Information Warfare Evolves, Democracy’s Defenses Do Not
Quick: How many of each type of animal did Moses bring on the ark?
Your response might well be “two.†But if you slowed down a moment, you would realize that it was a trick question. Of course, it was not Moses at all in the Bible’s Genesis flood narrative. It was Noah.
Posing that question to a crowd of nearly 200 academics, advocates, and journalists, Lisa Fazio — an assistant professor in psychology and human development at Vanderbilt University — showed how the slightest misinformation can influence many in a matter of seconds.
National security experts warn that the increase in misleading information online poses numerous threats to the public’s faith in US elections. On the 232nd anniversary of the signing of the US Constitution, lawmakers and election integrity experts gathered in Washington Tuesday to grapple with the threats it poses to the 2020 election, redistricting efforts in 2021, and the daily lives of Americans in the digital age.
https://whowhatwhy.org/2019/09/18/information-warfare-evolves-democracys-defenses-do-not/
