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January 15th - January 21st, 2024 | Week 20 | Month 5

Latvia Weekly: Friendship with China and faults of the USA

In the examined week, the main disinformation narratives discussed surrounded the cooperation between Latvia and China as well as potential war with Russia. Familiar to all content was to portray that media in Latvia does not provide impartial information and that the Western world and Globalists. In terms of platforms, most engagement is reached in TikTok. In comparison to prior months, content on Facebook is reaching less engagement.

by Otto Tabuns

Main narratives:

  • If European Union is cooperating with China there is no reason why Latvia shouldn’t cooperate more
  • If there is a war in Latvia then it is the fault of the United States 
  • Latvian press is hiding information about the mass protests in Germany to hide the truth
  • Latvian media portrays a wrongfully negative image of China that differs heavily from that of independent media

Overview:

In the examined week, the main disinformation narratives discussed surrounded the cooperation between Latvia and China as well as potential war with Russia. Familiar to all content was to portray that media in Latvia does not provide impartial information and that the Western world and  Globalists. In terms of platforms, most engagement is reached in TikTok. In comparison to prior months, content on Facebook is reaching less engagement.

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