The US Department of Justice indictments in Russia’s wryly dubbed “Good Old USA” misinformation rollout gave us a sudden, shocking look inside the continually changing world of fake news and how it is successfully reshaping the global political narrative, including here in Australia.
It’s not so much the scale of the disinformation. Or even the reveal that (unwittingly, they protest) right-wing YouTubers were being paid to promote Russian talking points. It’s the success the campaign has had in polluting a mainstream political discourse with racism and divisive invective across the world.
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