Disinformation and propaganda

Over the past decade, Beijing has ramped up its media presence in Türkiye, which is home to a large diaspora of Uyghurs, a minority severely oppressed in China.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been injecting its propaganda into the central European country. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) delves into the details as part of The Propaganda Monitor project.

An online militia linked to Burkina Faso’s ruling junta is carrying out coordinated attacks against journalists and others who criticise the military dictatorship

RSF helped finance training sessions by the organisation Congo Check for journalists reporting on Ebola, a disease plaguing the DRC. The training sessions allowed around 60 journalists to learn the best practices for reporting and combating disinformation

From privileged access for war correspondents from Chinese media to boosting Chinese presence in press tours, media ties between Beijing and the occupied Ukrainian territories have been growing since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022

RT India was launched in New Delhi in December 2025, in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

RSF warns that the industrialisation of online political influence, in which political actors buy media and digital visibility, is taking over the country’s news and information space.

As part of The Propaganda Monitor project, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) spoke about Beijing’s impact on Albania’s public discourse and democracy with Blerjana Bino, Executive Director of The Center for Science and Innovation for Development (SCiDEV).

Reporters without borders (RSF) reports at least two further instances of visa refusals for European journalists by the Israeli authorities since July 2025.