The Spin Doctors Are In
Your Undivided Attention
English - May 07, 2020 08:00 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsTechnology Society & Culture Philosophy technology humane design tristan harris aza raskin time well spent attention economy human downgrading ethical technology cht design ethics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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How does disinformation spread in the age of COVID-19? It takes an expert like Renée DiResta to trace conspiracy theories back to their source. She’s already exposed how Russian state actors manipulated the 2016 election, but that was just a prelude to what she’s seeing online today: a convergence of state actors and lone individuals, anti-vaxxers and NRA supporters, scam artists and preachers and the occasional fan of cuddly pandas. What ties all of these disparate actors together is an information ecosystem that’s breaking down before our eyes. We explore what’s going wrong and what we must do to fix it in this interview with Renée DiResta, Research Manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory.