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Protesters participate in an anti-military rally in downtown Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: VOA Burmese (Wikimedia Commons / Public domain). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship

Myanmar, a coup of the digital age

By Andrés Ortega // Posted on 23 Mar 2021
US election 2020: digital foreign policy. Second presidential debate. Photo: Adam Schultz / Biden for President (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship

US election 2020: digital foreign policy

By Raquel Jorge Ricart // Posted on 26 Oct 2020
TikTok running on an iPhone. China's flag is displayed behind it. Photo: Solen Feyissa (@solenfeyissa). Elcano Blog
Global Spectator

The TikTok war

By Andrés Ortega // Posted on 21 Jul 2020
Infodemic, Person with a mask and a mobile phone. Photo: engin akyurt (@enginakyurt). Elcano Blog
Global Spectator

Infodemic and mediademic

By Andrés Ortega // Posted on 31 Mar 2020
Psychographic advertising: the global battle to sway minds. Photo: Adit Jani (Public domain). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship

Psychographic advertising: the global battle to sway minds

By Andrés Ortega // Posted on 27 Mar 2018
Donald Trump supporters at a rally in Phoenix, Arizona (2016). Photo: Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0). Elcano Blog
Global Spectator

Trump and what caused him

By Andrés Ortega // Posted on 16 Jan 2018
Disinformation campaigns: the weakness caused by mistrust. Photo: Leigh Anthony DEHANEY (CC BY-NC 2.0). Elcano Blog
Global Spectator

Disinformation campaigns: the weakness caused by mistrust

By Andrés Ortega // Posted on 05 Dec 2017
Social media in China. Photo: Tom McDonald / Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0). Elcano Blog
Global Spectator

Social media in China: the regime is more concerned about what people do than what they say

By Andrés Ortega // Posted on 17 Oct 2017
Mental borders and the clash of ignorance. Photo: María José Varo / Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). Elcano Blog
Globalization, development and governance

Mental borders and the clash of ignorance

By Haizam Amirah-Fernández // Posted on 05 Apr 2017
(Dis) information warfare. Imagen via website of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Elcano Blog
Global Spectator

(Dis)information warfare

By Andrés Ortega // Posted on 21 Mar 2017
Facebook's new and unsettling mission. Presidio Modelo (Isla de la Juventud, Cuba). Photo: Foto: Friman via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship

Facebook’s new and unsettling mission: building a global community

By Andrés Ortega // Posted on 28 Feb 2017
WarGames terminal at Cold War Museum in Vint Hill, Virginia. Poto: Mr. Gray (Public domain)
Global Spectator

Foreign cyber-meddling in domestic elections

By Andrés Ortega // Posted on 10 Jan 2017
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