Truly scary story about the world @katestarbird lives in now, but here is the payoff:
“Any defenses we created in 2020 and 2022 are gone. The government has pressured the platforms not to do anything. That’s a direct outgrowth of what’s happened with the weaponization subcommittee.”
The result of the last two years of battling disinformation researchers was clearing space for election disinformation to spread even further and do more damage in 2024
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/30/jim-jordans-conspiratorial-quest-for-power