03031cam a2200553 4500 2675285067 TxAuBib 20260205120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781735913698 1735913693 B09H4QC21T Amazon 3a94f9e7-a6c5-43c1-84a1-21ddef713da0 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 8820767 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Simon, Joel. The Infodemic [Libby eBook] : How Censorship and Lies Made the World Sicker and Less Free. Columbia Global Reports, 2022. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Public Health. surveillance. free speech. Philippines. autocracies. Nicaragua. democracy. pandemic. fascism. Mexico. Brazil. Russia. Egypt. trump. China. India. covid. Iran. HTML:<p><b>How censorship turned a terrible disease into an assault on rights</b></p> <p>As COVID-19 spread around the world, so did government censorship. <i>The Infodemic</i> lays bare not just old-fashioned censorship, but also the mechanisms of a modern brand of "censorship through noise," which moves beyond traditional means of state control—such as the jailing of critics and restricting the flow of information—to open the floodgates of misinformation, overwhelming the public with lies and half-truths.</p> <p>Joel Simon and Robert Mahoney, who have traveled the world for many years defending press freedom and journalists' rights as the directors of the Committee to Protect Journalists, chart the onslaught of COVID censorship beginning in China, through Iran, Russia, India, Egypt, Brazil, and inside the Trump White House. Increased surveillance in the name of public health, the collapse of public trust in institutions, and the demise of local news reporting all contributed to help governments hijack the flow of information and usurp power. Full of vivid characters and behind the scenes accounts, <i>The Infodemic</i> shows how under the cover of a global pandemic, governments have undermined freedom and taken control—this new political order may be the legacy of the disease.</p>. Media Studies. Nonfiction. Sociology. Politics. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-02-04 20:00:03. Mahoney, Robert. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3a94f9e7-a6c5-43c1-84a1-21ddef713da0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3a94f9e7-a6c5-43c1-84a1-21ddef713da0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXGID