The Infodemic: How Censorship and Lies Made the World Sicker and Less Free

by Joel Simon, Robert Mahoney, Dina Nayeri

Book Overview

How censorship turned a terrible disease into an assault on rights

As COVID-19 spread around the world, so did government censorship. The Infodemic lays bare not just old-fashioned censorship, but also the mechanisms of a modern brand of "censorship through noise," which moves beyond traditional means of state control--such as the jailing of critics and restricting the flow of information--to open the floodgates of misinformation,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1735913685
• ISBN13: 9781735913681
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Columbia Global Reports
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.4"