US directs American embassies to wage campaign against foreign ‘hostility’

Cable signed by Marco Rubio and seen by Guardian suggests staff work with Pentagon psychological operations unitSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe United States has directed every American embassy and consulate across the world to launch coordinated campaigns against foreign propaganda and endorses Elon Musk’s X as an “innovative” tool to help do it.The cable, signed by the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, on Monday and obtained by the Guardian, also suggests embassies and consulates work alongside the US military’s psychological operations unit to address the problem of rampant disinformation. It lays out a sweeping set of instructions for how embassy staff should push back against what it describes as coordinated foreign efforts to undermine American interests abroad. Continue reading...


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