CYBERSECURITY with LAURA EDELSON Director of Cybersecurity for Democracy

CYBERSECURITY with LAURA EDELSON Director of Cybersecurity for Democracy, based out of NYU.

Laura Edelson goes into depth of how some people are using misinformation to misdirect open voting and our democracy. She joins the podcast to discuss the organization's Ad Observer project to track and report online political advertising on Facebook & Twitter, research regarding the "platform effect" that helps the spread of false and misleading political ads, and the circumstances that led to Facebook sending a "cease and desist" letter.

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Cybersecurity for Democracy: https://cybersecurityfordemocracy.org/

Ad Observer: https://adobserver.org/

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