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Wonks and War RoomsSeason 5 Wrap UpIn this final episode, our host Elizabeth reflects on the six episodes of Season 5, which dug into tech, politics, and policy with guests from the Berkman Klein Centre at Harvard and Center for Information Technology and Public Life (CITAP) at UNC-Chapel Hill. She recaps highlights of each episode, looks at what they had in common, and where we need to dig a little deeper.Additional resources:Here are direct links to this season’s episodes, including show notes and annotated transcripts:Episode 1: Knowledge Mobilization for Policy Impact with Petra MolnarEpisode 2: Image Manipulation wi...2023-05-2410 minWonks and War RoomsBig Tech and Political Campaigns with Becca RinkevichBecca Rinkevic is the Director of the Institute for Rebooting Social Media and formerly the Deputy Director of Digital Strategy at the White House under President Joe Biden. This week she and Elizabeth are tackling the role of big tech in election campaigns and political advertising. They talk about the involvement of representatives from social media companies in election advertising campaigns, the changes in these relationships before after the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and what these relationships might look like in the future. They also talk about ways to report disinformation and harassment, guidelines around political advertising on social...2023-03-2237 min
HOPE not hateLearning from Biden 2020: Combating DisinformationWant to learn from Joe Biden's campaign team? They faced online smears, sophisticated digital attacks, and social media companies who couldn't or wouldn't stem the tide of lies. HOPE not hate supporters heard directly from some of the team tasked with combating this wave of disinformation. Joe Biden's digital director Rob Flaherty, Becca Rinkevich, Director of Digital Rapid Response for Biden for President, and Timothy Durigan, Data Security Analyst at the Democratic National Committee told us how they approached their work, what worked, and we might be able to learn from their efforts.2020-12-101h 19