Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Russian Propaganda: 'The Weaponization of Information'

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When a Russian news outlet edited the U.S. ambassador into a picture of an opposition rally, the U.S. Embassy countered by editing the ambassador into a series of improbable photos — for instance, on the moon and at an ice hockey rink. The idea was to show that the original photo was propaganda, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Benjamin Ziff told a Senate subcommittee in Washington on Tuesday. The ploy worked. “This tweet was retweeted extensively within Russia,” he said. But...

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