Disinformation is an extremely consequential subject that does need to be tackled fairly urgently as its foundational principal is abusing democratic governance models to achieve political, ideological or even commercial/financial ends; in other words “corruption” pure/simple. I totally agree with analysis in this clip and highly recommend watching the complete series on the topic. What I would add is this;
- These debates/assessments need to move from the online sphere to live organized debates within communities for exchange of thought and more importantly to promote the concept of exchange/dialogue as a part-and-parcel of critical thinking rather than the lecturing model designed purely for consumption
- Inoculation from “disinformation” needs to be embedded into the education system at an early age
- Laws need to finally catch up with this threat – including within the media and political establishment – which has far more reaching/devastating implications than armed conflict not in terms of human cost but in terms of the lasting effect on the social/political fabric of nations/its governance model and yes on issues that directly affect national security and how they’re “played” out and finally
- We need to build bridges that cross ideological barriers to establish common ground that also protects us from disinformation campaigns designed internally or by foreign actors.
Here’s another clip on LinkedIn link tackling the issue of migration (in french – so if you don’t speak French learn the language, trust me its a classy language :-))