PTI workers behaving like journalists with PM Imran Khan? The State organized propaganda as a tool for information control to suppress public opinion and press freedom and discredit opposition voices and political dissent #ImranKhan #Pakistan #PTI #MiniBudget #ShaukatTarin #JournalismInPakistan #ATU

"Disinformation also has far-reaching implications for human rights and democratic norms worldwide. It threatens freedom of thought, the right to privacy, and the right to democratic participation, as well as endangering a range of economic, social, and cultural rights. It also diminishes broader indicators of democratic quality, unsettling citizens’ faith in democratic institutions not only by distorting free and fair elections, but also fomenting digital violence and repression. At the same time, as governments and corporations begin to confront this issue more seriously, it is apparent that many of their counter disinformation initiatives also sit uneasily with human rights and democratic standards. Disinformation undermines human rights and many elements of good democratic practice, but counter-disinformation measures can also have a prejudicial impact on human rights and democracy." 

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