Jeremy Lewin
This is such a contrived story. Nobody @StateDept “dismissed” foreign disinformation. What we dismissed was the notion that radical left organizations like the Global Engagement Center—which as @DarrenJBeattie @UnderSecPD have detailed engaged in gross abuses including censoring Americans and themselves promoting damaging disinformation—were part of the solution to genuine foreign influence operations.
Edward Wong
NEW from @nytimes: Trump aides gutted some offices that worked to counter anti-American disinformation by foreign powers. Now the US finds itself embattled in an info war with Iran, Russia and China. The State Dept. tells diplomats to use X and work with Pentagon psyops teams.
