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How the Right Launders Online Propaganda with Renée DiResta

How the Right Launders Online Propaganda with Renée DiResta

On with Kara Swisher vor 2 Jahren

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Renée DiResta is one the world’s leading experts on online
disinformation and propaganda and the author of the new book,
Invisible Rulers, The People Who Turn Lies into Reality. About two
months ago, DiResta found out her contract as the technical
research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory would not be
renewed. What’s more, the SIO, one of the foremost academic
programs studying abuse online, would be essentially hollowed
out. The university blames funding challenges, and says it has
“not shut down or dismantled SIO as a result of outside pressure.”
However, many journalists and fellow researchers suspect that
political pressure from the right, including congressional hearings
led by Rep. Jim Jordan and lawsuits from people like Stephen
Miller, caused Stanford to cave. Kara and Renée discuss the drama
at the SIO; Invisible Rulers; the coordinated effort by the right
to target academic researchers who study online propaganda and
disinformation; the larger strategy to push back against content
moderation by social media platforms; and the role the platforms
themselves and their CEOS (looking at you, Elon) play in this
fight. Questions? Comments? Email us at on@voxmedia.com or find
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