Das Arsenal der Soft-Power-Instrumente wächst stetig, wobei die Erkenntnisse aus Soziologie und Psychologie in deren Entwicklung einfließen. Wissenschaftler wie Rainer Mausfeld oder Jonas Tögel haben dies eindrucksvoll dargelegt. In ihrem neuen Buch präsentiert nun auch die australische Journalistin Caitlin Johnstone ihre Erkenntnisse zu diesem Thema.
Das Arsenal der Soft-Power-Instrumente wächst stetig, wobei die Erkenntnisse aus Soziologie und Psychologie in deren Entwicklung einfließen. Wissenschaftler wie Rainer Mausfeld oder Jonas Tögel haben dies eindrucksvoll dargelegt. In ihrem neuen Buch präsentiert nun auch die australische Journalistin Caitlin Johnstone ihre Erkenntnisse zu diesem Thema.
In 2018, Russia banned Telegram although it reversed the prohibition two years later. Ukrainian forces have since put up a strong resistance to the Russian troops amid the war that has left hundreds of Ukrainian civilians, including children, dead, according to the United Nations. Ukrainian and international officials have accused Russia of targeting civilian populations with shelling and bombardments. Two days after Russia invaded Ukraine, an account on the Telegram messaging platform posing as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged his armed forces to surrender. Given the pro-privacy stance of the platform, it’s taken as a given that it’ll be used for a number of reasons, not all of them good. And Telegram has been attached to a fair few scandals related to terrorism, sexual exploitation and crime. Back in 2015, Vox described Telegram as “ISIS’ app of choice,” saying that the platform’s real use is the ability to use channels to distribute material to large groups at once. Telegram has acted to remove public channels affiliated with terrorism, but Pavel Durov reiterated that he had no business snooping on private conversations. Andrey, a Russian entrepreneur living in Brazil who, fearing retaliation, asked that NPR not use his last name, said Telegram has become one of the few places Russians can access independent news about the war.
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