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Guess what? I had some *thoughts* on Michael Shellenberger & the State Dept's Sarah Rogers losing their minds about a disinfo conference in Lithuania having a panel exploring if the US interferes in foreign information systems... and then interfering to get the conference sponsors to pull out.

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US Gov’t Interferes To Get Foreign Sponsors To Drop Conference Because A Panel Asks If The US... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/08/us-govt-interferes-to-get-foreign-sponsors-to-drop-conference-because-a-panel-asks-if-the-us-engages-in-foreign-information-interference/

techdirt.comUS Gov’t Interferes To Get Foreign Sponsors To Drop Conference Because A Panel Asks If The US Engages In Foreign Information InterferenceOne of the most bizarre things over the last few years is how two guys, Michael Shellenberger and Matt Taibbi, bumbling around cosplaying as "free speech" experts, have done tremendous damage to free speech. After Elon Musk brought them in to report on the so-called "Twitter Files," the two of them spun up nonsense tales...

8/10/26, 5:16 pm57 reposts173 likes

Alexandre Alaphilippe

@aa.disinfo.eu

Thanks Mike for this accurate and excellent report.

Faine Greenwood

@faineg.com

Thanks for weighing in on this - we are here in Vilnius at the conference and the past two days sure has been a week

Joé McKen

@joemcken.net

Really hope y’all figure out a way to cut the links out of these automated posts lol. Can’t even fit the whole title anymore …

Captain Bergatron

@captbergatron.bsky.social

That's how you headline

Post Monkey

@postmonkey.bsky.social

"The CIA complaining about a foreign country interfering in a US presidential election is legitimately the funniest thing ever." Neon Trotsky, Twitter, December 2016.