The article below isn't posted to argue certain political policies but rather to bring the class' attention that Europe is having a similar issue/discussion with "fake news". I found the article interesting after our mock debate last week, when we spoke openly later in class about how to possibly resolve the issue we have in the US (too far left/right news).
In this article, East Stratcom looks to fight the problem "serves as Europe’s front line against this onslaught of fake news." With elections taking place this year in many countries across Europe, the similarities of what happened during the US Presidential election can not be ignored with most fingers pointing to Russian influence again but coming from any/all directions.
"They attribute these efforts to the hacking group known as Fancy Bear, or APT 28, which American intelligence agencies linked to the hacking of the Democratic National Committee before the presidential election. Both American and German intelligence officials believe the group is operated by the G.R.U., the Russian military intelligence service.......Many people don’t trust institutions anymore. [We] see fake news coming from everywhere.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/20/world/europe/europe-combats-a-new-foe-of-political-stability-fake-news.html
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