They agree on a very different question. Even if we want to reframe it as an allegedly completely harmless "VoA can now broadcast to Americans!", the embezzles the fact that outlets like VoA/Radio Liberty&co. are very much the US equivalent to a Russia Today.
With the difference how their US versions have been broadcasting globally, completely unopposed, for literally decades. Yet whenever RT is linked anywhere it doesn't take long for somebody to go "That's Russia bad/propaganda/all lies!", usually derailing the discussion from the actual topic.
> Again, if you want to convince a bunch of people to overthrow Putin, those daily active users are on VK - not Facebook.
You also want to dampen any criticism, propaganda is not just a game of offense, it's also one of defense [0]
That's where it's really helpful to have more than just two eyes, like Five Eyes [1]
> Your second link plainly states that the US created an entirely new social network to try and influence Cuba, they didn't do it on Instagram.
Cuba actively blocks Internet traffic when it's convenient to them [2], Instagram can't sidestep that, SMS can [3], it can even reach people that still only have dumb phones, something quite relevant back in 2012.
They agree on a very different question. Even if we want to reframe it as an allegedly completely harmless "VoA can now broadcast to Americans!", the embezzles the fact that outlets like VoA/Radio Liberty&co. are very much the US equivalent to a Russia Today.
With the difference how their US versions have been broadcasting globally, completely unopposed, for literally decades. Yet whenever RT is linked anywhere it doesn't take long for somebody to go "That's Russia bad/propaganda/all lies!", usually derailing the discussion from the actual topic.
> Again, if you want to convince a bunch of people to overthrow Putin, those daily active users are on VK - not Facebook.
You also want to dampen any criticism, propaganda is not just a game of offense, it's also one of defense [0] That's where it's really helpful to have more than just two eyes, like Five Eyes [1]
> Your second link plainly states that the US created an entirely new social network to try and influence Cuba, they didn't do it on Instagram.
Cuba actively blocks Internet traffic when it's convenient to them [2], Instagram can't sidestep that, SMS can [3], it can even reach people that still only have dumb phones, something quite relevant back in 2012.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsehood_in_War-Time#Summary
[1] https://theintercept.com/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/
[2] https://twitter.com/netblocks/status/1333495221712265217
[3] http://cubamoneyproject.com/2019/09/21/zunzuneo/