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The Infodemic: How Censorship and Lies Made the World Sicker and Less Free

By (author) Joel Simon, By (author) Robert Mahoney

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How censorship turned a terrible disease into an assault on rights As COVID-19 spread around the world, so did government censorship.Â The InfodemicÂ lays bare not just old-fashioned censorship, but also the mechanisms of a modern brand of â€œcensorship through noise,â€ which moves beyond traditional means of state controlâ€”such as the jailing of critics and restricting the flow of informationâ€”to open the floodgates of misinformation, overwhelming the public with lies and half-truths. Joel Simon and Robert Mahoney, who have traveled the world for many years defending press freedom and journalistsâ€™ rights as the directors of the Committee to Protect Journalists, chart the onslaught of COVID censorship beginning in China, through Iran, Russia, India, Egypt, Brazil, and inside the Trump White House. Increased surveillance in the name of public health, the collapse of public trust in institutions, and the demise of local news reporting all contributed to help governments hijack the flow of information and usurp power. Full of vivid characters and behind the scenes accounts,Â The InfodemicÂ shows how under the cover of a global pandemic, governments have undermined freedom and taken controlâ€”this new political order may be the legacy of the disease.

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