Disinformation dangers 🤷
Disinformation has completely destabilized global politics, from the Oval Office to the town council level. Deliberate lies and disinformation campaigns make it much harder for neighbors to relate to one another and share the same reality. But – as if to prove the point – conservative thought leaders decided several years ago that the real danger was "censorship."
Ergo, "Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced the closure of the agency's hub for fighting foreign disinformation campaigns," Politico's Maggie Miller wrote. Rubio's announcement was titled "Protecting and Championing Free Speech at the State Department."
>> Eileen Guo, who broke the news for MIT Technology Review, said it's "a win to foreign governments like Russia, Iran, and China — and the office's mostly conservative critics."
>> In a more constructive political environment, we'd be able to hold two thoughts in our head simultaneously: That free speech must be protected and that disinformation must be recognized as a danger. Alas...
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