Many people oppose that idea - and they, too, have a point. Elon Musk, the outspoken billionaire, has become a hero of the right for promising to buy Twitter and reinstate Trump. Donald Trump was famously suspended from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other sites for his falsehoods. The major sites now have algorithms and armies of monitors to delete false, hateful, violent, obscene and socially disruptive posts - and to punish users who spread them. Constitutional scholars and social media giants have been struggling with the problem for years. Any attempt to crack down on disinformation risks suppressing legitimate speech, since telling the two apart is often difficult. The project was suspended.ĭeath threats notwithstanding, Republicans have a point. The board’s director resigned last month after enduring personal attacks and death threats on social media.
Undermine democracy free#
Republicans were outraged by the proposed board, labeling it a “Ministry of Truth” that would trample free speech, even though its focus was on foreign sources.
The project was partly inspired by Russian interference in the 2020 U.S.
Undermine democracy how to#
In March, the Department of Homeland Security announced a Disinformation Governance Board to advise federal agencies on how to handle foreign attempts to undermine national security involving false information. They create discord and false impressions, sow doubt and, in the end, weaken our democracy. They gin up hatred and promote violence toward political opponents and minority groups. They spread flawed information about politics, health, science, race, immigration. Using friendly news outlets and social media sites, these mischief-makers circulate dubious “facts,” sometimes mixing them with just enough truth to seem real. For years, foreign governments and domestic ideologues have been injecting disinformation into our national debate. Sure enough, they took off sooner than they otherwise would have. The purpose was to make the birds think the consensus to fly was stronger than it really was. You see, the Exeter researchers also injected false information into the parliament of jackdaws, by planting speakers near the flocks and playing recordings of their calls. That news got me thinking about democracy and the importance of reliable information.
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