"The cable instructs embassies and consulates to pursue five broad goals: countering hostile messaging, expanding access to information, exposing adversary behavior, elevating local voices who support American interests, and promoting what it calls telling America's story."
"These campaigns seek to shift blame to the United States, sow division among allies, promote alternative worldviews antithetical to America's interests, and even undermine American economic interests and political freedoms."
"Using digital platforms, state-controlled media, and influence operations, they pose a direct threat to US national security and fuel hostility toward American interests."
The United States has mandated all embassies and consulates to initiate coordinated campaigns against foreign propaganda, endorsing Elon Musk's X as a tool. A cable signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio outlines instructions for embassy staff to counter disinformation, particularly from Iran, Russia, and China. The goals include countering hostile messaging, expanding information access, exposing adversary behavior, elevating local supportive voices, and promoting American narratives. Embassies are encouraged to recruit local influencers to make counter-propaganda feel organic and address threats to U.S. national security.
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