Episode 1008 • • 2:33:22 - 2:36:11
1008: Ghost Guns
Social Media Regulation, Dutch Foreign Minister Resignation
The Dutch Foreign Minister, Halbe Zijlstra, was forced to resign after admitting he lied about attending a meeting with Vladimir Putin in 2006. Zijlstra had used the fabricated meeting to claim Putin had expansionist goals for a "Greater Russia," helping to set an anti-Russian agenda in the Netherlands. This incident occurs amid broader calls for a "Social Media Act" to control the spread of weaponized disinformation by foreign actors.