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A leaked diplomatic cable signed by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructs American embassies and consulates worldwide to engage in a coordinated campaign to counter foreign propaganda, which the missive defines in part as messaging that seeks to “shift blame to the United States.
”The Guardian, which obtained a copy of the cable, reported on Monday that US State Department employees have been asked to 'work alongside the US military’s psychological operations unit to address the problem of rampant disinformation' on social media.The cable points to the Community Notes feature on Elon Musk's X platform, which allows other X users to provide context or correct false claims on other users' posts, as a particularly useful feature for the US to push back against narratives promoted by foreign governments.The initiative's main goals are 'countering hostile messaging, expanding access to information, exposing adversary behavior, elevating local voices who support American interests, and promoting what it calls 'telling America’s story,'' The Guardian reported.In explaining the need to the initiative, the State Department cable cited foreign influence campaigns that 'seek to shift blame to the United States, sow division among allies, promote alternative worldviews antithetical to America’s interests, and even undermine American economic interests and political freedoms.'The cable did not address social media posts by US President Donald Trump, who has repeated sowed divisions among US allies. On Tuesday, for example, the president once again lashed out at European nations for not helping carry out his unconstitutional war with Iran, telling them to 'start learning how to fight for yourself' because 'the USA won’t be there to help you anymore, just like you weren’t there for us.'The president's posts have also undermined the country's political freedoms, including multiple instances where he has described US journalists as the 'enemy of the people,' while pushing for American TV networks to lose their broadcasting licenses if they continue airing negative stories about him and his administration.The plan to combat foreign influence operations comes as the US has struggled to fight a propaganda battle against Iran, and Trump last month even floated 'charges of treason' for journalists who report what he described as 'fake news' about the conflict.
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