System Update with Glenn Greenwald

What Mark Zuckerberg’s New Misinfo Policy Means For Internet Freedom; The Disinformation Complex: Dismantled At Last?

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Jan 8, 2025
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INSIGHT

Internet Freedom's Decline

  • The internet wasn't always censored.
  • The idea of Big Tech platforms censoring political speech emerged after 2016.
INSIGHT

Birth of Disinformation Censorship

  • Western liberals' anxieties after Brexit and Trump's 2016 win fueled online censorship.
  • This led to the creation of organizations focused on combating "disinformation."
ANECDOTE

COVID Lab Leak Censorship

  • Experts initially dismissed the COVID lab leak theory as disinformation.
  • Years later, governments now consider the lab leak a likely origin.
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