... Affairs, by mid-2025
YouTube
had removed more than 9,000 channels linked to Russian media;
Meta
[
1
] and
TikTok
blocked
RT
and
Sputnik
in 27 EU countries;
DSA
algorithms identified and blocked more than 15,000 accounts as “sources of Russian propaganda” (including personal blogs of EU citizens not affiliated with Russian media);
Google
downgraded Russian media outlets in search results by 90–95%, effectively removing them from the information space;
X
(formerly
Twitter
) restricted ...
... other’s internal affairs.
Ivan Timofeev:
Russia and the West: An Information War?
“Russian Propaganda” and Russia
“Russian propaganda” is being touted as one of the main problems for the West, but it understandably worries Russia itself. The comprehensive ... ... focus of the United States on information influence leads to a convergence of the U.S. and Russian approaches to international information security. For years, the
fundamental difference
between the two sides was that the United States viewed cybersecurity ...
... right, the link between the assumed general quarters and the assumed soldiers in information warfare becomes even less obvious.
So why are independent media and blogs often much more aggressive than state-owned networks? Why are people eager to spread propaganda at their own free will without any coercion, producing a multiplier effect?
To answer this question, we should look deep into our collective consciousness, so deep that it goes beyond the ongoing political developments. The inner self we need ...
