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Everything about the electoral commission’s new mandate – which it is already enhancing by itself – speaks to a body that is designed to funnel voters towards particular decisions and away from other decisions.
The Irish government’s new anti-misinformation force, the Electoral Commission, says it has “very extensive powers” to “require the correction or removal of information we believe to be incorrect” – all in an effort to “enhance democracy.” Question by Ben Scallan. #gript
“Can’t answer a simple question, when you’re literally regulating truth itself”
Ireland’s official anti-disinformation body failed to provide a single example of disinformation when asked, despite its CEO claiming that electoral disinformation is spreading at an “enormous” scale. Ben Scallan reports: #gript
Ah yes, the experts. From the get-go, we were advised to listen to them and avoid “doing our own research.”
“False or misleading” info.
No wonder
“Establishment waffled on a bunch of facts”
Censorship literally kills
False Claims
Transparency
“The real danger facing this country, according to the government, is people on the internet saying things that Irish politicians disagree with”: Ben Scallan on the government’s new plan to stamp out so-called “misinformation.”
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