America’s adversaries have figured out the disinformation game. With increasing brazenness, they are using online restrictions, fake news, troll farms, social media bots, mass media, and surrogates throughout the world to overwhelm what remains of accurate, reliable sources of news information in local languages. The role of U.S. broadcasting — whether through Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, or the many other U.S. outlets — is thus now more important than ever.
OP-ED
Kurt Volker: Don’t silence America’s voice
An American flag is placed on a fence outside of the U.S. Capitol building on Sept. 28, 2020 in Washington, DC.
