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How the Trump Administration Dismantled America’s Defense Against Foreign Disinformation
In a move emblematic of the Trump administration’s sweeping campaign to dismantle mechanisms perceived as encroachments on First Amendment rights, the U.S. Department of State has officially closed its final remaining office dedicated to countering foreign disinformation efforts. The closure of the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (R/FIMI) hub—a successor to the Global Engagement…
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When Silence Fuels Fire: How Law and Lies Ignited Britain’s 2024 Anti-Migrant Riots
Recent findings by the U.K. Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee have revealed the critical role that legal obsolescence and institutional inertia played in enabling a violent, disinformation-fueled eruption of anti-immigrant riots across Britain in the summer of 2024. This unprecedented social breakdown was triggered in the wake of a horrifying mass stabbing in Southport, a town…
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