The Disinformation Is Coming From Inside the House

The Disinformation Is Coming From Inside the House

Throughout 2024—the so-called “year of elections”—when half the world’s population went to the ballot box, there was a tussle between authoritarianism and democracy that played to a relative draw. Troublingly, one throughline in all the elections has been the growing use of disinformation—false information intended to mislead—by illiberal leaders, both from abroad and increasingly from within democracies themselves.  Vice President J.D. Vance an…