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I view the GRU stealing private data and using Wikileaks to coordinate releasing it as disinfo.

• cwkoss 5y ago
  I think classifying 'stolen' data that is accurate being released as "disinfo" is a horrifying and dangerous precedent. Where do you draw the line between what wikileaks did and other investigative reporting that uses information from whistleblowers? Were the pentagon papers disinfo? It seems like your position taken to its extreme would disregard all information except info willingly broadcasted by the state, and make us blind to stories of war crimes, corruption, anything else that embarrasses or threatens the state.
  • ABCLAW 5y ago
    The issue isn't the content of the data. It's the context of the release. You're trying to threaten a slippery slope wherein all information needs to be state sanctioned, but the definition of disinformation makes it clear that the only time information gains that moniker is when it's actively being spread to mislead for malicious purposes. Quite the contrary to your 'extreme' extrapolation, the term disinformation allows us to identify the use of malicious state-sponsored information warfare. It FIGHTS state sponsored narratives. It doesn't support it.