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China hires western TikTokers to polish its image during 2022 Winter Olympics
Influencers told to extol country’s virtues on social media despite diplomatic boycotts of Beijing Games over …
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Woman’s diary goes viral as lockdown in China forces her to stay with blind date
Wang went for dinner at date’s house in Zhengzhou when Covid forced thousands into quarantineCoronavirus – lat…
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Social media creating virus of lies, says Nobel winner Maria Ressa
Filipino journalist and peace prize laureate says sites are biased against facts and in need of overhaulSocial…
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How the Australian and the IPA’s attack on the ABC went horribly wrong | The Weekly Beast
A report into how many times the ABC mentioned News Corp or Murdoch had some embarrassing flaws. Plus: campaig…
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China bans celebrity rankings in bid to ‘rectify chaos in the fan community’
Authorities increase regulation of fame and fan culture that they say will tackle online bullying and protect …
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How social media helped the tech-savvy Taliban retake Afghanistan | Weeda Mehran
Online communities are not just used for propaganda but are valuable fundraising tools and crucial to recruitm…
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‘Spreading like a virus’: inside the EU’s struggle to debunk Covid lies
Understaffed and underpowered, a Brussels taskforce tries to fight a fake news tide that threatens to undermin…
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Bollywood’s Kareena Kapoor subject to online abuse over baby’s name
Supporters say attacks over choice of name similar to 17th-century Muslim Mughal emperor rooted in prejudice a…
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China to crack down on online fanclubs over bullying concerns
Operation launches to target fanclub culture that ‘adversely affects mental health of minors’, says watchdogCh…
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How missing CCTV footage turned a Chinese family’s tragedy into a national conspiracy
A mother’s search for the truth about her son’s death exposes the level of public distrust in China’s leadersO…
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Facebook and fear in Manila: Maria Ressa’s fight for facts
Ex-CNN reporter and founder of the news site Rappler on life under the relentless social media assault of the …
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‘Even mourning is said to shame China’: women of Wuhan fight to be heard
Three writers who blogged about life in the city where Covid began still face constant threats and monitoringC…
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Japan’s ‘Twitter killer’ sentenced to death
Takahiro Shiraishi, 30, admitted killing nine people he befriended online after they expressed suicidal though…
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The Bollywood star, a suicide … and an online witch-hunt across India
Lurid speculation about the death of Rhea Chakraborty’s actor boyfriend has become a media obsession It was a …
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The Bollywood star, a suicide … and an online witch-hunt across India
Lurid speculation about the death of Rhea Chakraborty’s actor boyfriend has become a media obsession It was a …