| Popis: |
The war in Ukraine takes place both on the battle fields as well as the information space. A lot of attention has been given to “information warfare” in the form of production and distribution of propaganda and disinformation on social media. However, the struggle for “truth” also takes place through information control – both in Russia as well as liberal democracies. Using data from YouTube, one of most popular social media in the world, we examine changes in commenting engagement following the Russian censorship laws as well as YouTube’s own effort to curb Russian state-affiliated propaganda. With the empirical results we hope to contribute to the ongoing debate within the broader public as well as censorship scholarship on the effectiveness of online bans in the context of international conflict. |
