"Disinformation does of course exist and does need to be addressed. However, the biggest source of disinformation are governments, corporations and increasingly anti-disinformation experts themselves."
I think this comes down to the question of trust that is discussed here a lot. The author misses the fact that in some countries there is still a high trust in governments, journalism, academia, and other knowledge-producing institutions.
But this I can agree with:
"Civil society needs to stop cozying up to Big Tech and taking huge amounts of its money. This too has resulted in capture and the faltering of proper watchdog roles."
"Disinformation does of course exist and does need to be addressed. However, the biggest source of disinformation are governments, corporations and increasingly anti-disinformation experts themselves."
I think this comes down to the question of trust that is discussed here a lot. The author misses the fact that in some countries there is still a high trust in governments, journalism, academia, and other knowledge-producing institutions.
But this I can agree with:
"Civil society needs to stop cozying up to Big Tech and taking huge amounts of its money. This too has resulted in capture and the faltering of proper watchdog roles."