Saturday, February 8, 2020

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'Meanwhile, experts worried about domestic disinformation are looking to other countries for lessons. The most successful recent example may be Indonesia, which cracked down on the problem after a wave of viral lies and conspiracy theories pushed by hard-line Islamists led to the defeat of a popular Christian Chinese candidate for governor in 2016. To prevent a similar disruption in last year’s presidential election, a coalition of journalists from more than two dozen top Indonesian news outlets worked together to identify and debunk hoaxes before they gained traction online. But while that may sound like a promising model, it was paired with aggressive efforts by the state to monitor and arrest purveyors of fake news—an approach that would run afoul of the First Amendment if attempted in the U.S.'

Please click on the web-link below to read the full article on HOW ELECTIONS ARE WON, USING DIGITAL MANIPULATION :-

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/03/the-2020-disinformation-war/605530/?utm_medium=10today.ad3li.20200208.421.2&utm_source=email&utm_content=article&utm_campaign=10-for-today---4.0-styling




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