Opinion | The Biden administration is basically ignoring one of the biggest threats to the country. By BrettBruen.
to properly address misinformation online and elsewhere. Biden has yet to even put someone in charge of dealing with this problem, despite it arguably being one of the biggest obstacles standing in the way of defeating the virus.
Disinformation also continues to be widely deployed in politics, especially by foreign actors. The Director of National Intelligence earlier this year how Russian expanded its meddling during the 2020 election — joined this go round by Iran, Venezuela, and others — in an attempt to undermine confidence in the process.
Information operations shouldn't stop on Election Day. We saw on January 6, 2021 how both domestic and foreign online campaigns to sow doubt and divisions can drive people to extreme measures, including violence. As the Department of Homeland Security recentlyGiven the threat to our lives and our institutions, the American public should therefore expect that adequate steps are being taken to address the problem.
There is also unfortunately, very little money in the federal government available to spend on the problem. The Global Engagement Center at the State Department, which leads federal efforts against foreign disinformation, has one of the largest
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