In 2023, more than a third of people around the world intentionally avoided news (36% according to the Reuters Institute), a historical record. Among the top reasons cited by respondents was fatigue with violence in the news. In addition, users began to share news on social networks less often.You can increasingly come across the formula “I don’t read the news”: this is how many express their fatigue, frustration and demonstrative apoliticality.Why bother with the news at all?

The State Duma is considering a bill banning “propaganda of conscious refusal to bear children.” How do autocracies try to take control of our personal lives?