World War III is an Internet war. It has been ongoing for over a decade.
When the conflict was between countries like Pakistan and Ireland, or Ukraine and Russia, we could afford to ignore it.
Then it came to our own shores. November 8, 2016 was this war’s Pearl Harbor.
Yet we still haven’t reacted, because once the enemy is in the tent the media thinks going after them is friendly fire.
There’s nothing friendly about it.
Sure, there are efforts underway at Google and Facebook to boost “real news” and dissuade “fake news.” Yes, there are efforts underway in Congress to control online political spending. Yes, there is the Mueller probe.
But these are nothing. We still see the Internet War as something we can stop with higher firewalls, or bigger budgets.
We can’t.
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