Ça valait le coup de bloquer Russia Today…

9/ At some point, a question becomes unavoidable: how can we effectively fight disinformation when our own systems discourage, weaken, and sometimes punish those who combat it?

8/ The result? An ecosystem where those defending democracy end up spending more time justifying themselves, defending themselves, or protecting themselves… than acting.

7/ Absolute moral demands. Zero nuance. Zero context.While authoritarian regimes, for their part, have no rules, no transparency, no accountability.

6/ But that’s not all. Sometimes part of civil society itself— your own allies— is ready to turn on you because your laundry is not whiter than white.

5/ On top of all this, there are of course SLAPPs, well organised, led by state or para-state actors, whose goal is not to win… but to exhaust.

4/ Researchers sued for defamation by European public media.

3/ Western authorities spending years pursuing NGOs. With heavy procedures. Astronomical legal fees. For organisations working… in the public interest.

2/ Within our own camp, obstacles keep piling up. International institutions publishing sensitive data without your consent.

Il faut lire le compte-rendu des sévices qu'ils ont endurés.
Le système carcéral israélien est une insulte à la démocratie que ce pays prétend être.

In recent years, we've seen very similar conversations about terms like mis- & disinformation. Terms have been defined & operationalized in different ways. Effects have been hard to measure (often due to overly simplistic models). And some have argued the terms are useless & the concerns overblown.

That's about the same as all the people who have died in every war of the 21st Century, and includes millions of dead children. All blood on MAGA hands.