{"id":92720,"date":"2024-06-26T14:57:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T11:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92720\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"media-iq-to-keep-working-despite-extremist-designation-editor-in-chief","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92720\/","title":{"rendered":"Media IQ to keep working despite extremist designation \u2013 editor in chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 26, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The recent decision by the Committee for State Security (KGB) to blacklist <em>Media IQ<\/em> as an extremist group will not affect its activities, editor in chief Nadzieja Bie\u0142achvo\u015bcik has told <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project will keep monitoring media, tracking down disinformation campaigns and analyzing the state-sponsored militarized narratives that feature hate speech and synchronized Belarusian and Russian propaganda, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The KGB listed Nadzieja Bie\u0142achvo\u015bcik, Alaksiej Chudana\u016d, Darja H\u0142uchava, Pavie\u0142 Byko\u016dski, Alena Viera\u0161\u010dahina, Anton Sajfu\u0142aje\u016d, Palina Piatkievi\u010d, Alaksiej \u0160unta\u016d, A\u0142a \u0160arko, and Viktar Mali\u0161e\u016dski as members of the extremist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Linked to the exiled Press Club Belarus, the media literacy project has been promoting critical thinking and countering disinformation since 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mediaIQ_1128_20240625-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mediaIQ_1128_20240625-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mediaIQ_1128_20240625-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mediaIQ_1128_20240625-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mediaIQ_1128_20240625-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mediaIQ_1128_20240625.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Minsk designates media projects as &quot;extremist groups&quot;<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 25, Pozirk. The Committee for State Security (KGB) on June 18 designated an NGO, a military-patriotic club and two media projects as &quot;extremist groups.&quot; The designations were announced on the interior ministry&#039;s website today. They are the Ukraine-based NGO &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/92601\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 26, Pozirk. The recent decision by the Committee for State Security (KGB) to blacklist Media IQ as an extremist group will not affect its activities, editor in chief Nadzieja Bie\u0142achvo\u015bcik has told Pozirk. The project will keep monitoring media, tracking down disinformation campaigns and analyzing the state-sponsored militarized narratives that feature hate speech and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-92720","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Media IQ to keep working despite extremist designation \u2013 editor in chief | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 26, Pozirk. 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