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Report: US Orders Embassies to Partner With Social Media to Combat Foreign 'Propaganda'
The cable urges diplomats to use X, Community Notes and AI tools while working with Pentagon psychological operations units and local influencers.
- A leaked diplomatic cable signed by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructs American embassies to collaborate with the US military's psychological operations unit to counter foreign propaganda globally.
- The cable highlights Elon Musk's X platform's Community Notes feature as useful for correcting false claims and combating narratives from foreign governments.
- The initiative aims to counter hostile messaging, expand access to information, expose adversaries, elevate supportive local voices, and promote 'telling America’s story'.
- The US State Department prioritizes countering foreign propaganda, recruiting local influencers to make American-funded narratives appear organic, while identifying certain groups as foreign influence vectors.
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The U.S. government ordered its embassies and consulates around the world to launch coordinated campaigns against Elon Musk’s “foreign propaganda” and to use Elon Musk’s social network X as an “innovative” tool to achieve that goal. This was revealed by the British newspaper The Guardian in a publication this Tuesday. The media had access to a cable signed by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, suggesting that embassy and consulate staff work w…
Marco Rubio Urges Diplomats To Use X To Fight "Anti-American Propaganda"
US diplomats should use social media platform X and partner with military psychological operations units in an effort to "counter foreign anti-American propaganda," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
·New Delhi, India
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Total News Sources15
Leaning Left5Leaning Right5Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution42% Left, 42% Right
Bias Distribution
- 42% of the sources lean Left, 42% of the sources lean Right
42% Right
L 42%
C 16%
R 42%
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