Informational Iagoism: children and data challenges in digital foreign policy spaces

There is a significant gap in the literature at the intersection of philosophy, foreign interference, and children. Deploying the philosophy of information as a means of understanding digital foreign interference and its impact on children this paper identifies a tactic labelled “Informational Iagoism”. It argues that normative philosophical vulnerabilities resulting from the fourth revolution are exploited as part of a cyclical process that involves ontological, philosophical ethics, and epistemic factors, as a means to co-opt and dismantle democracy and its processes. Observing the data protection issues exacerbating information iagoism, this work advocates that digital civics pedagogy can address these issues through its emphasis on the Philosophy of Information, phronesis, and information literacy.