The internet is global that can censor anywhere but in practice focused on the domestic political environment inside the US. The populist surge which is taken as an existential threat by the ruling party officials in the US who see populism in truly apocalyptic terms. So from the beginning that's built into it. One more thing that happens very early on which is really critically important is on January 7th of 2017, Jett Johnson who is the head of the Department of Homeland Security passes a measure that declares the electoral infrastructure of the United States critical Infrastructure.
Is disinformation a little more than a buzzword? Is it part of a far bigger movement? Freddie Sayers is joined by Jacob Siegel to discuss disinformation and America's new censorship complex.
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