Note from cryptodrftng:
“Hey everyone! I’ve realised that when people read a piece of information, they may not see the same things that I see as a Ukrainian person who’s been reading & analysing russian propaganda for years. I’ve shown the article below to some of Ukraine DAO contributors and they couldn't identify everything that's wrong with it.
russian propaganda finds subtle ways to infect the minds of Western audience, it's not always as obnoxious as Russia Today.
Read the Reuters article below and try to pick up on how the information is presented and what particular bits are problematic?
Share your thoughts in replies to this tweet and later I’ll post a breakdown of what's wrong with this article.
P.S. For my thoughts on Reuters - click here. In the end of this page you can find one of my previous breakdowns of a Reuters article - it was written 4 days before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine started.”
PDF version of the article
Exclusive_ U.S. targets Russia with tech to evade censorship of Ukraine news _ Reuters.pdf
Reuters tweet with the article
Exclusive_ U.S. targets Russia with tech to evade censorship of Ukraine news _ Reuters.pdf
LONDON/WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. government has pushed new, increased funding into three technology companies since the start of the Ukraine conflict to help Russians sidestep censors and access Western media, according to five people familiar with the situation. The financing effort is focused on three firms that build Virtual Private Networks (VPN) - nthLink, Psiphon and Lantern – and is designed to support a recent surge in their Russian users, the sources said.