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Fast Company / Pavithra Mohan
/ Mar 5“’Disinformation and misinformation is more of an excuse than a real reason for the popularization of shutdowns as a form of information control,’ says Jan Rydzak, a research analyst at Ranking Digital Rights, a digital free speech and privacy nonprofit. ‘In most cases, what we see is just the desire to control the narrative, especially if it’s disruptive to the government. Governments often use argumentation that touches on disinformation as a factor, but never really present proof.'” —
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