The cartoon's publication follows an experiment by the indiivduals behind Daily Mail comments, which appeared to show readers 'upvoting' Nazi propaganda posted on the Mail Online website.
But more concerning is the ever-rising level of abuse, trolling and "astroturfing" (propaganda posting – an artificial version of a grassroots campaign) currently polluting what are often illuminating and stimulating discussions.
The study, based on a cache of documents leaked from a government propaganda office in eastern China, claims about half of the 488m propaganda messages posted each year appear on government websites.
Interestingly, the clip, which is reportedly not blocked in China, is in the form of an anti-Huntsman Chinese propaganda video posted on YouTube.
An ISIS propaganda video posted online shows a fighter carrying a flag across, and a man's voice says, "The banner of unification flutters above the dam".
The defendant, Cu Huy Ha Vu, 53, has been in prison since November, charged with antistate propaganda for posting critical articles on the Web and giving interviews "maligning party and state institutions and policies," according to the government.
A new propaganda video, posted Sunday on a Web site and a YouTube channel that serve as outlets for North Korean state media, shows a computer-animated representation of Lower Manhattan in flames as bombs rain down.
Just last week, the Saudi satellite news channel Al Arabiya discovered (and translated into English) a propaganda video posted online by a rebel brigade in which a Russian-speaking woman declared her allegiance to the Free Syrian Army.
He was arrested in November and charged with antistate propaganda for posting critical articles on the Web and giving interviews "maligning party and state institutions and policies," according to the government.
