2023-04-26 03:56:13
The article "An Insider's Guide to Anti-Disinformation" delves into the growing "anti-disinformation" industry and its alliance with the state. The author, Andrew Lowenthal, was the former Executive Director of EngageMedia, an NGO devoted to protecting digital rights and freedoms. He describes his growing concern and despair as he watched organizations and peers de-emphasizing freedom of expression, promoting surveillance and censorship to combat 'disinformation' instead. Lowenthal argues that the Western "anti-disinformation" field, with its government collaboration and calls for more state control over speech and expression, is betraying human rights activists around the world who fight against online government repression. The article discusses the internal documents obtained by sources at Twitter, known as the #TwitterFiles, revealing a deep collaboration among tech companies, the state, and NGOs, which work together like a cartel. Lowenthal calls for putting the "non-government" back into NGO and defunding the "anti-disinformation" industry.
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