The US just lowered its defenses against authoritarian propaganda, experts say

The Trump administration’s moves to gut much of the U.S. Agency for Global Media and its integrated government-funded news networks are priming overseas media consumers for exploitation by authoritarian regimes and influence campaigns, experts warn.A USAGM press release on its elimination of non-statuatory work said the agency was “not salvageable” after President Donald Trump signed a late Friday executive order to severely reduce the size of the agency and the organizations i