Word: propaganda
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...ultimate goal, of course, is to disrupt the radicalization and recruitment of terrorists to begin with--to fight motives, not just methods. That, most counterterrorism experts agree, is a job we could be doing much better right now by, for example, monitoring and swiftly responding to radical propaganda online. The long-term challenge facing the U.S. and its allies is harder but even more crucial: bolstering the credibility of those within the Muslim world willing to stand against the forces of extremism. Otherwise, says the Rand Corp.'s Brian Jenkins, "we are condemned to stepping on cockroaches...
...They use the people and our neighbors to try to shame us." As Dai found out, though, Vietnam's rulers are also willing to use the courts to silence critics. He was arrested on March 6 and on May 11 was sentenced to five years in prison for "spreading propaganda against the Socialist Republic," under Article 88 of Vietnam's criminal code...
...looked at it was that if you are an American who really believes in a democratic free Iraq, then you’ve got to believe in what we’re doing,” Moulton says. “You should be interested in battling the insurgent propaganda, not by controlling the media, but by getting the truth...
...SOWINSKA, Poland's government-appointed children's rights watchdog, who will investigate if Teletubbies are homosexual propaganda...
...journalists say that a media law that increases penalties for slander has encouraged self-censorship. And even media owners soft on Chavez admit that the constant pro-government trailers and late-night slandering of the opposition on the main state-run channel, Venezolana de Television, is little more than propaganda. The international response hasn't been favorable either, as the European Union and the U.S. Senate have expressed concern...