Assessing the Problem of Disinformation

<p>This episode features two segments on the subject of disinformation.&nbsp;</p><p>In the first, <strong>Rebecca Rand</strong> speaks with <strong>Dr. Shelby Grossman</strong>, a research scholar at the&nbsp;Stanford Internet Observatory, on <a href="https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/fp87b/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">recent research</a> that looks at whether AI can write persuasive propaganda.&nbsp;</p><p>In the second segment, <strong>Justin Hendrix</strong> speaks with <strong>Dr. Kirsty Park</strong>, the Policy Lead at the European Media Observatory Ireland, and <strong>Stephan Mündges</strong>, the manager of the Institute of Journalism at TU Dortmund University and one of the coordinators of the German-Austrian Digital Media Observatory, about the <a href="https://techpolicy.press/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CoP-Monitor-Report.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">report</a> they authored that looks in detail at baseline reporting from big technology platforms that are part of the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation.</p>