Lawfare1d ago
Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed a cable this week directing embassies and consulates to launch campaigns countering foreign propaganda, and specifically endorsed X as a tool for the effort. Kate Klonick explores the consequences of the government using social media for statecraft. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-state-department-s-x-directive-and-the-end-of-platform-independence
The State Department’s X Directive and the End of Platform Independence

A cable endorsing a social media platform by name as a tool of U.S. diplomacy and  military psychological operations would have been unthinkable—until recently.

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Show threadlin11c1d ago
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The X platform is the most insecure, untrustworthy, riddled with bots and trolls, and easily hacked. It is a fascist sewer so that why the Regime demands it be employed. It has a very small audience. Mostly bots and paid "influencers".
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Begging the questing why so many governments, media organizations and journalists use it.

And the answer is usually it's because our readers are there and the readers are there because they are there.

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Show threadlin11c1d ago
@the5thColumnist @lawfare
I have zero understanding why non US government officials would use this ridiculous platform. We have evidence of how Musk manipulates it. Truly bizarre.