... elephant - if a whale is a network, and an elephant is a state?
We know that the inviolability of private life is a fairly traditional, “analogue” human right, which is guaranteed by the constitutions of many countries throughout the world, including Russia. But in the digital world, in particular in social networks, the “analogue” right to privacy is being transformed into a “digital” individual right, which in reality depends on its recognition by the state, the operator of the social network ...
A Review of the RAND Corporation's Report "Russian Social Media Influence"
“Russia is engaged in an active, worldwide propaganda campaign,” reads the fairly straightforward beginning of RAND Corporation’s report on Russia’s influence on East European countries via social media. The document,...
... the outcome of the presidential elections in the US? Did the phenomenon of "fake news" have a negative impact on the Russia-US relations? What kinds of challenges for journalists and politicians poses the growing popularity of Facebook and other ... ... strategies to fight against this negative phenomenon, the expert singled out a thorough check of facts and active collaboration with social media.
Pavel Koshkin noted that the phenomenon of "fake news" is not new. In fact, the targeted use of false ...
... populist upheaval that drove a simple majority of Britons to vote to leave the EU.
The Telegraph, The Guardian, CNN, Money, and social media say that's what we should believe, and that thet “existential crisis” exists among Brexiteers ... ... represent truth, justice and the American Way, to more and more young Americans, Washington public diplomacy assets have tagged Russian president Vladimir Putin as the leader of a plot to use Brexit as a tool to destabilize the EU.
The Express in London ...
UN propagandists claim that the selection process to name the next secretary general, who will take office before the inauguration of the next U.S. president, will be the most transparent in the history of the organization, which was founded in 1945.
But on close examination, the security council recommends a new secretary general based on "a private meeting."
This means that the politics and diplomacy that determine who becomes the next leader of the institution, and the roles of NGOs...
... president Putin's thinking with that of Adolf Hitler fits into the same construct.
Washington-London media offensive against Putin- a gaffe too far
On the eve of the Bavarian Summit Washington and London launched an unprecedented news and social media offensive designed to leverage anti-Russian sentiment generated by Fifagate into the ongoing strategy of ratcheting up sanctions linked to Ukraine and Crimea.
In a self-serving move British prime minister David Cameron is calling for tougher sanctions and for the FIFA 2018 Russia World ...
... China, India and Brazil, who are impacted by drought and infrastructure problems that step on their economic performance. And Russia is dealing with a sanctions regime that includes food, orchestrated by Washington and its European allies.
BRICS food ... ... and the BRICS may be realigned or rebranded or just fade away to accommodate changes brought on by younger leaders and online social media.
The United States. A pittance for food and water infrastructure
In the United States food security is “at ...
... to link geopolitical issues with football and disrupt FIFA's business model, which they claim remains a cesspool of corruption and bribery.
Petro Poroshenko, the pro-Washington president of Ukraine, is calling for a boycott of the FIFA 2018 Russia World Cup. The move is reminiscent of U.S. President Jimmy Carter's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, in which he also used food as a political weapon.
FIFA claims it earned an overall gross profit of $2.6 billion on the ...
... BRICS to be driven by people-to-people contact led by the youth of the five nations. He made this clear to the leaders of China, Russia, Brazil and South Africa at the BRICS summit in Brazil. "Our own greater good, however, lies more in deepening our ... ... investment With the Hong Kong protests pushing Modi out of the news the India leader is back home working on another of his big social media initiatives. “Clean India.” India has historically lacked adequate public health infrastructure and the ...
Calling the BRICS development bank “an insurance policy against the risk of U.S. sanctions,” experts at the prestigious Brookings Institution have joined Washington’s effort to disrupt the Russian economy and punish nations who do business with it. Branded as the world’s most influential think tank with an endowment upwards of $262 million, Brookings has been on Uncle Sam’s payroll since 1916, providing guidance on domestic ...