Merkel Declares War On ‘Fake News’

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has now jumped on the bandwagon, warning against the power of ‘fake news’ on social media. EU bureaucrats voted on a non-legislative resolution Wednesday that calls for a response to counter Russian propaganda threats, equating RT and Sputnik news agencies to Daesh (ISIS) propaganda outlets. After the humiliation of the biased western media in the American presidential elections that contributed to a Donald Trump victory, it appears that no lessons have been learnt and the process of attacking free speech and labelling it as ‘conspiracy theory’ or ‘fake news’ carries on. Merkel might do for Europe what Hillary Clinton did for America and allow the rise of populists and nationalists on the back of a failed understanding of propaganda and its source and the proliferation of knowledge on the internet. German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Wednesday against the power of fake news on social media to roil the establishment and to spur the rise of populists, after launching her campaign for a fourth term. Zero Hedge reports: Speaking in parliament for the first time since her announcement Sunday that she would seek re-election next year, Merkel cautioned that public opinion was being “manipulated” on the [...]

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