Journalists and fact-checkers must play key role as disinformation is professionalized
(World News Austria)

`Deception has been the arsenal of authoritarians for centuries - the issue now is that there are bad actors throughout the entire world who are seeking to destabilise democratic countries by contaminating the news supplies through disinformation`, according to web pioneer and craigslist founder Craig Newmark. The philanthropist said that ever-evolving forms of online misinformation are being spread by both state and non-state actors in an increasingly digital world, posing significant challenges to democratic politics and requiring new techniques and responsibilities for journalists and fact-checkers to help combat it. Newmark was speaking at an event entitled Fake News! Whose Problem is...