Fighting Big Lies
After years of Kremlin-sanctioned Russian interference in Western elections, the threat posed by information warfare has become too big to ignore, and too serious to leave to the discretion of private online platforms. Lawmakers should recognize disinformation campaigns for what they are: deliberate attacks on free societies.
PARIS – From the Protocols of the Elders of Zion to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s absurd claims that Ukraine is run by Nazis who are pursuing genocide against the country’s Russian-speakers, the Kremlin has long been an expert in the dark art of disinformation.