Belarus opposition leader on working with big tech and countering propaganda under dictatorship

MUNICH, GERMANY — Three years ago, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, an activist from Belarus, decided to run for president against the country’s long-standing leader, Alexander Lukashenko. The elections were believed to be rigged; Lukashenko declared himself the winner, and Tsikhanouskaya had to flee the country, as any “treason” to the regime is severely punished — sometimes by

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