Putin’s Disinformation Game: The Case for Censorship

People have been talking about Putin’s disinformation for some time. And since Russia’s large-scale invasion on Ukraine, many have taken decisive action.

When I was living in Warsaw, for example, from May to July 2022, I couldn't access RT (formerly known as Russia Today). The Czech government takes a similar attitude and even describes disinformation as a form of terrorism. Estonia and Ukraine have extensive TV programming that actively debunks disinformation in order to promote critical thinking and media literacy. Finland has gone to…

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Author of “Up in the Air” & “Beyond Reason” available on AMAZON | MA McGill Uni | Research assistant for EUROPEUM Prague | 550+ blog posts with 1+ mil. views

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Jakub Ferencik

Author of “Up in the Air” & “Beyond Reason” available on AMAZON | MA McGill Uni | Research assistant for EUROPEUM Prague | 550+ blog posts with 1+ mil. views