# Can you outsmart a troll (by thinking like one)?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Claire Wardle
- Year: 2020
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Psychology and the brain, Society and politics, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/claire_wardle_can_you_outsmart_a_troll_by_thinking_like_one)
- 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: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Your town is holding a mayoral election and the stakes have never been higher. You suspect one of the candidates will begin pushing false information to swing the election. As the cybersecurity expert, your job is to inoculate the townspeople against false information. First, you must learn the strategies of disinformation trolls. Claire Wardle explores the tactics of disinformation campaigns. \[Directed by Gavin Edwards, narrated by Susan Zimmerman, music by Stephen LaRosa\].

## Lectures

1. [Can you outsmart a troll (by thinking like one)?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/claire_wardle_can_you_outsmart_a_troll_by_thinking_like_one/13952bb49289), 5 min (TED's player)