Finnish daily hiding Russia war info in video game
STORY: Finland’s largest daily is hiding information
about Russia’s war in Ukraine inside a video game
Helsingin Sanomat is putting articles in Counter-Strike,
which is popular among young Russian men
Locator: Helsinki, Finland
(Antero Mukka, Editor-in-chief)
"We found some partners and we created our own map and city. It's a Slavic city called Voyna - it's 'the war' in Russian...// and you will find there a secret room and there we provide them our own articles, our own documentation, for example, about massacres in Bucha and Irpin and also the causalities of the Russian army there in Ukraine."
The paper embedded the articles in Counter-Strike
to mark World Press Freedom Day
Russia cracked down on independent journalism
after it initiated a ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine
That also includes denying access
to media content produced abroad
