The protests of the CJP offer both a warning and grounds for democratic optimism

More and more restrictions are being imposed on the internet in Russia

The ruling government has been employing ‘us vs. them’ political rhetoric as voting day draws nearer

A movie about the Nuremberg trials made the forbidden list even before the law was enacted

‘We are working with government ministries to make sure that our support reflects the scale of current threats’

Coordinated bot networks target activists and journalists, raising alarm about platform vulnerabilities in the Western Balkans

Much of the information available to models about the LGBTQ+ community is influenced by stereotypes

The speed, scale, and personalization of disinformation campaigns with AI is unprecedented

Other autocracies are taking note

‘Particularly concerning is the strategy of linking the protests to alleged foreign enemies, in this case, Croatia’

When civil society is pushed offline, what’s lost isn’t just voices, but history, memory, resistance, and possibility

‘Many treason cases are based on public data retroactively declared secret’

The concept of “extremist activity” in Russian legislation today is quite far-reaching

There have been attacks on dozens of French entities

Parliament passed a law pertaining to a national messaging app

Russia amplifies framing of protests as coup attempts and part of Western interference against sovereignty of Serbia, Slovakia and Georgia

Even now, tens of millions of people inside Russia receive information from independent media — and that still has real influence.

Digital activism built an unexpected connection between the two countries in 2024

By the end of 2023, over 92 percent of Russian population used the internet. The government has other plans for them now. 

The solution is to support legacy media rooted in fact-checking