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Outsourcing Disinformation
An example of inauthentic content taken down by Facebook shows an image of the Saudi crown prince visiting a hospital with a caption that asks Why do #Saudis love their leaders the way they love their family !? Photo credit: Facebook
Editor’s Note: A wide range of states engage in disinformation campaigns, and the United States is far from the only victim. In the Middle East, disinformation is now a standard part of information warfare, with states using it against their rivals and to discredit dissidents. Stanford’s Shelby Grossman and social media analyst Khadeja Ramali
explain an important shift occurring in disinformation from state actors: outsourcing. They detail why states in the Middle East and beyond are using private firms to spread lies and how this might be curtailed.