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The Lawfare PodcastScaling Laws: The GoLaxy Revelations: China's AI-Driven Influence Operations, with Brett Goldstein, Brett Benson, and Renée DiRestaAlan Rozenshtein, Senior Editor at Lawfare, speaks with Brett Goldstein, Special Advisor to the Chancellor on National Security and Strategic Initiatives at Vanderbilt University; Brett Benson, Associate Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University; and Renée DiResta, Lawfare Contributing Editor and Associate Research Professor at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy.The conversation covers the evolution of influence operations from crude Russian troll farms to sophisticated AI systems using large language models; the discovery of GoLaxy documents revealing a "Smart Propaganda System" that collects millions of data points daily, builds psychological profiles, and generates resilient p...
2025-10-3156 min
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionScaling Laws: The GoLaxy Revelations: China's AI-Driven Influence Operations, with Brett Goldstein, Brett Benson, and Renée DiRestaAlan Rozenshtein, Senior Editor at Lawfare, speaks with Brett Goldstein, Special Advisor to the Chancellor on National Security and Strategic Initiatives at Vanderbilt University; Brett Benson, Associate Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University; and Renée DiResta, Lawfare Contributing Editor and Associate Research Professor at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy.The conversation covers the evolution of influence operations from crude Russian troll farms to sophisticated AI systems using large language models; the discovery of GoLaxy documents revealing a "Smart Propaganda System" that collects millions of data points daily, builds psychological profiles, and generates resilient p...
2025-10-3156 min
Scaling LawsThe GoLaxy Revelations: China's AI-Driven Influence Operations, with Brett Goldstein, Brett Benson, and Renée DiRestaAlan Rozenshtein, senior editor at Lawfare, spoke with Brett Goldstein, special advisor to the chancellor on national security and strategic initiatives at Vanderbilt University; Brett Benson, associate professor of political science at Vanderbilt University; and Renée DiResta, Lawfare contributing editor and associate research professor at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy.The conversation covered the evolution of influence operations from crude Russian troll farms to sophisticated AI systems using large language models; the discovery of GoLaxy documents revealing a "Smart Propaganda System" that collects millions of data points daily, builds psychological profiles, and generates r...
2025-10-2855 min
Truth in the BarrelDevil's Cut | Adventures In Misinformation w Renee DiRestaHow much misinformation is being dumped on the Internet? Who is responsible and how can we better protect ourselves? Amy is joined by Professor Renee DiResta, author of the book, Invisible Rulers to answer all of these questions and more! About Truth in the Barrel: Amy and Denver are both military veterans, political junkies, and whiskey lovers who sit on opposite sides of the aisle but have one thing in common: they love the United States of America. Truth in the Barrel was born of Amy & Denver’s commitment to c...
2025-10-2141 min
Revolution.Social"Invisible Rulers" author Renee DiResta on Propaganda, Disinformation, & Online AbuseRenee DiResta has spent a decade tracking how small groups can hijack global conversations — and why the same tactics still work today. The author of "Invisible Rulers" and a leading academic researcher on online influence, she joins Rabble on Revolution.Social to unpack the hidden forces shaping what we see — and believe — on social media.
Drawing on years of work investigating the history of propaganda, election interference, and networked movements, Renee shares how fringe ideas can be made to look like majority opinion on social media platforms.
She traces the evolution of propaganda from the printi...
2025-08-141h 17Scaling LawsBecause of Woke: Renée DiResta and Alan Rozenshtein on the ‘Woke AI’ Executive OrderRenée DiResta, an Associate Research Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown join Alan Rozenshtein and Kevin Frazier, to take a look at the Trump Administration’s Woke AI policies, as set forth by a recent EO and explored in the AI Action Plan. This episode unpacks the implications of prohibiting AI models that fail to pursue objective truth and espouse "DEI" values. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-08-0546 min
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionScaling Laws: Renée DiResta and Alan Rozenshtein on the ‘Woke AI’ Executive OrderRenée DiResta, an Associate Research Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown and a Contributing Editor at Lawfare, and Alan Rozenshtein, an Associate Professor at Minnesota Law, Research Director at Lawfare, and, with the exception of today, co-host on the Scaling Laws podcast, join Kevin Frazier, the AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the University of Texas School of Law and a Senior Editor at Lawfare, to take a look at the Trump Administration’s Woke AI policies, as set forth by a recent EO and explored in the AI Action Plan.Read the Wok...
2025-08-0146 min
The Lawfare PodcastScaling Laws: Renée DiResta and Alan Rozenshtein on the ‘Woke AI’ Executive OrderRenée DiResta, an Associate Research Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown and a Contributing Editor at Lawfare, and Alan Rozenshtein, an Associate Professor at Minnesota Law, Research Director at Lawfare, and, with the exception of today, co-host on the Scaling Laws podcast, join Kevin Frazier, the AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the University of Texas School of Law and a Senior Editor at Lawfare, to take a look at the Trump Administration’s Woke AI policies, as set forth by a recent EO and explored in the AI Action Plan.Read the Wok...
2025-08-0146 min
Chief Influencer®Cyber Leaders on AI, Misinformation & Security's Next ChapterThis special compilation episode delves into the critical and ever-evolving world of cybersecurity. It features insights from cyber leaders, Craig Newmark, Founder of Craigslist, Camille Stewart Gloster, CEO and Principal at CAS Strategies LLC, Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud, and Renee DiResta, Author of “Invisible Rulers”. They all discuss navigating the complex intersection of technology, information, and security. Core topics include the significant impact of AI on society and relationships, the pervasive challenges of misinformation and disinformation, and the crucial role of education, from K-12 to workforce development, in combating these digital threats. The discussion extends to the...
2025-05-1433 min
The Rip CurrentEp 06: Renee DiResta on Our Invisible Rulers and Building a Credibility CountercultureBefore she was an associate professor at Georgetown and a cofounder of Stanford’s Internet Observatory, which measured the disinformation campaigns at work in multiple presidential elections, Renee DiResta was a new mom at home getting bombarded with anti-vaccine ads on Facebook. “Why are they hitting me with this stuff?” she wondered, and her efforts t… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theripcurrent.substack.com/subscribe
2025-04-231h 04
Posting Through It012: This is Your Country on Social Media feat. Renée DiRestaRenée DiResta is one of the nation’s leading researchers of social media and the author of “Invisible Rulers : The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality”: a book about the ways social media platforms are used — and abused — to reshape the way we think and behave. Renée also shared her thoughts on the government’s hostility toward researchers who study social media and some of her experiences interacting with Matt Taibbi.You can read Renée’s emails with Matt Taibbi here: reneediresta.substack.com/Transition Music: “Get Dumber - feat. Jeff Rosenstock” by PUP This is...
2025-03-311h 20
Cross TabsBespoke Realities & Invisible Rulers with Renee DiRestaThe invisible rulers of the internet are no longer just PR consultants and advertisers, but algorithms and influencers who shape our bespoke realities through immersive persuasion. Social media platforms have transformed from places to connect with friends to ecosystems where propaganda thrives, creating fragmented information environments that leave users swimming in increasingly polarized content. In this episode of Cross Tabs, Farrah Bostic speaks with Renee DiResta, a leading researcher on misinformation who traces her journey from concerned parent to disinformation expert. DiResta unpacks how platforms' business models prioritize engagement over truth, explains why political messaging strategies differ d...
2025-03-191h 15
Zooming In at The UnPopulistHow the Right Uses Social Media to Create a Powerful Propaganda Machine: A Conversation with Renée DiRestaFor years, traditional media—newspapers, cable news, and radio—dominated the political conversation. These were the institutions that shaped public discourse, set the agenda, and determined which ideas gained traction. But as the digital ecosystem evolved, a parallel and sometimes overlapping infrastructure emerged—one where influencers, niche content creators, and algorithmically curated feeds have redefined how people engage with information.To understand this evolution, host Aaron Ross Powell sits down with Renee DiResta, an Associate Research Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown and author of Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Realit...
2025-02-2344 min
ReImagining Liberty070: How Right-Wing Influencers Took Over Politics (w/ Renée DiResta)The information environment in which Americans form and discuss their political views has gotten weird. Walter Cronkite is gone. The editorial pages of the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal have lost influence to podcasters, social media influencers, and internet conspiracy theorists. Trump's rise, and return to power, was in large part fueled by figures on the far-right who knew how to take advantage of this changed environment in a way liberals haven't yet figured out.This means that, if liberalism is to have a political future, liberals need to understand how media today...
2025-02-2349 min
Heartland Newsfeed Podcast NetworkHow Right-Wing Influencers Took Over Politics (w/ Renée DiResta)The information environment in which Americans form and discuss their political views has gotten weird. Walter Cronkite is gone. The editorial pages of the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal have lost influence to podcasters, social media influencers, and internet conspiracy theorists. Trump's rise, and return to power, was in large part fueled by figures on the far-right who knew how to take advantage of this changed environment in a way liberals haven't yet figured out.This means that, if liberalism is to have a political future, liberals need to understand how media today looks nothing like...
2025-02-2349 min
The DynamistFinding the Middle of Social Media w/Renée DiResta and Luke HoggMark Zuckerberg sent shockwaves around the world when Meta announced the end of its fact-checking program in the U.S. on its platforms Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Critics lamented the potential for more mis/disinformation online while proponents (especially conservatives) rejoiced, as they saw the decision as a rollback of political censorship and viewpoint discrimination. Beneath the hot takes lie bigger questions around who should control what we see online. Should critical decisions around content moderation that affect billions of users be left to the whims of Big Tech CEOs? If not, is government intervention any better—and could it...
2025-02-1858 min
Conversations with Bill KristolRenée DiResta on Social Media, Political Power, and Elon MuskWhat is the role of social media in our politics today? To discuss, we are joined by Renée DiResta, a leading analyst of the internet and its effects on politics and society. As DiResta explains, social media platforms today are significant sources of political power that are fundamentally different from traditional media like newspapers, radio, and television. Social media makes users active participants in the consumption of information and algorithms have reinforced the polarization in our politics: “Algorithms key off of things that you like, things that people who are like you like. And then when t...
2025-02-141h 10
Lichtman LIVERenée DiResta on Misinformation, RFK Jr, and Invisible Rulers - Lichtman Live #111Join Dr. Allan Lichtman for a deep dive into misinformation, the new HHS Secretary RFK Jr, and the invisible forces shaping public opinion with Dr. Renée DiResta. We’ll explore the role of big tech, the challenge of fighting false narratives without censorship, and how political influencers have become a new elite in the information landscape. Is independent media really an alternative to legacy outlets, or just a different version of the same problem? And how is misinformation influencing politics today? Don’t miss this insightful conversation on the power and pitfalls of the modern media machine.
2025-02-141h 11
ConspiritualityBrief: Anti-Social Media (w/Renee Diresta)When asked if he thought Mark Zuckerberg’s effective ending of fact checking was in response to threats that he would “put him in jail for a very long time,” Trump replied, “Probably. Yeah, probably.” A week later, TikTok voluntarily disabled their app for users, then put up an announcement saying that Trump was going to bring them back. Julian talks to digital disinformation expert Renee Diresta about the massive Big Tech realignment with MAGA, which now means Meta, X, and TikTok may become more like TruthSocial. If fact checking is biased, content moderation is censorship, and combating f...
2025-02-0129 min
The Social ChemistThe People Who Turn Lies into Reality w/ Renée DiRestaSend us a textOn today's episode, I am joined by Renée DiResta, the technical research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, a program dedicated to the study of abuse in information technologies, to talk about her new book "Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality" a book that dives into how our information ecosystem has evolved in the 21st century and how health practitioners and policymakers should engage with misinformation on social media. In our conversation, we cover the difference between misinformation and propaganda and the future of misinformation research under Trump's presidency.
2024-11-2450 min
The Brain Surgeon's TakeRenee Diresta: Conspiracy Theories in The USARenée DiResta is the technical research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, a cross-disciplinary program of research, teaching and policy engagement for the study of abuse in current information technologies. Renée investigates the spread of narratives across social and media networks, with an interest in understanding how platform algorithms and affordances intersect with user behavior and factional crowd dynamics. She studies how actors leverage the information ecosystem to exert influence, from domestic activists promoting health misinformation and conspiracy theories, to the full-spectrum information operations executed by state actors. She was a 2021 Emerson Fellow and 2018-2019 Mozilla Fellow, a...
2024-11-2236 min
Thinking Clearly#99-How internet influencers, algorithms and crowds are altering our politics, our society and our very relationship to reality-with guest Renée DiResta.mp3Researcher, author and former Research Manager of the Stanford Internet Observatory, Renée DiResta, discusses how numerous internet-savvy individuals (influencers) are causing a profound shift in power and influence over our politics, beliefs and behavior, as outlined in her recent book: Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality. She also discusses: what can be done to mitigate the negative effects of this influence while harnessing the power of the internet to bring us together to thrive as we reestablish the trust and cooperation needed to meet our future global challenges.
2024-10-2259 min
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2024-10-0400 min
Chief Influencer®Renee DiResta on Invisible Rulers and Responsible Influence - Chief Influencer - Episode # 071In this episode of Chief Influencer, host Anthony Shop, speaks with Renee DiResta, a leading expert on misinformation, social media, and online influence, as well as the author of Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality. Renee shares insights on false information trends on social media and the challenges of combating them. The discussion also explores the changing media landscape, the role of influencers, and the significance of ethical communication. Renee emphasizes the need for transparent influencer disclosure laws and offers advice for experts on effectively navigating and influencing public discourse.
2024-10-0254 min
In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVRenee DiResta Doesn't PanicWherein I am joined by the estimable Renee DiResta, who explains why AI disinformation is not the end of democracy but also not a problem to ignore. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-09-271h 02
The Jordan Harbinger Show1054: Renee DiResta | The Puppet Masters of Public OpinionInvisible Rulers author Renee DiResta explains how disinformation has reshaped online discourse with real-world consequences — and who benefits from it!
What We Discuss with Renee DiResta:
The phenomenon of "audience capture" — influencers and content creators becoming more extreme in their views to cater to their audience's expectations and maintain engagement.
The concept of "flooding the zone" with multiple explanations or theories to create confusion and make it difficult to determine the truth, often used in disinformation campaigns.
The "Liar's dividend" — the ability to deny real events or information by claiming they are fake or manipulated, enabled by the...
2024-09-241h 53
Converging Dialogues#371- Blinded by Digital Realities: A Dialogue with Renée DiRestaIn this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Renée DiResta about misinformation and digital delusions. They define misinformation and disinformation, rise of influencers, and incentive structures. They discuss audience capture, online ethical responsibilities, the Twitter files, election interference, and many other topics. Renée DiResta is the former technical research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, a cross-disciplinary program of research, teaching, and policy engagement for the study of abuse in information technologies. Her work examines rumors and propaganda in the digital age. She has analyzed geopolitical campaigns created by foreign powers such as Russia, Ch...
2024-09-2355 min
The Daily StoicThe New Age of Media Manipulation | Renée DiRestaHow information (and misinformation) spreads online continues to change with the media landscape. Renée DiResta and Ryan continue their conversation on the role of podcasts as a medium, the pitfalls of audience capture, and the dynamics of social media silos. They talk about the ethical responsibilities of influencers and podcasters, the influence of personal relationships in media, and the impact of counter speech. Renée DiResta is a technical research manager at Stanford Internet Observatory and has briefed world leaders, advised Congress, the State Department, and a myriad of organizations on how online man...
2024-08-3150 minThe Daily StoicAttention Wars: How Lies Spread Online Have Real-World Consequences | Renée DiResta“If you make it trend, you make it true” is a terrifyingly real quote across the cover of Renée DiResta’s book, Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality. Renée DiResta studies the many ways that people attempt to manipulate or target others online, similar to what Ryan talks about in his first book, Trust Me, I’m Lying. In this episode, Renée and Ryan talk about the shift from traditional journalism ethics to the new realm of social media influence, the psychological impact of online engagement, and the societal consequences of misinformation. Re...
2024-08-2851 min
The Reality CheckThe Science of Sharknado + Book Review: Invisible Rulers by Renée DiRestaAfter having watched all six Sharknado films Adam decides to do some research into the science of these not at all ridiculous films, uncovering the truth about the plausibility and historical precedent for a tornado filled with living sharks. Darren gives us a book review of Renée DiResta's Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality, which explores how powerful influencers are able to affect what people believe.
2024-08-2638 minThe DynamistWhat Should Be Done About Misinformation? w/Renée DiRestaThe recent riots in the United Kingdom raise new questions about online free speech and misinformation. Following the murder of three children in Southport, England, false rumors spread across social media about the killer’s identity and religion, igniting simmering resentment over the British government’s handling of immigration in recent years. X, formerly Twitter, has come under fire for allowing the rumors to spread, and the company’s owner Elon Musk has publicly sparred with British politicians and European Union regulators over the issue. The incident is the latest in an ongoing debate abroad and in the U.S...
2024-08-221h 14
On with Kara SwisherHow the Right Launders Online Propaganda with Renée DiRestaRenée 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 researcher...
2024-08-1551 min
The Tyson Popplestone Show#149 - Renée DiResta | Censorship, Misinformation & Invisible RulersRenée DiResta is a prominent researcher and writer who focuses on the spread of misinformation, online influence operations, and the manipulation of social media to shape public opinion. She co-authored the book "Invisible Rulers,"which explores how powerful yet unseen forces use digital platforms to sway political discourse, manipulate public perception, and undermine democratic processes. EPISODE OUTLINE:00:00 Introduction and Personal Reflections03:22 The Rise of Propaganda and Misinformation07:39 The Power of Influencers and Content Creators09:18 Navigating Truth and Falsehoods in the Digital Age15:45 The Impact of Algorithms on Personalized Content25:37 Cr...
2024-08-091h 01
The Vital CenterThe online misinformation epidemic, with Renée DiRestaIn late December 2014, several visitors to Disneyland fell ill with measles, a disease that supposedly had been eliminated in the United States more than a decade earlier. Over the next month, the outbreak spread to more than 120 people in California, including a dozen infants; nearly half of the infected weren’t vaccinated. The outbreak was a predictable outcome of the state’s having allowed parents to opt out of having their school-age children vaccinated because of “personal belief” unconnected to medical or religious reasons. Renée DiResta was then a mom looking for preschool programs in San Francisco...
2024-07-311h 06
Town Hall Seattle Civics Series362. Renee DiResta: How Public Opinion Forms in a Digital Age"If you make it trend, you make it true." The cycling of new and buzz-worthy information we face on a daily basis is faster than ever before. As new trends in information, politics, and culture are constantly updating, little time is left for critical analysis before the next headline hits the feed. And when those who hold the power to influence audiences and drive opinions in strategic directions stand to benefit, how does the public know what is based on evidence versus algorithm? In her new book Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality, author R...
2024-07-311h 02
Keen On AmericaEpisode 2130: Renee DiResta on our Invisible Rulers Who Turn Lies into RealityI’m just back from the Liberalism for the 21st Century conference in DC which featured a lively discussion about digital misinformation between KEEN ON regular Jonathan Rauch and Renee DiResta, the author of Invisible Rulers. As the former manager of the Stanford Internet Observatory, DiResta has been on the front lines of the disinformation wars and understands the chillingly close relationship between making something trend on social media and making it appear “true”. Her work focuses on those supposedly invisible people, our new ontological masters, who, she believes, turn lies into reality. Given that the 2024 election will be determ...
2024-07-1540 min
Commonwealth Club of California PodcastRenée DiResta: The Invisible Rulers Turning Lies Into RealityJust what is the machinery that powers hugely influential propaganda? How does it work? Who’s behind it? And what can people do about it?Renée DiResta, a writer and former researcher with Stanford’s Internet Observatory, comes to Commonwealth Club World Affairs to share her research into the way power and influence have been profoundly transformed, how a virtual rumor mill of niche propagandists increasingly shapes public opinion. She says that while propagandists position themselves as trustworthy Davids, their reach, influence, and economics make them classic Goliaths—invisible rulers who create bespoke realities to revolutionize politic...
2024-06-231h 07
ELB PodcastELB Podcast 5:8: Renee DiResta: Invisible Rulers and the 2024 ElectionsWhat’s the difference between how Americans communicated about politics and policies 20 or 30 years ago and how we do it today?
What are the most effective ways to combat disinformation in elections and otherwise?
Are the platforms and the rest of us ready for election-related threats in 2024?
On the season finale of Season 5 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Renee DiResta, author of the new book, Invisible Rulers.
2024-06-1937 min
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionChatter: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality, with Renée DiRestaRenée DiResta is the author of Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality. Until the other day, she was one of the brains behind the Stanford Internet Observatory, where she did pioneering work studying Internet information streams how they generate. The day before this podcast was recorded, news broke that Stanford was shutting down—or revamping—the SIO, and DiResta is no longer associated with it. In this conversation with Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes, DiResta talks about how she came to study online information flows, how they work, and how she and her work came t...
2024-06-181h 18
The Lawfare PodcastChatter: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality, with Renée DiRestaRenée DiResta is the author of Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality. Until the other day, she was one of the brains behind the Stanford Internet Observatory, where she did pioneering work studying Internet information streams how they generate. The day before this podcast was recorded, news broke that Stanford was shutting down—or revamping—the SIO, and DiResta is no longer associated with it. In this conversation with Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes, DiResta talks about how she came to study online information flows, how they work, and how she and her work came t...
2024-06-181h 18
ChatterThe People Who Turn Lies into Reality, with Renée DiRestaRenée DiResta is the author of Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality. Until the other day, she was one of the brains behind the Stanford Internet Observatory, where she did pioneering work studying Internet information streams how they generate. The day before this podcast was recorded, news broke that Stanford was shutting down—or revamping—the SIO, and DiResta is no longer associated with it. In this conversation with Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes, DiResta talks about how she came to study online information flows, how they work, and how she and her work came t...
2024-06-181h 18
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2024-06-113h 00
Tech Policy Podcast376: Influencer, Algorithm, Crowd — With Renée DiRestaRenée DiResta (Stanford Internet Observatory) discusses her new book, Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality.Topics include:Social media influencers: the new media eliteHow do ideas take root?Influencers as exploiters of asymmetriesBullshit: an investigationCould platforms have stopped Stop the Steal?Fixing the expert classChomsky’s Manufacturing ConsentThe future of social mediaLinks:Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into RealityInfluencers, Bullshitters, and How We Lost a Shared RealityRenée DiResta at Politics and Prose (DC), June 13Renée DiResta at th...
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A brilliant, original analysis of the radical shift in the dynamics of power and influence, revealing how the machinery that powered the Big Lie works to create bespoke realities revolutionizing politics, culture, and society. Renée DiResta’s powerful, original investigation into the way power and influence have been profoundly transformed reveals how a virtual rumor mill of niche propagandists incr...
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Title: Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality
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Release date: June 11, 2024
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary:
A brilliant, original analysis of the radical shift in the dynamics of power and influence, revealing how the machinery that powered the Big Lie works to create bespoke realities revolutionizing politics, culture, and society. Renée DiResta’s powerful, original investigation into the way power and influence have been profoundly transformed reveals how a virtual rumor mill of nich...
2024-06-113h 00Conspirituality209: The Right’s Fantasy Super-Villain (w/Renee Diresta)We talked to Renee Diresta, when she in the middle of a life-changing crisis. Elon Musk’s hand-picked "journalists" were testifying in front of Congress as part of the “Twitter Files.” Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger sounded the alarm about a supposedly vast conspiracy between think tanks, big tech companies, and government intelligence agencies to censor the free speech of conservative Americans. They referred to that conspiracy as the “Censorship Industry Complex," identifying its leader as a shadowy former CIA intern named Renee Diresta.The reality is that Diresta was involved in a 2020 academic project called the Election...
2024-06-061h 25
Getting Better with Jonathan Van NessWhat’s the State of Misinformation? with Renée DiRestaWe’re all so used to turning to our phones for information, but how exactly does it travel across the internet…and what happens if that information is wrong? Renée DiResta is the perfect expert to break it all down for us! Jonathan and Renée dig into the differences and potential dangers of misinformation, disinformation, and propaganda. From generative AI and Father Coughlin, to political polarization and being subpoenaed by Jim Jordan, we cover it all.
Renée DiResta is the Research Manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory where she investigates the spread...
2024-05-221h 09
ReImagining Liberty049: The Evolving Discourse of Social Media (w/ Renée DiResta)Digital expression is weird. When we move our communities and communications into digital spaces, such as social media, the result is an uncertain landscape of new incentives, mechanisms of influence, vectors of information and disinformation, and evolving norms. All of which have profound effects on our personal lives, our culture, and our politics.Few people have put as much thought into how these platforms function, or dysfunction, as social ecosystems as Renée DiResta, Research Manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory. In today's conversation, we dig into what makes social media distinct, how communities form and interact o...
2024-03-1653 min
Your Undivided AttentionHow Will AI Affect the 2024 Elections? with Renee DiResta and Carl Miller2024 will be the biggest election year in world history. Forty countries will hold national elections, with over two billion voters heading to the polls. In this episode of Your Undivided Attention, two experts give us a situation report on how AI will increase the risks to our elections and our democracies. Correction: Tristan says two billion people from 70 countries will be undergoing democratic elections in 2024. The number expands to 70 when non-national elections are factored in.RECOMMENDED MEDIA White House AI Executive Order Takes On Complexity of Content Integrity IssuesRenee DiResta’s piec...
2023-12-2147 min
Decoding the GurusInterview with Renée DiResta: Online Ecosystems, Disinformation, & Censorship DebatesWe are joined by Renée DiResta a writer and researcher at the Stanford Internet Observatory. Renée has done a lot of interesting work on disinformation and influence campaigns. Including leading an investigation into the Russian Internet Research Agency’s multi-year effort to manipulate American society in the lead-up to the 2016 election. More recently she was dubbed by the writer/conspiracy theorist, Michael Shellenberger, as the leader of 'The Censorship Industry'. In short, Renée stands accused of serving as an agent of the Distributed Idea Suppression Complex defending the Gated Institutional Narrative. So being good DISC...
2023-05-202h 20Conspirituality154: The Truth Wars (w/Renée DiResta)In the post-truth world, journalists who report facts are disparaged as perpetuating the narrative while candidates who hold the appropriate qualifications are smeared as deep state operatives. Likewise, a career spent studying terrorism, online conspiracy theories, and digital propaganda becomes "evidence" of opposing free speech and the American way.Our guest today became the "main character" on Twitter in April, subject to information requests from Congress and labeled the "leader of the Censorship Industrial Complex" from her perch at the center of a conspiracy web in which Big Tech, government intelligence agencies, and woke university think tanks...
2023-05-181h 18
Upfront VenturesRenée DiResta(Stanford Internet Observatory): Disinformation & How To Combat It | '23 Upfront SummitJeff Berman of Magnet Companies sits down with Renée DiResta of Stanford Internet Observatory, a disinformation expert who shares how today's technological advancements play a role and what we can expect in the future.
Recorded March 1, 2023 at the Upfront Summit.
2023-03-2221 min
Hidden ForcesWhy You Should Care About the Twitter Files | Renée DiRestaIn Episode 288 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Renee DiResta about the recent revelations stemming from the Twitter Files, why we should care about them, and what we can do to fix the problems of unaccountable censorship and misinformation on social media. Renée is the technical research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, where she investigates the spread of narratives across social media and how actors leverage these networks to exert influence. She has advised Congress, the State Department, and other academic, civic, and business organizations, and has studied disinformation and computational propaganda in the c...
2022-12-191h 03
The Good FightRenée DiResta on How (Not) to Fix Social MediaRenée DiResta is a writer and the technical research manager at Stanford Internet Observatory.In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Renée DiResta discuss how we can turn down the temperature on debates around social media and find real solutions; why terms like “censorship” and “misinformation” fail to capture the complex difficulties in reforming social media; and why, as a resident of San Francisco, she supported the school board and District Attorney recalls. This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.Please do listen an...
2022-11-191h 02
The Digital Insider with Sinan AralRenée DiResta: The Influence of MisinformationSinan welcomes guest, Renée DiResta, author, analyst, speaker and the technical research manager at Stanford Internet Observatory.Renee investigates the spread of narratives across social and media networks, with an interest in understanding how platform algorithms and affordances intersect with user behavior and factional crowd dynamics. She led an investigation into the Russian Internet Research Agency’s multi-year effort to manipulate American society, and presented public testimony. Her work on influence operations and computational propaganda has led her to advising roles for US Congress and The State Department.Topics Include:Parenting, Vaccine Req...
2022-10-111h 21
Conversations With ColemanPropaganda, Misinformation, and Woke Math with Renee DiResta (S3 Ep.3)My guest today is Renee DiResta. Renee is the technical research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory. She led a multi-year investigation into the IRA, Russia's fake news factory, and she's advised Congress. She's also an ideas contributor at Wired and The Atlantic. In this episode, we talk about the difference between misinformation, disinformation, and propaganda. We talk about public health messaging, hashtags, and trending topics and the effect they can have on the real world, the increasing power of influencers and independent content creators like myself. We also discuss censorship and algorithms on big tech platforms l...
2022-02-1956 minConversations With ColemanPropaganda, Misinformation, and Woke Math with Renee DiResta (S3 Ep.3)My guest today is Renee DiResta. Renee is the technical research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory. She led a multi-year investigation into the IRA, Russia's fake news factory, and she's advised Congress. She's also an ideas contributor at Wired and The Atlantic. In this episode, we talk about the difference between misinformation, disinformation, and propaganda. We talk about public health messaging, hashtags, and trending topics and the effect they can have on the real world, the increasing power of influencers and independent content creators like myself. We also discuss censorship and algorithms on big tech platforms l...
2022-02-1956 min
Scaling LawsFacebook v. the White House: Renee DiResta and Brendan Nyhan Weigh InThis week we're bringing you the breakdown of the heavyweight bout of the century—a battle over vaccine misinformation. In the left corner we have the White House. Known for its impressive arsenal and bully pulpit, this week it asked for the fight and came out swinging with claims that Facebook is a killer—and not in a good way. In the right corner we have Facebook, known for its ability to just keep taking punches while continuing to grace our screens and rake in the cash. The company has hit back with gusto, saying that Face...
2022-02-0453 minScaling LawsRenee DiResta on Disinformation and Misinformation From Vaccines to the GRUFor 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-02-0342 min
Politics + Media 101Stanford Internet Observatory's Renee DiResta on Virality, Information, and Trust on the InternetPeter Chou and a live audience interview Renee DiResta, technical research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory and a writer for WIRED and The Atlantic, on virality, information, safety, and trust on the internet. Find more (including how to join us live) at PM101.live
2022-01-121h 03
In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVRenée DiResta on the History of the Anti-Vax MovementWherein we are joined by the Stanford Internet Observatory's Renée DiResta to talk about her long (and prescient) study of the anti-vax movement, how it led to her career studying online mis- and disinformation, only to come full circle in 2020. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-12-311h 03
The Infotagion Podcast with Damian Collins MPOnline Safety Bill special series: Laura Edelson, Renée diResta and Guillaume ChaslotHow do user interactions shape content algorithms? Are vulnerable people being purposefully targeted with harmful content? And how realistic is it that harmful content will be taken down before it causes harm? In this Online Safety Bill special series, Damian Collins MP unpacks the evidence heard from Laura Edelson, Guillaume Chaslot, and Renee diResta followed by a discussion with committee member Lord (Tim) Clement-Jones.
2021-10-2521 min
Big Technology PodcastAmazon Rigs Search, Social Media 'Ampliganda,' Netflix Protests — With Adrianne Jeffries, Renee DiResta, and Zoë SchifferJoin us for a 'mega' episode with three guests! The Markup investigative reporter Adrianne Jeffries leads off with a discussion of Amazon's self-preferencing in search. Stanford Internet Observatory's Renee DiResta joins for our second segment to discuss her story on bottom-up propaganda on social media, something she calls 'ampliganda.' Verge Reporter Zoë Schiffer rounds out the week with a look into the state of worker activism at Netflix and Apple.Check out Adrianne's story on The Markup, Renee's in The Atlantic, and Zoe's on The Verge. Learn more about your ad choices. V...
2021-10-201h 21
Tech Policy Podcast#293: The Supply of Renée DiResta Should Be InfiniteNamed in honor of her wonderful essay in The Atlantic, “The Supply of Disinformation Will Soon Be Infinite,” this episode is a wide-ranging discussion with Renée DiResta, the technical research manager of Stanford Internet Observatory. Corbin and Berin pick Renée’s brain about the latest trends in misinformation, social media’s role in the “Stop the Steal” movement, the rise of online influencers, how to increase information literacy, and more.
Other pieces of Renée’s mentioned or discussed in the show include “Mediating Consent,” “How to Stop Misinformation Before It Gets Shared,” “The Misinformation Campaign Was Distinctly One...
2021-06-031h 07
The Singularity Discussion SeriesFBL13: Renee DiResta - Hacking Elections & MisinformationThis week our guest is Renee DiResta, the technical research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, a cross-disciplinary team exploring the abuse of our current information technologies. Specifically, Renee investigates the spread of narratives and propaganda across social networks such as pseudoscience conspiracies, terrorist activity, and state-sponsored information warfare.
We focused heavily on these topics during our conversation, exploring how Renee’s interest was first piqued by the anti-vaxxer community, how Redditors impacted the stock market with Gamestop, Russias involvement in the 2016 American presidential election, the potential consequences of a certified digital ID, and more.
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2021-05-171h 04
The Darya Rose ShowRenee DiResta on how social media obscures the truth–and what to do about itRenée DiResta is the technical research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory. She investigates the spread of malign narratives across social and other media networks. Her areas of research include disinformation and propaganda by state sponsored actors, also health misinformation and conspiracy theories. Renée has advised Congress, the state department and other academic civic and business organizations, and has studied disinformation and computational propaganda in the context of pseudoscience, conspiracies, terrorism, and state sponsored information warfare. reneediresta.comTwitter @noupside
2021-05-1043 min
Aspen Digital's Disinfo DiscussionsConspiracy Theories and Coordinated Campaigns with Renee DiRestaRenee DiResta, the Technical Research Manager of the Stanford Internet Observatory where - among other things - she investigates disinformation and propaganda by state-sponsored actors, discusses conspiracy theories and coordinated campaigns with Aspen Digital's Executive Director Vivian Schiller.
This session is part of a video series of expert briefings on mis and disinformation hosted by the Aspen Institute in tandem with our Commission on Information Disorder to help make sense of the various facets of the information crisis. They are designed as a resource for the commissioners and the broader public.
To learn more about A...
2021-04-2732 min
The StrategeristRenée DiResta - How Online Content Finds YouWhen you’re browsing for something to read or watch online , algorithms usually decide what content will be put in front of you. Whether that’s what search result shows first, or what news stories are in your social media feed, somewhere a computer is following a complex but predefined set of rules to decide what content you’ll see first. Renée DiResta, Research Manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, explains how these algorithms try to deliver content that you’ll find interesting and relevant — and how that leads to your online world looking very different from your neighbor’s on...
2020-12-0825 min
The Times Tech PodcastStanford Internet Observatory’s Renee Diresta: “Sharpies, CIA supercomputers and human antennas”The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent brings on Renee DiResta of the Stanford INternet Observatory to talk about how Twitter handled 2020 (3:30), mainstream media getting a pass (40), Facebook groups (9:45), Sharpiegate (8:30), the election day war room (11:45), conspiracy “tickets” (15:00), how conspiracies spread (16:45), Trump’s centrality to the voter fraud posts (21:40), how these theories play out in the real world (26:40), the low cost to spreading misinformation (28:45), how 2020 compares to 2016 (33:30), Covid vaccines as the next target (36:20), whats changed between the first tech hearing and the most recent (39:00), and what Tiktok learned (41:30).Get The Times free for a month: thetimes.co.uk/dannyinthevalley Hoste...
2020-11-2045 min
The Future of EverythingRenée DiResta: How to beat bad informationRenée DiResta is research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, a multi-disciplinary center that focuses on abuses of information technology, particularly social media. She’s an expert in the role technology platforms and their “curatorial” algorithms play in the rise and spread of misinformation and disinformation.Fresh off an intense period keeping watch over the 2020 U.S. elections for disinformation as part of the Election Integrity Partnership, DiResta says the campaign became one of the most closely observed political dramas in American history.She says that whether it comes from the top down or the bot...
2020-11-1827 min
Casually CreativeRenée Diresta: On Online Conspiracies, Anti-Vaxxers, Hunter Biden, the 2020 Election, and Social Media ManipulationRenée Diresta spends most of her life looking online for conspiracies.
Within the half-truths and outright lies online, she and her associates at Stanford Internet Observatory are on a mission to investigate and understand "the spread of malign narratives across social networks." In an increasingly polarizing political climate, where no one is sure what's true and what's fabricated pseudofiction, Renée and her team are on the veritable front lines of an information war that is many decades in the making, and whose tools are becoming more nuanced and deadly with each new story "leak." Re...
2020-10-2900 min
World ClassInside the Fight Against Election Disinformation, with Renée DiRestaDuring the 2016 presidential election cycle, Russian operatives used Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and other social media platforms to spread disinformation in order to divide the American public. Four years later, misleading and false information about the 2020 presidential election is still rampant online. And this time around, more of that misleading information is coming from domestic actors within the U.S.
As research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, Renée DiResta investigates the spread of malign narratives across social networks, and assists policymakers in devising responses to the problems that those narratives create. On today’s episode, she discusses what it’s lik...
2020-10-2824 min
The Jordan Harbinger Show420: Renee DiResta | Dismantling the Disinformation MachineRenee DiResta (@noUpside) is the technical research manager at Stanford Internet Observatory. She studies the role that tech platforms and curatorial algorithms play in the proliferation of disinformation and conspiracy theories, terrorist activities, and state-sponsored information warfare.
What We Discuss with Renee DiResta:
How the anti-vaxx movement, the Tea Party, and militia groups learned early on to market and cross-pollinate their messages across social media to receptive segments of the populace with shocking success.
The challenges faced by the US government in trying to stem the tide of social media exploitation by fringe groups and terrorists...
2020-10-221h 34
CommsCastComNetworkV Keynote: Renée DiRestaComNetworkV Keynote: Renée DiResta by The Communications Network
2020-10-131h 03
The Jim Rutt ShowEP81 Renée DiResta on Social Media WarfareRenée DiResta talks to Jim about social media dynamics, foreign influence, disinformation vs misinformation, political ads, conspiracy, and much more...
Renée DiResta talks to Jim about her work at the Standford Internet Observatory, identifying foreign social media influence, the challenge of defining state media, her work on the Election Integrity Project, sourcing social media data, foreign vs domestic disinformation & misinformation, the value & danger of political advertising, targeting & virality strategies, foreign influencer strategies that include hiring domestic journalists, election interference tactics & the 2016 US election, Renee's view on the 2020 election, the evolution of social media policy, participatory virality, potential impacts of dee...
2020-10-021h 28
The Infotagion Podcast with Damian Collins MPEpisode 30: Renée DiResta and Tom FirthRenée DiResta from the Stanford Internet Observatory was part of the investigative team for the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report into election interference. This week, she tells Damian Collins MP what they found when digging into the data. Tom Firth, Managing Director of M&C Saatchi discusses the revolution in advertising in a digital era.
2020-09-0237 min
Let’s Hear ItRenée DiResta - Disinformation in the Age of COVIDThis week, Disinformation King Kirk Brown sits down with Renée DiResta, Technical Research Manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, a multidisciplinary research center that works on understanding how information moves on the internet. Renée has written extensively on the topic of disinformation, much to the chagrin (or delight?) of comment trolls, and has recently done fascinating work on disinformation as it pertains to COVID-19 responses.
Renée and Kirk’s conversation runs the gamut of topics from the power of the internet to the effect of malign narratives, with lots in between. This is a conve...
2020-08-0541 min
The Future of DemocracyFlattening the Infodemic Curve pt. 4 with Renee DiRestaFollow Renée on Twitter.Find news and events on Renée’s website.The Lawfare Podcast: Renée DiResta on Disinformation and Misinformation from Vaccines to the GRU.
2020-07-2900 min
Take as DirectedCoronavirus Crisis Update: Renee DiResta on Pseudoscience, Conspiracies, and PandemicsIn this episode, Renee DiResta, a prominent expert who studies malign narratives across social networks and what can be done to rebut them, walks Steve and Andrew through her thinking on several provocative questions: Why does the coronavirus pandemic invite pseudoscience, government conspiracy theories and misinformation campaigns? What to make of the recent release of the "Plandemic" video in which the discredited scientist Judy Miskovits makes outlandish, unsubstantiated claims of a secrete plot by global elites – Bill Gates and Tony Fauci – to use the pandemic to grab power, attracting 8 million viewers in short order? Why are CDC and WHO “behemot...
2020-06-0933 minThe CommonHealthCoronavirus Crisis Update: Renee DiResta on Pseudoscience, Conspiracies, and PandemicsIn this episode, Renee DiResta, a prominent expert who studies malign narratives across social networks and what can be done to rebut them, walks Steve and Andrew through her thinking on several provocative questions: Why does the coronavirus pandemic invite pseudoscience, government conspiracy theories and misinformation campaigns? What to make of the recent release of the "Plandemic" video in which the discredited scientist Judy Miskovits makes outlandish, unsubstantiated claims of a secrete plot by global elites – Bill Gates and Tony Fauci – to use the pandemic to grab power, attracting 8 million viewers in short order? Why are CDC and WHO “behemot...
2020-06-0933 minYour Undivided AttentionThe Spin Doctors Are In — with Renée DiRestaHow 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 d...
2020-05-0752 min
The All Turtles PodcastCoronavirus misinformation with Renée DiRestaWhere did the conspiracy that “Bill Gates engineered coronavirus” come from? This is the type of query that Renée DiResta investigates as the technical research manager at Stanford Internet Observatory, where she tracks the spread of misinformation (and disinformation) online. She’s been monitoring the dissemination of narratives about the emergence of COVID-19, how it’s treated, and how the government has responded, and has an explanation for why there’s so much speculation at every level. Show notes Renée DiResta is the technical research manager at Stanford Internet Observatory. ...
2020-04-2926 min
Unsupervised LearningA Conversation with Renée DiResta: Disinformation and Conspiracy PropagationIn this episode, Daniel speaks with Renée DiResta about her work tracking narratives online. They discuss: The different strains of false information Her work at the Stanford Internet Observatory How the same narrative can be used by multiple sides The origin of the Bill Gates conspiracies Mapping campaigns to actor strategies What she recommends others do who are interested in her field Other topics around disinformation, conspiracy, and narrative tracking Renée DiResta is the technical research manager at Stanford Internet Observatory, a cross-disciplinary program of research, teaching and policy engagement for the study of abuse in c...
2020-04-221h 06Unsupervised LearningA Conversation with Renée DiResta: Disinformation and Conspiracy PropagationIn this episode, Daniel speaks with Renée DiResta about her work tracking narratives online. They discuss: The different strains of false information Her work at the Stanford Internet Observatory How the same narrative can be used by multiple sides The origin of the Bill Gates conspiracies Mapping campaigns to actor strategies What she recommends others do who are interested in her field Other topics around disinformation, conspiracy, and narrative tracking Renée DiResta is the technical research manager at Stanford Internet Observatory, a cross-disciplinary program of research, teaching and policy engagement for the study of abuse in c...
2020-04-221h 06
Long NowRenée DiResta: Disinformation Technology: How Online Propaganda Campaigns Are Influencing UsClandestine influence campaigns are rampant on social media. Whether pushing Russian agitprop or lies about vaccines, they can impact policy and make us question what is true. A technologist, Wall Street veteran, and citizen advisor to Congress, DiResta told us how bad it is and some things we can do.
[Renée DiResta](http://www.reneediresta.com/) studies narrative manipulation as the Director of Research at New Knowledge. She is a Mozilla Foundation fellow on Media, Misinformation and Trust, and is affiliated with the Berkman-Klein Center at Harvard and the Data Science Institute at Columbia University. Renee is a WIRED I...
2020-04-061h 12
Long Now: Conversations at The IntervalDisinformation Technology: How Online Propaganda Campaigns Are Influencing Us: Renée DiRestaClandestine influence campaigns are rampant on social media. Whether pushing Russian agitprop or lies about vaccines, they can impact policy and make us question what is true. A technologist, Wall Street veteran, and citizen advisor to Congress, DiResta will tell us how bad it is and some things we can do.
Renée DiResta studies narrative manipulation as the Director of Research at New Knowledge. She is a Mozilla Foundation fellow on Media, Misinformation and Trust, and is affiliated with the Berkman-Klein Center at Harvard and the Data Science Institute at Columbia University. Renee is a WIRED Ideas contributor, writing a...
2020-04-061h 12
Mission DailyDefending Information Integrity with Renee DiResta, Mozilla FellowRenee DiResta is a Mozilla Fellow in Media, Misinformation, and Trust as well as Technical Research Manager at Stanford’s Internet Observatory. She spends her time at Stanford working on forensic analysis of misinformation campaigns, proactive detection, and policy analysis. Mozilla’s Fellowship program explores “internet health — from harassment to accessibility to privacy and security.” In her day-to-day, Renee analyzes design choices and platforms decisions to understand how they affect information integrity. Prior to her interest in misinformation campaigns, Renee received degrees in computer science and political science from Stony Brook University. Her first job outside of school was...
2019-09-1246 min
North Star PodcastRenée DiResta: Information WarfareMy guest today is Renée DiResta, who spends her time investigating the spread of malign narratives across social networks. She has advised Congress, the State Department, and policymakers in understanding and responding to the problem of misinformation. In this episode, we talk about the history of misinformation and propaganda. We go back to the roots of media theory and explore the ideas of people like Edward Bernays, Walter Lippmann, and Marshall McLuhan. I found Renée through an excellent essay called The Digital Maginot Line, which we discuss at the end of today’s podcast. I hope you enjo...
2019-08-191h 32Your Undivided AttentionFrom Russia with Likes (Part 2) — with Renée DiRestaIn the second part of our interview with Renée DiResta, disinformation expert, Mozilla fellow, and co-author of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s Russia investigation, she explains how social media platforms use your sense of identity and personal relationships to keep you glued to their sites longer, and how those design choices have political consequences. The online tools and tactics of foreign agents can be very precise and deliberate, but they don’t have to be -- Renée has seen how deception and uncertainty are powerful agents of distrust and easy to create. Do we really need the ease o...
2019-08-0128 minYour Undivided AttentionFrom Russia with Likes (Part 1) — with Renée DiRestaToday’s online propaganda has evolved in unforeseeable and seemingly absurd ways; by laughing at or spreading a Kermit the Frog meme, you may be unwittingly advancing the Russian agenda. These campaigns affect our elections integrity, public health, and relationships. In this episode, the first of two parts, disinformation expert Renee DiResta talks with Tristan and Aza about how these tactics work, how social media platforms’ algorithms and business models allow foreign agents to game the system, and what these messages reveal to us about ourselves. Renee gained unique insight into this issue when in 2017 Congress asked her to lead...
2019-07-2445 min
Tech Policy LeadersRenée DiResta: How to Fight the Imminent Disinformation Blitzkrieg Renée DiResta: How to Fight the Imminent Disinformation Blitzkrieg (Ep. 175) Renée DiResta joined Joe Miller to discuss the ongoing threat of state-sponsored misinformation campaigns on social media designed to destabilize the U.S. government. Bio Renée DiResta (@noUpside) is the Director of Research at New Knowledge and a Mozilla Fellow in Media, Misinformation, and Trust. She investigates the spread of malign narratives across social networks, and assists policymakers in understanding and responding to the problem. She has advised Congress, the State Department, and other academic, civic, and business organizations, and has studied disinf...
2019-02-2615 min
The Times Tech PodcastRenee DiResta: "Information gone haywire"The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Renee Diresta, expert in online propaganda, to talk about the 2016 election as the web’s Lehman Brothers moment (3:45), why Facebook got rid of human curators (4:45), the problem with Facebook groups and the anti-vaccination movement (8:40), amoral algorithms (13:40), the war for time and attention (18:25), the “likes” black market (21:25), how Amazon gets gamed (23:00), how trying to get her son into preschool got her in to propaganda research(26:45), how conspiracy theories spread (31:30), why tech giants claim to be platforms, not media companies (34:40), Google’s “your money or your life” search function (37:45), why “host not promote” is a better altern...
2019-02-2257 min
The All Turtles Podcast048: AI and fake news with Renée DiRestaWhen controversial headlines flood Twitter and Facebook, these rage machines disseminate disinformation. AI plays a role in perpetuating fake news, but it could also be a part of the solution in detecting and preventing the malignant spread of fake stories. Renée DiResta is a researcher of computational propaganda and disinformation. On this episode, she talks through some recent news stories and how they serve as examples of the ways in which technology facilitates tribalism. Show notes Conversation with Renée DiResta (0:50) Renée DiResta researches the spread of malign inf...
2019-02-2037 min
The Rhys Show#3 Renee DiResta: Russia Disinformation Campaign and Our Weaponized Information EcosystemRenee DiResta, Director of Research at cybersecurity company New Knowledge. (Among many other things.) We chat about her recent report on Russia's disinformation campaign and our weaponized information ecosystem more broadly.
2019-01-1555 min
Reliable SourcesRenee DiResta: Misinformation is a 'chronic condition.' Here's how to address itWith another Facebook scandal erupting, thanks to a New York Times investigation, Brian Stelter talks with researcher Renee DiResta about misinformation and the tech companies. DiResta, the head of policy at Data for Democracy and director of research at New Knowledge, explains Facebook's missteps and describes how she studies the spread of "malign narratives." She says people should think of misinformation "as more of a chronic condition," not a fixable problem.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
2018-11-1639 min
The Long Now FoundationDisinformation Technology: How Online Propaganda Campaigns Are Influencing Us - Renée DiRestaClandestine influence campaigns are rampant on social media. Whether pushing Russian agitprop or lies about vaccines, they can impact policy and make us question what is true. A technologist, Wall Street veteran, and citizen advisor to Congress, DiResta will tell us how bad it is and some things we can do.
Renée DiResta: http://www.reneediresta.com/ studies narrative manipulation as the Director of Research at New Knowledge. She is a Mozilla Foundation fellow on Media, Misinformation and Trust, and is affiliated with the Berkman-Klein Center at Harvard and the Data Science Institute at Columbia University. Renee is a W...
2018-04-091h 12
She Did It Her WaySDH098: Invest In Your Mission | A Conversation with Renee DiRestaMaybe you’re ready to start your own startup, but are unsure how the funding process works, or even where to start?
Today’s guest Renee DiResta, shares her journey from programmer at JP Morgan, to quantitative trader on Wall Street, when there were only 3 women on the trading desk, and eventually as a part of the founding team for a startup called Haven.
In this episode, you will…
Learn how to network effectively and find partners with similar visions
Realize the importance of founders that inspire confidence
Understand how the fundin...
2016-10-2040 min
Story in a BottleRenee DiRestaRenee DiResta's career has been far from conventional; from a government gig to programmer-turned-trader on Wall Street to a stint as a VC in Silicon Valley, she's certainly appreciated many points of view. Today, as the Founder and Director of Marketing of Haven, a shipping container marketplace catering to myriad clientele, that varied experience has proven to be helpful as she navigates the complicated world of a startup - especially one trying to innovate and bring a centuries old industry into the world of digital. Over virgin mimosas (orange juice and seltzer) she explains how she's had to evolve...
2016-10-121h 06
O'Reilly RadarBrady Forrest and Renee DiResta on Advising Hardware StartupsO'Reilly's Jon Bruner and David Cranor chat with Brady Forrest, vice president at Highway1, and Renee DiResta, vice president of business development at Haven, about hardware startup success stories, pitfalls, and best practices.
2015-09-1552 min