By this standard, if authoritarians start using “fabricated” to slander opponent claims, we should drop the term.
If they accuse dissidents of “lies”, we should stop talking about their lies. This strategy of constant retreat will just end up with self-censorship, and no gain.https://twitter.com/accessnow/status/1049995044860690432 …
I'm talking more about the political space in which these concepts are fought over and contested.
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i think political space includes terminology - particularly where for eg rhetoric propels Fake News legislation (for eg Kenya). once govs codify it, terminology extremely NB. that is distinct from but within political expediency (which also drives it)
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cynically, i think the absence of effective *political* opposition is because the ambiguity serves most mainstream political parties. and it's time we reclaimed the word propaganda to describe weaponised (mis)information and disinformatzya.
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