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Two defense experts explore the collision of war, politics, and social media, where the most important battles are now only a click away. Through the weaponization of social media, the Internet is changing war and politics, just as war and politics are changing the Internet. Terrorists livestream their attacks, “Twitter wars” produce real world casualties, and viral misinformation alters not just the result of battles, but the very fate of nations. The result is that war, tech, and politics have blurred into a new kind of battlespace that plays out on our smartphones.

As America approaches its 250th anniversary, free speech and press freedom face unprecedented threats from campus censorship, social media content moderation, and government pressure campaigns. From college students afraid to voice opinions in class to journalists facing investigations, the First Amendment foundations of American democracy are under multiple threats in ways the Founders never imagined.

Los charlatanes de la era digital se cuelan todos los días en la actualidad informativa y cada vez es más difícil discernir la verdad entre las mentiras y las medias verdades. "Bullshit" es el ensayo que necesitamos para desenmascarar a los que manipulan los datos y se sirven del lenguaje científico para construir un discurso que no se ajusta a la realidad.