Authoritarian powers that restrict media freedom and manipulate public discourse at home are increasingly seeking to curate information flows abroad. The new Sharp Power Research Portal (bit.ly/3olg2Hl) catalogues research and reporting on these efforts, including…
Concise analysis from @edwardlucas@cepa on China’s strategy for dealing with the West, which involves censorship, divide-and-rule diplomacy, and the leverage of trade and investment. cepa.org/a-china-strate…
Reporting by @limlouisa@juliabergin1 about how Beijing is reshaping the global news landscape by outsourcing its storytelling to foreign journalists who can amplify CCP-preferred narratives in local media coverage. theguardian.com/world/commenti…
Find 240+ resources on this sector and explore patterns of authoritarian #sharppower in the media and information space in the Sharp Power Research Portal: sharppower.org/media-and-info…
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📣 PROJECT LAUNCH: @ThinkDemocracy launches the Sharp Power Research Portal, a resource hub cataloging research and reporting on authoritarian #sharppower in 134 countries.
Global interdependence between autocracies and democracies has made open societies vulnerable to authoritarian manipulation in unanticipated ways, and the impact can be difficult to measure.
A clearer pattern emerges when incidents like the recent disappearance (and reappearance) of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai are viewed in the context of broader censorship and other influence efforts, @JesLudwig writes for the Power 3.0 blog. power3point0.org/2021/12/01/sha…