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Perfect storm of tech bros, foreign interference and disinformation is an urgent threat to press freedom
Political attacks are now supercharged by technology platforms retreating from accountability, and exploited by hostile foreign powers.
What makes this moment uniquely dangerous is that these political attacks are now supercharged by technology platforms retreating from accountability, and exploited by hostile foreign powers. The latest European External Action Service (EEAS) Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Threat Report paints a stark picture of how disinformation is used as a strategic weapon to weaken democracies from within. As social media platforms abandon even basic content moderation, they create vast, ungoverned digital spaces where bad actors dominate the conversation.
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