As Russia has shown, disinformation needs to increasingly be understood as a tool of war, says Saad Hammadi.
That is evident in Russia’s distorted blaming of western sanctions for rising food prices around the world, which Vladimir Putin has linked to his favourite theme of western imperialism and is using to move attention away from his responsibilities for the global impact of the war he has waged in Ukraine.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
In her recent report to the UN General Assembly, Irene Khan, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, noted that “in most cases, the best antidote to disinformation is not legal restriction but the free flow of diverse and verifiable sources of information, including through independent, free and pluralistic media, trustworthy public information, and media and digital literacy.”
, which works to expose the impact of some of the most influential algorithms, suggests that divisive content performs better, which is alarming given that algorithms are used to micro-target human users and manipulate their behaviour through unsolicited recommendations.Article content And there are so many connections. Groups that organized anti-lockdown protests in Canada also supported Russia’s online disinformation campaign about Ukraine’s involvement in creatingPublic attention gravitates to and then is shaped by information that is readily accessible.
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