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Inside the bizarre world of internet trolls and propagandists

Andrew Marantz · TED

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About

Journalist Andrew Marantz spent three years embedded in the world of internet trolls and social media propagandists, seeking out the people who are propelling fringe talking points into the heart of conversation online and trying to understand how they're making their ideas spread. Go down the rabbit hole of online propaganda and misinformation -- and learn how we can start to make the internet less toxic.

The talk

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TED
Department
TED2019
Speaker
Andrew Marantz
Year
2019
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Computer science
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