Lukasz Olejnik on Nostr: Exaggerating the effects of foreign influence campaigns serves only the foreign ...
Exaggerating the effects of foreign influence campaigns serves only the foreign operatives.
Downplaying the threat of foreign disinformation campaigns risks making it easier for bad actors to take advantage of an unprepared public.
Overstating the power of propaganda risks amplifying not only the original falsehood, but also an even more corrosive and polarizing narrative—that politicians are somehow remote-controlled, and that citizens don’t have agency.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russian-federation/dont-hype-disinformation-threat
Downplaying the threat of foreign disinformation campaigns risks making it easier for bad actors to take advantage of an unprepared public.
Overstating the power of propaganda risks amplifying not only the original falsehood, but also an even more corrosive and polarizing narrative—that politicians are somehow remote-controlled, and that citizens don’t have agency.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russian-federation/dont-hype-disinformation-threat