And the message exist but the first question is how do we get access . Thats a very important question. Right now we have no access to this data however there are initiatives of an industry Academic Consortium with this communication data and having trouble getting access. So in the past two weeks that not only does facebook read delay releasing the data that the projects approved they are planning to pull out by the end of september if facebook doesnt release the data they promised to release. So facebook has responded they are having difficulty releasing in a timely manner because of concerns of individual Data Security and privacy. This essentially brings up the transparency paradox. That these platforms are producing tremendous pressure to be more open and transparent how they are affecting our democracy. We do speak to the only way. The only way is to thread the needle of the cross paradox and become more secure engines apparent at the same time. What does that mean technically .
This week on the communicators. Professor, but a recent article in Science Magazine, and you start that article by saying to what extent a democratic elections vulnerable to social media manipulation . Whats the short answer . Guest the short answer to the question is that we dont know. So Robert Mueller who is possibly the most understated man in washington, has said election manipulation is among the most serious challenges to the democracy history and his entire career. Fbi director Christopher Wray says the threat is just escalating. What we know is facebook, facebook one of 26 Million People exposed to russian manipulation attempts and the 2016 election. 20 million on instagram, 10 million tweets on twitter, 6 million followers. We know russia attacked Voting Systems in all 50 states. We know they targeted misinformation at specific people and we know 27 of voting aged americans some russian misinformation in the final weeks leading up to the election. Thats what we know what we d
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