Given this confusion, the federal government’s efforts to squelch “disinformation,” which include pressure on social media platforms and subsidies for groups like the GDI, are especially chilling. Even “intentionally misleading” speech is protected by the First Amendment, and a government that respects freedom of speech has no business deciding how to apply that slippery label.
Disinformation is a military term derived from modern war literature on deception. It’s nothing more than a maligned label, just like good news and bad news. There’s information you accept and information you don’t accept, that’s it. It has been gamed into current affairs by people and organizations that benefit from censorship, increased federal funding, and the symbiotic relationship between big tech and the federal government. This disinformation censorship campaign really ticks me off. It’s rooted in a deceptive (LOL) behavioral economics interpretation promulgated by University of Chicago folks like Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, that believe laypersons are incapable… Read more »
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Disinformation is a military term derived from modern war literature on deception. It’s nothing more than a maligned label, just like good news and bad news. There’s information you accept and information you don’t accept, that’s it. It has been gamed into current affairs by people and organizations that benefit from censorship, increased federal funding, and the symbiotic relationship between big tech and the federal government. This disinformation censorship campaign really ticks me off. It’s rooted in a deceptive (LOL) behavioral economics interpretation promulgated by University of Chicago folks like Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, that believe laypersons are incapable… Read more »