Disinformation Fighters
7. Massively Parallel Roles & Tasks
Disinformation Fighters reduce the influence of deliberately deceptive and malicious disinformation and propaganda campaigns designed to inflame tensions while, at the same time, promoting the exchange of reliable information. Both the U.S. government, and the E.U. (and probably many other governments as well) are trying to tackle online disinformation. In the US, however, when the Biden administration was in power, these efforts came under attack from Republican lawmakers and commentators like those at the Public newsletter who believe that these programs are coercing social media platforms into removing information critical of the Biden administration — and information that the administration considers to be "offensive" or misleading. Others have reminded us that misinformation is being spread by the left, as well as the right. Still others try to educate users about how to spot disinformation. One example is Jay Kang's story about the very successful disinformation education programs that have been implemented in Finland and Estonia. Organizations like Comparitech monitor censorship (and the disinformation that it is ideally trying to suppress) on a global scale while organizations like IPIE provide us with a systematic review of misinformation countermeasures.
Resources on this Topic
To see all Guide Resources on this topic, scroll within the resource box.
Stars indicate resources that we think are especially useful.
