Italian journalism must react to Russia’s disinformation

The letter from the prof. Marco Mayer

Dear director,

from the FBI's mega-investigation into the Kremlin's disinformation campaigns in the United States and Europe, as far as Italy is concerned it emerged – among other things – that the Russians indicted by the US Department of Justice created fake websites of the Ansa , Repubblica and La Stampa .

I imagine that, in the name of the constitutional value of free information and to protect their publications, the publishers and journalists who are victims of the alleged serious manipulation take (at national and European level) all the necessary steps.

I am sure that if they decide to act promptly on a legal level, also with the aim of activating judicial cooperation between Italy and the United States, they will have the support of Italian journalism and the entire world of information.

The stakes are very high and I sincerely hope that my expectations are not disappointed.

Marco Mayer

THE DOCUMENT FROM THE AMERICAN AUTHORITIES ON THE RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE CAMPAIGNS

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This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/disinformazione-russia-giornalismo-italia/ on Fri, 06 Sep 2024 06:31:49 +0000.