Raluca Csernatoni, Alicia Wanless
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Why Are Authoritarians Framing International Approaches to Disinformation?
This means the time is growing short to craft a vision of an information environment that enables democracy and to prepare proposals that will counter the authoritarian vision of central control.
About the Author
Senior Fellow, Technology and International Affairs, Director, Information Environment Project
Alicia is the director of the Information Environment Project and the author of The Information Animal: Humans, Technology and the Competition for Reality. Alicia was a technical advisor to the Aspen Institute’s Commission on Information Disorder and is a founding member of its Global Cybersecurity Group.
- Assessing Information Ecosystems: How Governments Can Get Ahead of Hybrid ThreatsPaper
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