{"id":1343763,"date":"2026-01-13T12:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/media-blackmail-and-the-communication-crisis-how-dirty-technologies-work-in-politics\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T12:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:40:17","slug":"media-blackmail-and-the-communication-crisis-how-dirty-technologies-work-in-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/media-blackmail-and-the-communication-crisis-how-dirty-technologies-work-in-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Media \u201cblackmail\u201d and the communication crisis: how dirty technologies work in politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Political strategist Oleksiy Holobutsky expressed concern about the state of the Ukrainian media space, which is increasingly filled with manipulation and personal attacks, as evidenced in particular by the recent scandal surrounding bloggers Volodymyr Petrov and Serhiy Ivanov.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> On the air of &#8220;Pryamoy&#8221;, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HjjWk0Sjb4w\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">noted<\/a> that the use of certain bloggers to discredit opponents is becoming a common practice that destroys normal political dialogue in the country.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The problem is not with Petrov or Ivan. The problem is that everything is happening in the absence of any direct normal communication between society, politicians, and the authorities,&#8221; emphasizes Golobutsky.<\/p>\n<p> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HjjWk0Sjb4w&#038;t=854s<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/reservation-for-bloggers-how-propagandists-get-a-reprieve-from-bankova\/\">Reservation for bloggers: how propagandists get a reprieve from Bankova<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p> According to him, the current media strategy is often based on the use of artificial intelligence to create fakes and &#8220;black PR.&#8221; Instead of discussing real problems &#8211; the economy or the survival of the state &#8211; the audience&#8217;s attention is diverted to discussing the appearance or personal qualities of politicians.<\/p>\n<p> This leads to the fact that society stops analyzing facts, becoming a victim of constant information noise and professional manipulators, &#8211; noted political strategist Oleksiy Holobutsky.<\/p>\n<p> As a reminder, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak announced <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/vidomi-propahandysty-yermaka-ta-krytyky-ukhyliantiv-petrov-ta-ivanov-vyiavylys-zabronovanymy-na-derzhpidpryiemstvakh\/\">the booking of public commentators<\/a> and hosts of the YouTube channel \u201cIcelandia\u201d Volodymyr Petrov and Serhiy Ivanov, who publicly criticize opponents of the head of the President\u2019s Office. According to him, both received a deferment from mobilization after being employed in structures related to state institutions.<\/p>\n<p> The People&#8217;s Deputy noted that Petrov has been working at the state institution &#8220;National War Memorial Cemetery&#8221; since July 31, where, according to him, he deals with information policy issues. In turn, Ivanov has been employed since July by a contractor of the state enterprise &#8220;Energoatom&#8221;, which is associated with the government&#8217;s entourage.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political strategist Oleksiy Holobutsky expressed concern about the state of the Ukrainian media space, which is increasingly filled with manipulation and personal attacks, as evidenced in particular by the recent scandal surrounding bloggers Volodymyr Petrov and Serhiy Ivanov. On the air of &#8220;Pryamoy&#8221;, he noted that the use of certain bloggers to discredit opponents is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1304880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874,76885],"class_list":["post-1343763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war","category-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1343763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1304880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1343763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1343763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}