Propaganda

Vietnam's Communist Party targets social media influencers, AI for propaganda

Vietnam’s Communist Party plans to strengthen propaganda by recruiting 1,000 influencers and 5,000 AI experts by 2030. The strategy aims to control public narratives and fight misinformation.

A police officer stands in front of red flags used to decorate a street, in Hanoi, Vietnam, August 30, 2025.
A screenshot from an AI-generated Iranian video mocking US President Donald Trump, represented as a LEGO minifigure.

Forget ayatollahs, meet the AI propagandists of Tehran - opinion

President Donald Trump mimics firing a gun during a news conference in the White House briefing room about the war in Iran on Monday, April 6, 2026.

Trump fights with words, for better and worse - opinion

A banner in Tehran's Palestine Square calling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a Nazi, pictured August 11, 2025; illustrative.

Iranian embassy posts AI-generated photo comparing Netanyahu with Hitler


The PACC is filled with lies and hate - opinion

OPENED IN 2014, Clifton’s Palestinian American Community Center, or PACC, was built, per its website, with a mission for members “to sustain and strengthen ties to their Palestinian heritage.”

 THE PALESTINIAN American Community Center in Clifton, New Jersey: It is not designed to help members fit in to American society, but to perpetuate and teach hate of the Jews and by implication, the State of Israel, the writer argues.

How Iran used Gaza hospital strike to spread anti-Israel, US propaganda

Iran claimed that the attack was linked to US support for Israel. It used the terms “evil,” “barbaric” and “bloodthirsty creature.” 

 Iraqis students gather during a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Baghdad, Iraq, October 18

Two elves and a scroll: China military releases animation on Taiwan 'reunification'

The Eastern Theatre Command inserted shots of aircraft carrier formations and J-20 fighter jets, reminding viewers of its battlefield capabilities.

 A visitor looks at an audio/visual interpretation of a painting entitled 'Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains' by Chinese painter Huang Gongwang at the National Palace Museum in Taipei, June 1, 2011.

'Russian propaganda': Ukraine warns Israelis of fake news on planned Uman attack

The Ukrainian Embassy in Israel also took this as an opportunity to take aim at Israel for its recent filmmaking agreement with Russia.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish pilgrims pray at the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov during the celebration of Rosh Hashanah holiday, the Jewish New Year, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Uman, Ukraine September 25, 2022. A sign reads: “We pray for peace in Ukraine”

Poland: Jewish director's film on migrant crisis is Nazi propaganda

The film’s social media pages have since been swarmed with antisemitic trolls, according to its sales agent.

A MAN looks at a Nazi propaganda poster at Yad Vashem.

STRATCOM invited an Iranian propagandist. Now Congress wants answers - opinion

Far from encouraging a nuanced dialogue, STRATCOM’s invitation to Hussein Mousavian only served to legitimize him and the Iranian regime he represents.

 THEN-IRANIAN chief delegate Hussein Mousavian briefs the media after an International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, in 2004.

Asylum seekers' riot in Israel was funded by the Mossad, Eritrea claims

African nation's Information Ministry: "The futile acts of subversion in essence sponsored by major intelligence agencies, including the Mossad."

Police guard while Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea protest outside a conference of regime supporters in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023

Meta pins pro-China influence campaign on Chinese law enforcement

"This operation was large and noisy, but it struggled to reach beyond its own fake echo chamber," said Meta's Global Threat Intelligence Lead Ben Nimmo.

 Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta is seen on smartpone in front of displayed logo of Facebook, Messenger, Intagram, Whatsapp and Oculus in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021

Can Iran learn to tame its diplomatic arrogance? - opinion

There’s an Iranian arrogance in global interactions, and an uncivil rhetoric devoid of diplomatic fundamentals is employed to convey Iran’s political stances.

 SAUDI CROWN Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Kuwait’s Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah at a Gulf summit with Central Asian countries, in Jeddah, last month.

Haifa residents receive pamphlets blaming LGBTQ+ community for rise of Nazism

The pamphlet, which was distributed in mailboxes on Berl Katznelson Street in Haifa, blames the LGBTQ+ community for the Holocaust and calls for the community to be outlawed by society.

 THE ANNUAL Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, internationally acclaimed as one of the most proud and gay-friendly cities in the world.