{"id":243331,"date":"2025-05-13T12:04:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T11:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/investigation-how-russia-is-using-social-media-to-keep-a-grip-on-occupied-mariupol\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T12:04:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T11:04:37","slug":"investigation-how-russia-is-using-social-media-to-keep-a-grip-on-occupied-mariupol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/investigation-how-russia-is-using-social-media-to-keep-a-grip-on-occupied-mariupol\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation: How Russia is using social media to keep a grip on occupied Mariupol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/uZwfMLzGsiQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Investigation: How Russia is using social media to keep a grip on occupied Mariupol\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uZwfMLzGsiQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Three years after it seized control of Mariupol following a brutal 86-day siege, Russia is using a more subtle power to keep its grip on the Ukrainian port city: social media influencers. 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