeaks, hackers, trolls, you name it: US spies’ OBSESSION with RT comes full circle in Senate report

Categories Russia

US State Department ‘Russian disinformation’ report aims to stop normalisation of relations, discredit alternative media – embassy

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Donald Trump speaks of “the swamp,” and now Russia’s embassy in Washington believes apparatchiks at the State Department have put together a hysterical report on “Russian propaganda” to prevent politicians improving relations. … Read More >US State Department ‘Russian disinformation’ report aims to stop normalisation of relations, discredit alternative media – embassy

Categories Russia

Following suspension of Russian ‘Fox News’ imitator, Kremlin warns internet users not to trust YouTube or other Western platforms

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After a Russian TV channel loosely inspired by America’s Fox News was blocked by video-streaming service YouTube earlier this week, Vladimir Putin’s spokesman says Western web giants should be treated with a “low degree of trust.” … Read More >Following suspension of Russian ‘Fox News’ imitator, Kremlin warns internet users not to trust YouTube or other Western platforms

Categories UK

Free press? Labour letter demands RT UK’s license gets REVOKED in light of ‘damning’ Russia report that gave NO examples or proof

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An evidence-free parliamentary report accusing RT UK of being an instrument of ‘Russian influence’ in Britain is already being quoted as a pretext to ban the broadcaster, in a letter sent to Ofcom by a Labour shadow minister. … Read More >Free press? Labour letter demands RT UK’s license gets REVOKED in light of ‘damning’ Russia report that gave NO examples or proof

Categories USA

‘The case wasn’t proved to me’: Top US commander unconvinced by shaky ‘Russian bounty to Taliban’ intel

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Intelligence claiming Russia paid Taliban fighters to target US troops in Afghanistan lacked evidence, the top US general in the region has said. His account crushes yet another sensational media report based on anonymous sources. … Read More >‘The case wasn’t proved to me’: Top US commander unconvinced by shaky ‘Russian bounty to Taliban’ intel