Latin America's anger at China's economic clout grows (www.dw.com)
China’s growing influence appears to have some drawbacks in Latin America. Beijing has targeted countries such as Guatemala and outraged retailers in Brazil....
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NewsBreak: Most downloaded US news app has Chinese roots and 'writes fiction' using AI (www.reuters.com)
Last Christmas Eve, NewsBreak, a free app with roots in China that is the most downloaded news app in the United States, published an alarming piece about a small town shooting. It was headlined “Christmas Day Tragedy Strikes Bridgeton, New Jersey Amid Rising Gun Violence in Small Towns.”...
Misinformation poses a bigger threat to democracy than you might think (www.nature.com)
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Chinese state-backed cyber espionage targets Southeast Asian government (thehackernews.com)
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France, Germany, Poland facing ‘permanent’ Russian disinformation attacks, EU warns (www.euractiv.com)
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"Saying Hong Kong Is Dead Does a Disservice to Its People": The gutting of the city’s civil society by Beijing has at times moved very slowly, and still meets with resistance (newlinesmag.com)
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Pacific island nation Palau hit by cyberattacks, president alleges China’s pre-election interference over ties with Taiwan (islandtimes.org)
A recent cyberattack on Palau, a small island nation with close ties to the United States, underscores the growing vulnerability of island nations and the potential for China to use cyber intrusions for political purposes....
Russian legal foundation Pravfond linked to Kremlin activities spent millions of euros to finance propaganda and legal campaigns in Europe and around the world, leaked documents reveal (www.theguardian.com)
Leaked internal documents have exposed the activities of a Russian state-backed legal defence foundation that European intelligence agencies and analysts say is in fact a Kremlin influence operation active in 48 countries across Europe and around the world....
TikTok fails ‘disinformation test’ before EU vote with failures posing a risk to electoral processes, study shows (www.euractiv.com)
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China: After crackdown on Hong Kong, overseas communities carry the torch to keep Tiananmen memories alive (apnews.com)
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Talking Tiananmen with a Chinese chatbot: Chinese developers hope to build the AI of the future. What, if anything, will it have to say about the past? (chinamediaproject.org)
As China strives to surpass the United States with cutting-edge generative artificial intelligence, the leadership is keen to ensure technologies reach the public with the right political blind spots pre-engineered. Can Chinese AI hold its tongue on the issues most sensitive to the Chinese Communist Party?...
German Chancellor Scholz to Putin: we will defend 'every square inch' of NATO territory (www.reuters.com)
NATO’s recent move to strengthen its eastern border is aimed at deterring Russia, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday, adding that it should be clear to Moscow that the alliance will be ready to defend itself if necessary....
China turns to private hackers as it cracks down on online activists on Tiananmen Square anniversary (theconversation.com)
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Russia-China gas pipeline deal stalls over what Moscow says Beijing's unreasonable price demands in major blow for Putin (www.reuters.com)
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Democracies can learn lessons from Taiwan to counter cognitive influence operations, according to a new research (ipdefenseforum.com)
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'Mitigating factors’: Russian soldiers found guilty in domestic violence cases are getting off with just small fines (meduza.io)
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European elections: Putin’s Twitter bots suspected of promoting Russian sabotage in Europe in support of the German and French far-right (inews.co.uk)
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'Russia now is like 1984': Inside a Russian dystopian library (www.bbc.com)
If the billboards in Ivanovo are to be believed, Russia’s really going places....
75-hour weeks, obscure audits, and blatant “whataboutism”: Factory employees refute fast-fashion company Shein’s promises to make improvements (www.publiceye.ch)
Two years after our pioneering investigation into Shein’s southern Chinese manufacturing plants, a follow-up investigation highlights what the online fashion giant’s sustainability rhetoric is worth. Illegal working hours and piecework wages remain a typical feature of the everyday lives of the workers interviewed. Hence the...
Citizen Lab says seven Russian and Belarusian-speaking independent journalists and opposition activists based in Europe were targeted with Israeli spyware Pegasus (citizenlab.ca)
In September 2023, Citizen Lab published a joint investigation with Access Now into the hacking of exiled Russian journalist Galina Timchenko with Pegasus mercenary spyware. Timchenko is the CEO and publisher of Meduza, a widely-respected Russian independent media group operating in exile. After this publication, in...
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy accuses China of helping Russia to disrupt upcoming peace summit (www.cnbc.com)
- The peace talks, which focus on the Russia-Ukraine conflict which started in February 2022, are due to take place at the Bürgenstock Resort in Switzerland on June 15-16....
Georgia: Intimidation campaigns against opposition, civil society, government critics as repressions - announced and orchestrated by government officials (civil.ge)
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EU seeks to reduce Hungary’s influence over the bloc's policy in the next European Commission due to obstructionist behavior (westobserver.com)
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As June 4 approaches, rights group urges China to free jailed participants, supporters, and advocates for justice of the Tiananmen massacre (www.nchrd.org)
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STMicroelectronics to build the world’s first fully integrated silicon carbide facility in Italy, targets to start production in 2026 (newsroom.st.com)
- New high-volume 200mm silicon carbide manufacturing facility for power devices and modules, as well as test and packaging, to be built in Catania, Italy***- Projected 5 billion euros multi-year investment program including 2 billion euros support provided by the State of Italy in the framework of the EU Chips Act******-...
