COVID-19 intensifies the cyber race on disinformation
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Subject
Efforts to combat disinformation.
Significance
Democratic governments are struggling to develop a successful formula for combating disinformation operations, which show no signs of weakening amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Since there is a fundamental asymmetry between the relative vulnerabilities of democratic and authoritarian states to disinformation campaigns, democratic policymakers have no easy policy options.
Impacts
- Political parties will invest in developing their own in-house capabilities to counter misinformation and increase cybersecurity.
- Public expenditure on countering disinformation will need to rise.
- Video- and image-sharing platforms such as Instagram are the new battlegrounds for disinformation.
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