What Do You Think About Misinformation?

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I worry certainly about disinformation which is to say about deliberate efforts by state actors by dictatorships most often to shape the information landscape. I also worry for that the definition of misinformation is so broad and unspecific and it is actually in concrete cases led to so many misfires. with that and I think transparency in some process is something that we could agree on in this Congress, he says.

Congressman Ro Khanna is an American politician, lawyer, and academic. He is currently serving as U.S. Representative for California's 17th district, including much of Silicon Valley.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Ro Khanna discuss how we can protect free speech and civic agency in the age of the internet; what it would mean to have a cultural patriotism that celebrates both the tradition and the dynamism of American life; and where he stands on the debates concerning misinformation and censorship.

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