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[Link] First Popularized in the US, Russia Adopts 'Crisis Actor' Conspiracy Theory

Read: 13/3/2022 www.vice.com

The official Twitter account for the UK’s Russian embassy is accusing a pregnant Ukrainian woman, seen in photos of a maternity hospital blast in Mariupol on Wednesday, of being an actor placed in the scene by propagandists in support of Ukraine.

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[Link] Someone Keeps Papering This Texas Neighborhood in Racist Flyers

Read: 16/2/2022 www.vice.com

For the second time in a week, residents in a Houston neighborhood woke up to the sight of dozens of racist flyers strewn across their properties.

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[Link] Sweden returns to cold war tactics to battle fake news

Read: 6/2/2022 www.theguardian.com

A top official from Sweden’s new “psychological defence” agency said the country had decided to bring back the cold war-era government body amid fears over Russian aggression against Ukraine.

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[Link] Neo-Nazis Are Using the Waukesha Attack for Propaganda

Read: 23/11/2021 www.vice.com

Only a day after a man drove his SUV into a Christmas parade in a suburb of Milwaukee, killing five people and injuring 48, right-wing extremists are using the incident as propaganda, spinning it as a calculated terrorist attack perpetrated by a left-wing radical.

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[Link] ‘Hard Not To Respect That’: Why White Nationalists Are Toasting the Taliban

Read: 21/10/2021 www.vice.com

When the Taliban captured Kabul in August, sealing a remarkable victory in its nearly 20-year war of attrition against the world's leading superpower, jihadist networks around the world erupted in jubilation.

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[Link] ‘Psychological violence’: Alexei Navalny says he is forced to watch eight hours of state TV a day

Read: 26/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has given his first interview from prison, comparing it to a Chinese labor camp and saying he is forced to watch eight hours of state television a day.

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