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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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2020
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