> Also, disinformation campaigns in the "West" have always existed. It's not anything new. True, but what is new is that disinformation campaigns can utilize p

> Also, disinformation campaigns in the "West" have always existed. It's not anything new. True, but what is new is that disinformation campaigns can utilize popular online platforms to communicate directly with susceptible individuals on the scale of billions of people. That has never existed before and private companies are clearly struggling to address it. > Free speech is what prevents disinformation to have total control. Unfortunately, disinformation doesn't need total control to be able to hijack a democracy, it just needs to be effective enough to keep the electorate wanting to support the officials that disinformation supports. To be clear, I'm very much on the fence on how we should move forward on this issue. But we now clearly live in a world that no longer has a commonly shared truth. One's perception of truth and belief in leadership style, or even the existence of criminal activity depends largely on your political background.