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Disinformation Expert: We Have No Common Sense of Facts

Clip: 11/13/2020 | 16m 36s | Video has closed captioning.

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Conspiracy theories and misinformation about coronavirus and the recent election are spreading like wildfire online. These are the sort of phenomena Renée DiResta has been studying for years. She is a disinformation expert and technical research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, and she speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about what can happen when false narratives go viral.

Aired: 11/13/20

Rating: NR

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