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Disinformation & Misinformation
Above: Reporters raise their hands as National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during daily news briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on February 14, 2024 in Washington, DC. Image copyright: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Spin
Narrative A
With more people than ever interconnected online, the spread of misinformation poses a significant threat to public discourse and democratic processes. While it's pivotal to promote digital media literacy to help combat this, platforms must also take greater responsibility for the content they host, implementing proactive moderation measures to identify and limit the reach of misinformation in order to strengthen global information integrity.
Narrative B
The term "disinformation" is nothing more than an attempt to suppress freedom of speech. In Orwellian fashion, the censorship of alternative information sources under the guise of countering "foreign malign influence" is but a veiled war against civil liberties. Unmoderated social media conversation should not be shunned but instead celebrated for allowing individual autonomy outside the reach of increasingly interventionist governments.