“Big Brother” is Teaching: Historical Revisionism and Censorship as Tools of Sharp Power
By Ariane Gottlieb In his seminal work 1984, George Orwell stated, “who controls the past controls the future; …
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How China Is Selling Its Muslim Genocide to the Arab World
By Nick Monaco and Colin Eide “I recently saw on the news that people outside the country are …
On Thin Ice: How the World’s Companies Can Be Censored by Authoritarians
By Rachelle Faust The torch was lit, and a warning delivered: “Any behavior that is against the Olympic …
Democracy and the Next Big App: Three Questions for Assessing Risk
By Dean Jackson and Rachelle Faust In April 2020, TikTok surpassed two billion global downloads. That June, the …
Beijing’s Viral Disinformation Activities
By Jessica Brandt COVID-19 is spreading around the world, roiling markets and geopolitics in its wake. No one …
Parallel Platforms, Parallel Principles: The Emergence of Social Media from Authoritarian Settings
By Dean Jackson On August 19, 2019, Twitter and Facebook announced for the first time that they had …