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Juliette Kayyem
@juliettekayyem

Last week, I joined @newshour to discuss disinformation in disasters. It impacts morale of first responders; it impacts what citizens who need help believe is available; it impacts operations; and as we've now seen, it impacts the safety of those who help. Lies have consequences.

"All of these lies undermine trust. The lies are going to cost lives. They have a direct impact on millions of people."

Full clip:
https://pbs.org/newshour/show/helene-recovery-complicated-by-lies-hoaxes-and-conspiracy-theories