Propaganda doesn’t succeed because people believe every detail.
It succeeds because it reinforces identity, belonging, and community.
@peterpomerantsev.bsky.social explains why disinformation spreads — even among people who know it’s false — in the new episode of Ukraine Insights ⬇️
“One of the greatest lies we tell ourselves is that everybody wants the truth.”
— Peter Pomerantsev
In the latest Ukraine Insights episode, @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social reflects on why propaganda works even when people know it’s false.
▶️ Watch the full episode ↓
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It is four years since Russia’s invasion, and 12 years of war in Ukraine’s east. This week, @aloner.bsky.social and I talk to Maksimas Milta of @trpforjustice.bsky.social about the latest
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@peterpomerantsev.bsky.social and @janinedigi.bsky.social
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Instead, Kari Lake has badly damaged America's international broadcasters and wasted millions of dollars of taxpayers money
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Today, I spoke on War & Politics 24 about the narratives Russian propaganda uses to impose the idea that Europe has failed, grown weak, and that Putin is winning. We discussed how to counter this and develop our own narrative. Listen via the link — www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dJi...
Wars are fought not just with tanks, but with stories too. Putin’s story is that Russia’s victory is inevitable, while Europe is weak. Democracies can challenge this tale. Read on in my FT essay (gift link if fast) 👉🏼 as.ft.com/r/06908caf-b...
#informationwar #ukraine #russia
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
Discovering @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social through www.ft.com/content/36b5... Very interesting.
"Voter suppression is one of the core tools of authoritarianism. It is how you shift from democracy to autocracy. And for millions of Americans, it’s about to become the norm"
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And @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social takes Ellul’s teachings forward into the 21st century. Propaganda no longer seems to be driven by persuasion—for one side or the other. Today, it deconstructs all sides and its purpose “seems to be to undermine the very idea that truth is provable”.
Authoritarian leaders like Putin and Trump aren't spreading an ideology; they want to undermine your belief in everything—including what's real. Author @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social joined Jon Zieger and @lcsenecal.bsky.social on the latest Signal Fire. https://bit.ly/4a3XGkG
So much we need to understand about why authoritarianism has gained such a foothold in the US and what we can do. No one better to talk with about this than @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social.
This witness to Alex Pretti's murder not only refutes the governmen't story, but says she is afraid to go home because federal agents might arrest her. This is what it feels like to live under state terror.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
‘A cult of death’ Former Soviet dissident on Russia & authoritarianism's global rise
Igor Pomerantsev, a veteran radio broadcaster & poet, as well as a former Soviet dissident witnessed firsthand how authoritarian regimes seek to control narratives silence dissent
Three Seasons of Autocracy in America podcast/lessons (by Anne Applebaum & Peter Pomerantsev) are out. I am starting over w/ Season 1 to refresh my memory but will plow through all three during this week of snow.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a... @stevesawyer12.bsky.social @11tulips.bsky.social
No i po przeczytaniu wywiadu zakupiłem książkę wydaną przez Krytykę Polityczną -> Propagandysta, który przechytrzył Hitlera
Peter Pomerantsev...
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"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize."
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Cuando las preocupaciones colectivas no se procesan, se convierten en terreno fértil para los propagandistas, escribe Peter Pomerantsev.
👉 Lee el artículo completo en https://paginainternacional.com/articulo/298/periodismo-en-la-era-del-autoritarismo
#periodismo #autoritarismo #paginainternacional
Just to be clear: if 'no one was ready' a lot of people fucked up, bc those of us who work on this laid out what was going to happen 8yrs ago.
The twofold issue that 1)it's not just a tech problem, and 2) Big Tech allowed itself to be ref-worked into spinelessness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/t...
Hey, Ukraine scholars, there is a job! A job! A job for you without "Russian", Slavic", "Soviet" or "Post-Soviet" in the title. A blue-yellow, trident shaped unicorn, in blood and flesh
'In Ukraine, the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, the president’s closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash Patel’s FBI investigating anyone in Trump’s White House. Any Russian who investigates Putin goes to jail"
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The EU has slapped a fine on Musk's X because it is untransparent and supports deceptive practices. Nothing to do with "censorship."
Becoming a U.S. citizen takes years and involves immigrants acquiring a green card, extensive interviews, background checks, classes and a citizenship test. The naturalization ceremony is the final step to the process, where the oath of allegiance and a citizenship certificate are granted. Immigrants approved to be naturalized went to Faneuil Hall Thursday - known as the country's cradle of liberty - for that long-awaited moment to pledge allegiance to the United States. But instead, as they lined up, some were told by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials that they couldn't proceed due to their countries of origin.
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Content moderation is not censorship; platforms have a First Amendment right to set civility guidelines on their services.
Fact-checking is not censorship; it is a type of counterspeech that Justice Brandeis would have favored.
Online safety is not censorship; it prevents voices being silenced.
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
Rusko uskutečňuje sen o rozdělení Západu. Pravým poraženým není Ukrajina, ale Evropa, míní Pomerantsev
Vyjednavači Spojených států a Ukrajiny v Ženevě zpřesnili dokument, který má ukončit válku s Ruskem. „Pro Ukrajinu to ve srovnání s těmi hroznými návrhy, co byly vydány před měsícem, je...
