How illiberal political actors are leveraging information space

     

Illiberal political actors and authoritarian regimes are leveraging the increasingly complex globalized information space to exploit societal cleavages created by political polarization, employing a problematic mix of media manipulation and disinformation, argues Moisés Naím, a distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The chief international columnist for El País and La Repubblica, Spain and Italy’s largest dailies, and a contributing editor to The Atlantic, talks to Shanthi Kalathil, senior director for NED’s International Forum for Democratic Studies, and Christopher Walker, NED vice president for studies and analysis, on the latest Power 3.0 podcast.

 

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