Director of internet ethics, alex damas, the director of the stanford internet observatory and the director of journalism and media ethics at Markkula Center. This evening is copresented with the Markkula Center for applied ethics. Dss event is part of kqu series on common ground. It is an initiative ream people together for civil discourse, featuring journalists hosting provocative conversations about politics, policy, art, culture, science and technology. Reckoning with the disagreement among us about how to face the future of economic, culture and environmental uncertainty. This series asks what are our shared responsibilities to the common good . Next in the series if you have an open calendar is this tuesday at 7 00 p. M. , at the San Francisco exploratory them we will look at how to overcome the polarization. On to tonights topic. Democracy is under attack worldwide. Populism is on the rise. Disinformations tool number one and social media is the platform of choice. What can we d
Tonight. My name is rachel miro. I had to look at the sheet of paper to make sure. Am the Senior Editor of our Silicon Valley desk here in san jose. I should say Silicon Valley because we are in mountain view. Joining me on stage is the director of internet ethics, alex damas, the director of the stanford internet observatory and the director of journalism and media ethics at Markkula Center. This evening is copresented with the Markkula Center for applied ethics. This is part of this series on common ground. It is an initiative ream people together for civil discourse, featuring journalists hosting provocative conversations about politics, policy, science and technology. Reckoning with the disagreement among us about how to face the future of economic, culture and environmental uncertainty. This series asks what are our shared responsibilities to the common good. Next in the series if you have an open calendar is this tuesday at the San Francisco exploratory and. We will be looking at
Because we are in mountain view. Joining me on stage is the director of internet ethics, stamos, the director of the stanford internet observatory and the director of journalism and media ethics at Markkula Center. This evening is copresented with the Markkula Center for applied ethics. This event is part of kqueds series on common ground. It is an initiative ream people together for civil discourse, featuring journalists hosting provocative conversations about politics, policy, art, culture, science and technology. Reckoning with the force of disagreement among us about how to face the future of economic, culture and environmental uncertainty. This series asks what are our shared responsibilities to the common good . Next in the series if you have an open calendar is this tuesday at 7 00 p. M. , at the San Francisco exploratory them we rium. We will look at how to overcome the polarization. On to tonights topic. Democracy is under attack worldwide. Populism is on the rise. Disinformat
Thank you for coming out tonight. My name is rachel miro. I had to look at the sheet of paper to make sure. [laughter] rachel i am the Senior Editor of our Silicon Valley desk here in san jose. I should say Silicon Valley because we are in mountain view. Joining me on stage is the director of internet ethics, alex damas, the director of the stanford internet observatory and the director of journalism and media ethics at Markkula Center. This evening is copresented with the Markkula Center for applied ethics. This event is part of kquds series on common ground. It is an initiative bringing people together for civil discourse, featuring journalists hosting provocative conversations about politics, policy, art, culture, science and technology. Reckoning with the disagreement among us about how to face the future of economic, culture and environmental uncertainty. This series asks what are our shared responsibilities to the common good . Common good . Next in the series if you have an open
Ben collins and brandy zebrosny, who will talk about how and where disinformation forms and spreads. The main problem is that creating and spreading disinformation has never been easier. Because its born on and grows on the internet, we can trace the path of the anatomy of disinformation, taking the oonge c ongoing Conspiracy Theory that people are traveling by plane to instigate mayhem and destruction around the country. This post, by a real important, says, quote, boise and surrounding areas, be ready for attacks downtown and residential areas. At least a dozen males got off the plane in boise from seattle, dressed head to toe in black, backpacks only. One had a tattoo that said Antifa America on his arm. There are people watching. You see this post from may 31. It has no basis in reality whatsoever. It is a figure of the posters imagination. Because this is the internet, his madeup post caught on. This post spread widely. A group called the real three percent ers idaho called the po