Online, the country’s propagandists have promoted a vision of the Games free of hostility or controversy.
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Fri. Feb 18, 2022
Online, the country’s propagandists have promoted a vision of the Games free of hostility or controversy. For example: The New York Times and ProPublica have identified over 3,000 inauthentic-looking Twitter accounts that appear in on the effort.
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