Truth Matters: How to Identify and Combat Disinformation in Social Media and Beyond
Technology veteran Andrew Edwards takes a hard look at disinformation in social media and its effects on culture and society. He discusses ways to spot and avoid disinformation, as well as the history of propaganda. What sets this presentation apart is the solutions it offers: the deprecation or substantial change of Section 230, the law that created social media; and a possible engagement tax on AI and social media. The audience will come away better prepared to deal with an onslaught of disinformation.
Andrew Edwards is an author, public speaker, technologist and entrepreneur residing in New York’s Hudson Valley. He is a Co-founder and Director Emeritus of the Digital Analytics Association. He is the author of Digital is Destroying Everything (Rowman and Littlefield, 2015, 2018) and Army of Liars (2024). He has written extensively about digital marketing and social media for ClickZ and Substack. In 2023 he founded Verity7, an anti-disinformation training and consulting organization.
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