Information Sovereignty in Belarus

New Old Truncheon or a Tool for Cooperation?

30 April 2020

For the first time in many years, Lukashenka’s regime and its opponents were able to engage in a dialogue with each other and unite in a short-lived alliance against a common external threat.

 

Part One

The concept of information sovereignty takes on various, often opposite, interpretations in the context of a new hybrid confrontation exploited by Russia, China and smaller autocrats against the global democratic project.

As a rule, in the region of the former Soviet Union and within some countries of Central Europe, governments turn to the concept of information sovereignty to achieve control over the national media space. The goal is prosaic – the marginalisation of ‘objectionable’ media, political rivals and other convenient ‘enemies’ that can be identified and created in order to destroy political competition and the freedom of speech.

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