Autocrats and propaganda 2.0

Authoritarian leaders in China and Russia are increasingly effective at using propaganda online in surprising ways. And these days, they have new allies in the US. Author and historian Anne Applebaum talks with The World’s host Marco Werman about her latest piece in The Atlantic, “The New Propaganda War.”

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