JOHN KIRIAKOU: ‘Russian Interference’ 3.0
Consortium NewsSEP 20 2024
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday suggested "civilly or even in some cases criminally" charging Americans found engaging in Russian propaganda.
Referring to the 2016 presidential election, Clinton told MSNBC that Russians promoting Donald Trump are unlikely to be tried in the US whilst alleging that influence operations had since become more "sophisticated."
Clinton, who contested against Trump in the 2016 election, said charging Americans engaged in such propaganda would therefore “be a better deterrence."
Hillary Clinton's stance underscores the need for global media and social media security. Russian propaganda's impact on public discourse is a "weapon of mass distraction." Artificial intelligence may be a potential tool to counter fake news, but trusted media platforms must also educate citizens. The importance of protecting democratic societies from disinformation align with Clinton's broader concerns about safeguarding truth.
Hillary Clinton's outrageously hypocritical call for criminal charges against Americans engaging in misinformation only further heightens broadconcerns about growing attempts by government to dictate "truth." Legal efforts to control speech risk entrenching oppressive state powers undermining free media credibility, and if anyone is to go to prison for such an offence it should start with Hillary and her establishment friends for their pathetic attempts to push Russia-Trump collusion conspiracies in 2016.