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In this video, we break down the latest propaganda techniques used in media, social platforms, and politics, and show you how to recognize them immediately. Learn practical tips to think critically, ...

Vyacheslav Molotov and his Russian colleagues lunched with George Marshall at the U.S. ambassador’s residence in London. In the sitting room, a photographer asked them to gather round the fireplace.

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Many of the largest and most widely established state-sponsored online propaganda campaigns have embraced using artificial intelligence, a new report finds — and they’re often bad at it. The report, ...

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When we think of propaganda, we often think of the World War I posters introduced in our history classes. The government utilized propaganda like the Uncle Sam “I Want You for the U.S. Army” poster, ...

A new campaign from the Trump Administration’s U.S. Dept. of Labor has drawn sharp comparisons to Nazi-era propaganda, raising alarms about the racial and gendered vision of America it promotes. The ...

If you were trying to learn how to get other people to do what you want, you might use some of the techniques found in a book like Influence: The Power of Persuasion. Now, a preprint study out of the ...