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AP Photo/Evan Vucci On Monday, the Aspen Institute released a report from their Commission on Information Disorder (yes, that’s a real thing) in which they propose “structural changes” to “reduce information disorder”. A few of those suggestionsare here: This reads, at first glance, like an attempt to get in front of desired reforms of Section 230 and/or anticompetitive behavior
on the part of Big Tech by offering “mea culpa” recommendations. https://t.co/6jszpAIjN9 — Capital Research (@capitalresearch) November 16, 2021 Any time an organization begins talking about creating new norms that carry consequences for violation, it’s a good idea to look into who that organization is. That’s where the Commission on Information Disorder and their purity of their agenda begins to fall apart. A co-author of the Aspen Institute’s report on disinformation hyped the Jussie Smollett hoax even after it was clear it was a hoax. A sample of his tweets. https://t.co/4R37w4l3Hn pic.twitter.com/bxI1W42QWg — Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) November 16, 2021 Well, that’s not ideal. Nor is the fact that the Commission is co-chaired by “award-winning journalist Katie Couric” — who is no stranger to disinformation, most recently selectively editing comments by SCOTUS Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to fit an anti-NFL narrative.
And then there’s this : The Twitter executive responsible for blocking stories about Hunter Biden’s laptop is one of several advisers to the Aspen Institute’s disinformation commission. Yoel Roth is one of several questionable advisers to Aspen’s Commission on Information Disorder, which on Monday released its much-anticipated report . Commission members include Katie Couric, who recently acknowledged that she edited comments on National Anthem protests out of a 2016 interview with Ruth Bader Ginsburg to preserve the justice’s reputation with liberals. Another commissioner, Rashad Robinson, helped fuel actor Jussie Smollett’s hate crime hoax. Roth, the head of site integrity at Twitter, blocked access to an Oct. 14, 2020, New York Post article regarding emails from Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop. Roth told the Federal Elections Commission he blocked the story in part because the intelligence community had briefed him that foreign governments might release hacked materials prior to the election. No […]
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