I think many people agree that disinformation is a threat, but won't admit it. Because they know that anti-disinformation efforts will be (and have been) used tactically only to silence narratives those in power dislike, and not as a neutral, dispassionate tool of truth. Weak evidence will be considered as conclusive proof, or strong evidence dismissed as inconclusive, as convenient for the fact-checkers.<p>For example, even though the police killings/homicides committed ratio is higher for Whites than Blacks, BLM is never cited as based on disinformation, nor are their protests during the peak of COVID cited as a risk.<p><a href="https://theintercept.com/2022/10/31/social-media-disinformation-dhs/" rel="nofollow">https://theintercept.com/2022/10/31/social-media-disinformat...</a><p><a href="https://greenwald.substack.com/p/homeland-securitys-disinformation" rel="nofollow">https://greenwald.substack.com/p/homeland-securitys-disinfor...</a><p><a href="https://citizenjournos.com/2021/04/26/nobody-does-disinformation-better-than-the-bbcs-anti-disinformation-unit/" rel="nofollow">https://citizenjournos.com/2021/04/26/nobody-does-disinforma...</a><p><a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-fmr-cia-chief-mike-morell-testifies-under-oath-that-biden-campaign" rel="nofollow">https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-fmr-cia-chief-mike-mo...</a><p><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2749593/disinformation-inc-meet-the-groups-hauling-in-cash-to-secretly-blacklist-conservative-news/" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2749593/disinformati...</a>
All too often it seems like the label of disinformation is thrown around to discredit a source which goes against a mainstream narrative, not that is it wrong. If something is indeterminant, then disagreeing with it, like mask or social distancing efficacy or lockdowns during Covid, does not make it disinformation. Why does one side get to have their views enshrined as correct information.