[Air-L] WEBCAST NOON TODAY: IS SOCIAL MEDIA A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY?

[Joly MacFie]

Great viewing!.  DiResta, Godwin and Szoka going at it.

<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/DigitalCooperation>


[image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/reboot2018>
Today *Tuesday October 2 2018* at *Noon EDT* (16:00 UTC) the *Internet
Society Livestream Channel
<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/reboot2018>* will webcast the
opening panel – *Is Social Media A Threat To Democracy? Fake News, Filter
Bubbles, and Deep Fakes* – of the *REBOOT 2018 Conference
<http://joinlincoln.org/events/2018/reboot-2018>*, which took place in San
Francisco on September 21 2018. As social media companies are under
increasing scrutiny for their effect on American society. According to
critics, these platforms promote hyper-partisanship, disinformation,
extremism and even violence. They are also blamed for facilitating
Russian-sponsored voter manipulation during the 2016 election. The panel
discussed these challenges as well as their implications for the upcoming
election. Speakers: *Mike Godwin*, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the R
Street Institute; *Renee DiResta*, Policy Lead at Data for Democracy; *Berin
Szoka*, Executive Director at TechFreedom; *Lorelei Kelly*, Senior Fellow
at the Beeck Center at Georgetown University (Moderator).


*VIEW ON LIVESTREAM: http://joinlincoln.org/events/2018/reboot-2018
<http://joinlincoln.org/events/2018/reboot-2018>TWITTER:
#REBOOT2018 http://bit.ly/2Rj0voA <http://bit.ly/2Rj0voA>*


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