Rather than just playing defense, how can democracies can go on offense against disinformation? That’s a question Alina Polyakova, the CEO of the Center for European Policy Analysis, and Daniel Fried, the Weiser Family Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council, try to answer in their new paper, “
Democratic Offense Against Disinformation.” On this episode of Lawfare‘s Arbiters of Truth series on platforms and disinformation, Quinta Jurecic sits down with Polyakova and Fried to consider what it would mean for democracies to take the initiative in combating foreign purveyors of disinformation.
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Commentary
Podcast: How democracies can go on offense against disinformation
Quinta Jurecic,
Quinta Jurecic
Fellow
- Governance Studies,
Senior Editor
- Lawfare
@qjurecic
Alina Polyakova, and
Alina Polyakova
President and CEO
- Center for European Policy Analysis
@apolyakova
Daniel Fried
Daniel Fried
Distinguished Fellow, Future Europe Initiative and Eurasia Center
- Atlantic Council
December 4, 2020