01321nas a2200169 4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260001600043653002300059653002100082653001900103100001800122245006800140300001000208490000700218520092600225 2021 d cSpring 202110acitizen resilience10adigital literacy10adisinformation1 aInez Miyamoto00aDisinformation: Policy Responses to Building Citizen Resiliency a47-550 v203 a
Maligned actors use fake social media accounts and automated tools, also called computational propaganda, to launch disinformation operations. While technology companies and researchers continue to advance computational propaganda detection, they also know that eradicating social bots and disinformation is impossible. Since computational propaganda continues to increase, governments need to focus their efforts on developing policies that decrease citizen demand for disinformation. The purpose of this article is to explore disinformation at the intersection between technology and citizen resiliency. First, the current landscape will be explored to understand the impact of disinformation on society and its citizens. Second, the effect of technology on the supply of disinformation will be examined. Third, methods to decrease the demand for disinformation will be considered to increase citizen resiliency.