Information Disorder Debate audience question - Should the government be hands-off?

The age of “information disorder” is upon us. Deep fakes, false political narratives, and flawed COVID rumors are all rampant online, threatening America’s national security, as well as democracy itself. Though bad actors have always had the capacity to deceive, the ease, speed, and degree to which anyone can create misleading information has engendered a dangerous new world. And yet many solutions can also run directly against longstanding western principles, such as free speech and a lack of censorship. Prescriptions, some argue, can be as dangerous as the disorder itself. So, what can be done? In partnership with the Homeland Security Experts Group, Intelligence Squared U.S. debates how to combat this dangerous new phenomenon, termed “information disorder.” Our expert panel takes a look at what the private sector should do, what the public sector can do, and how political actors who spread false information should be handled.

DEBATERS:

Michael Chertoff, Former United States Secretary of Homeland Security and co-author of the PATRIOT Act.

Charles Carithers, Principal at Cornerstone Government Affairs and visiting fellow at the National Security Institute; former staff member on House Committee of Homeland Security, Georgetown University Professor

Nina Jankowicz, is an internationally-recognized expert on disinformation and democratization and author of How to Lose the Information War.

Stewart Baker, Former Assistant Secretary for Policy at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under President of George W. Bush.

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