@zeynep Don't you think there are elements of a moral panic present in the current fake news and propaganda obsession?
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I think the moral panic is too narrowly directed. Yes, Russia is a very big player and it uses fake news to pursue goals
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But the fake news doesn't work outside a US-owned infrastructure that rest of world is largely stuck with.
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Putin's trolls could disappear tomorrow and liberal democracies would still be vulnerable.
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I have no claim to actor/player to make my arguments. Need not be a national security argument. Often isn't.
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Then we agree. Tho I'd say it is a NatSec issue, but we define NatSec too narrowly.
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Yes, since stability & governability are national security issues—not to mention ethnic cleansing like Myanmar case.
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