Russia’s invasion of Ukraine war accelerates information war - The same conflict is being reported on but the narratives are vastly different, as are the conclusions being drawn by all the sides
, was taken off air in Europe, the United States, the United Kingdom and South Africa. A sense of foreboding choked the corridors at the Moscow headquarters. In hushed tones, people would gather in small circles and speculate if the network would close down. Would more people be losing their jobs? Had RT failed to get its message across?
In India, the government is reportedly considering Moscow’s proposal to bypass Western sanctions that have kicked Russian banks off the SWIFT international money trading system. This would see New Delhi trading in direct rupee-ruble transfers. In the same way that Covid-19, many would argue, accelerated existing trends in remote work, e-commerce, and automation, this conflict has accelerated existing trends in the information war.
The danger in this is that we will increasingly all come to live in our “echo chambers” where two neighbours could be physically next door to each other but getting information on disparate and even opposed platforms. The parallel universe I’m experiencing now will be small compared to what I believe is waiting for all of us another conflict or two down the road.
“It’s my daughter in England. Please can you call her and tell her I’m okay. You’re a journalist and she’ll believe you,” he beseeched me.
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