‘Birtherism’ to the ‘Big Lie’ – Inside Obama’s Fight to Counter Disinformation
eurweb.com
Dan Merica and Donie O’Sullivan
May 20, 2022
Excerpt:
Former President Barack Obama is urgently throwing himself into the fight against disinformation, taking a years long private fascination into the open as he makes addressing the issue a key pillar of his post-presidency.
More than a decade after the false and infamous “birther” conspiracy theory was promulgated by his political opponents, including by the then-private citizen Donald Trump, Obama is hoping his personal experience with disinformation and his knowledge of its ramifications can help determine the best way to regulate social media platforms that promulgate disinformation and find ways to address what he calls the “demand for crazy on the internet” that has filled a void as local news outlets have diminished.
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