# Inside the bizarre world of internet trolls and propagandists

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2019
- Speaker: Andrew Marantz
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_marantz_inside_the_bizarre_world_of_internet_trolls_and_propagandists)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [Inside the bizarre world of internet trolls and propagandists](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/andrew_marantz_inside_the_bizarre_world_of_internet_trolls_and_propagandists/4d9c1391f50b), 15 min (TED's player)