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    Renee DiResta on Disinformation and Misinformation From Vaccines to the GRU

    Renee DiResta on Disinformation and Misinformation From Vaccines to the GRU

    FromArbiters of Truth

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    Renee DiResta on Disinformation and Misinformation From Vaccines to the GRU

    FromArbiters of Truth

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    Length:
    42 minutes
    Released:
    Feb 3, 2022
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    For this episode of Lawfare’s Arbiters of Truth series on disinformation, Alina Polyakova and Quinta Jurecic spoke with Renee DiResta, the technical research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory. Renee has done fascinating work on how technology platforms and algorithms interact with false and misleading narratives, ranging from misleading information on health issues to propaganda pushed by the Islamic State and the Russian government. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
    Released:
    Feb 3, 2022
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (100)

    From Russian election interference, to scandals over privacy and invasive ad targeting, to presidential tweets: it’s all happening in online spaces governed by private social media companies. These conflicts are only going to grow in importance. In this series, also available in the Lawfare Podcast feed, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic will be talking to experts and practitioners about the major challenges our new information ecosystem poses for elections and democracy in general, and the dangers of finding cures that are worse than the disease.The podcast takes its name from a comment by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg right after the 2016 election, when Facebook was still reeling from accusations that it hadn’t done enough to clamp down on disinformation during the presidential campaign. Zuckerberg wrote that social media platforms “must be extremely cautious about becoming arbiters of truth ourselves.”So if they don’t want to be the arbiters of truth ... who should be? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.