The U.S. should fight misinformation by building trust in public institutions — not by expanding the security state.
There is a not-so-subtle push happening right now to increase the Department of Homeland Security’s role in “combating misinformation.”
Under CVE, rather than fearing a new member of the mosque might be an informant, the local leaders themselves,imams, teachers and counselors, were tasked with surveilling their communities and reporting so-called suspicious activity.
The “See Something, Say Something” campaign is a perfect illustration of the dangers to civil liberties posed by involving DHS more thoroughly in countering disinformation.
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