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London (AFP) – Unregulated online content has spread disinformation and propaganda that have amplified political divisions worldwide, fanned international tensions and even contributed to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a media watchdog warned Tuesday. Reporters Without Borders said democratic societies are increasingly fractured by social media spreading disinformation and more opinion media pursuing a so-called “Fox News model”, referring to the controversial right-wing television network in the United States. At the same time, despotic and autocratic regimes that tightly control information i…