The Information World War

The Information World War

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus will talk about how Taylor Swift used face recognition to surveil the crowd at a recent concert, and whether that’s smart, scary, or both.

Then they’ll welcome Renée DiResta, an expert on cybersecurity and online misinformation. DiResta is the lead author of a new report to the Senate Intelligence Committee on exactly how Russian operatives weaponized social media in the 2016 election, and why it may be just the beginning of a new era of global information warfare.

6:45 - Interview with Renée DiResta26:09 - Don’t Close My Tabs

Don’t Close My Tabs:

Logic: My Stepdad's Huge Dataset

The Pudding: Population Mountains

Podcast production by Max Jacobs

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