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Development, digitalization and disinformation in Myanmar

Research The atrocities committed against the Rohingya population in Myanmar is the only example thus far of a social media company, Facebook, being accused of having played a part in genocide. The liberal reforms initiated by the military regime in 2011, sparked one of the world’s fastest digital transformations. Protracted conflicts offline have transitioned into the online space, exacerbated by algorithms and social media platforms. Schulman, S. (2019) Development, digitalization and disinformation in Myanmar. UI Brief no. 5, September 2019.

Digital diplomati – mer än Trump på Twitter

Världspolitikens Dagsfrågor nr 6, 2019

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Democracy in the Age of Disinformation: Lessons from European Elections

måndag 29 oktober 2018 15:30 - 17:00

Evenemang Russian hackers and alt-right propagandists, fake news, soft facts, bots and trolls....the digital age has vastly increased the scope for international, covert and overt influence campaigns to shape elections. How do such campaigns really work? Who is behind them? What do they tell us about the nature of democracy in an era where information borders have broken down, and where we have few rules about what sort of influence is legitimate and which malign?

China’s propaganda campaign in Sweden, 2018–2019

Research Since early 2018, China’s government and its embassy in Stockholm have been conducting an intense campaign of public criticism of Swedish media outlets, journalists, scholars, human rights activists, political parties and authorities. Jerdén, B. & Bohman, V. (2019) China’s propaganda campaign in Sweden, 2018–2019. UI Brief no. 4, June 2019.

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Digitalisation and Democracy in Asia

fredag 12 april 2019 15:00 - 16:30

Evenemang Digitalisation impacts political processes in ambiguous ways across Asia. Digital messenger services enable grassroots mobilisation, but can also cause violence.

Desinformation, propaganda och näthat – hur påverkas det offentliga samtalet?

måndag 15 oktober 2018 09:30 - 11:00

Evenemang Hur kan det demokratiska samtalet värnas i tider av så kallade trollfabriker och statligt sanktionerade påverkanskampanjer? Utrikespolitiska institutet och Medieinstitutet Fojo anordnade ett seminarium om förutsättningarna för en av demokratins grundbultar.