Kremlin\u2019s propaganda in our pockets. How disinformation thrives on Telegram.<\/p>\n
\n\n\nBy banning Kremlin\u2019s TV and online propaganda in the Baltics, the access to such resources has become more challenging only for those whose primary source used to be television. Now social media platforms have taken up that space, among which Telegram stands out because it does not share data with governments and does not moderate disinformation and lies.<\/p>
\n\n\n\nIn the Baltics, the most popular channels directed towards local Russian speakers are not having the big following in numbers, but that is not the point:\u00a0 their main role is to amplify each other\u2019s content and create the impression that many people think alike. Telegram played a particularly significant role during the beginning of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. Various activists, both well-known and new, have joined forces on \u201cTelegram\u201d to popularise pro-Kremlin messages.<\/p>
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