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Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs made public remarks, pointing out that the current efforts to counter the propaganda Russia spreads everywhere are insufficient, and warning that modern social media combined with new artificial intelligence technology are easily influencing people's minds. He also mentioned that Ukraine attacked three Yandex centers, which drew attention and discussion on social media.

After the merger of CCTV, China National Radio, and China Radio International to form the China Media Group, Shen Haixiong was appointed as its first president and Party secretary.

In 2016, Xi Jinping made clear at the symposium on the Party's news and public opinion work that media sponsored by the Party and the government must bear the Party's name, that media work must embody the Party's will and reflect the Party's positions, and he emphasized giving priority to positive publicity.

In 1998, Wu Zheng took office as Chief Operating Officer of Hong Kong's Asia Television, intervening in ATV's management and establishing cooperation between his company and institutions under the Chinese Ministry of Culture.

On May 4, 1989, reporters and editors from the People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency, Guangming Daily, and China Youth Daily took to Chang'an Avenue, carrying banners demanding that the news must tell the truth.