Cyber Solarium commissioner Spaulding: Civic education in schools critical to combat disinformation

Campaigns to spread false information are becoming more sophisticated and targeted to individuals, which Cyberspace Solarium Commission member Suzanne Spaulding says emphasizes the need for civic education in schools to train students on how to recognize content from untrusted sources.

“My push for civic education as a national security imperative is to build public resilience against the content of the messaging,” Spaulding said at an event Monday.

Spaulding said it is important to reduce “vulnerabilities” in terms of messaging by...