I wouldn't be surprised to read that on 4chan, but on HN ... we need some credible citations. :)
Speaking of misinformation, there are efforts to suggest USAID is actually US AID inferring they are some type of AID organization including putting "AID" in a different color in their logo. A few times a year they contribute small amounts of resources so they can get away with saying it but they are actually the United States Agency for International Development [3] originally meant to sway public opinion in other nations but started targeting people in the USA and its allies.
I think the take-away is that everything on the internet including references and citations are probably misinformation of misinformation of misinformation. I have sympathy for AI trying to ingest all of it.
[1] - https://unherd.com/newsroom/documents-reveal-us-government-a...
[2] - https://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA14/20190521/109537/HHRG...
[3] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Agency_for_Inter...
Why be disingenous? Do you have something to lose by an honest search for the truth? Do you not want to look for it? Are you so sure that your narrow political group has the truth and no search is needed?
1. Raise the cost of conducting malign influence operations against the United States and its allies.
2. Close vulnerabilities that foreign adversaries exploit to undermine democratic institutions.
3. Separate politics from efforts to unmask and respond to foreign operations against the U.S. electoral process.
4. Strengthen partnerships with Europe to improve the transatlantic response to this transnational threat.
5. Make transparency the norm in the tech sector.
6. Build a more constructive public-private partnership to identify and address emerging tech threats.
7. Exhibit caution when reporting on leaked information and using social media accounts as journalism sources.
8. Increase support for local and independent media.
9. Extend the dialogue about foreign interference in democracies beyond Washington.
10. Remember that our democracy is only as strong as we make it.
It's significant that a political faction does everything it can to remove barriers to disinformation, for example using lawfare and other attacks to shut down research into it, using political power to disable the country's ability to protect itself.
