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DESCRIPTION:Political\, social\, and cultural polarization in America\, whi
 ch has been discussed in previous sessions\, has been accompanied by dramat
 ic differences in what people believe is true. Disagreement on matters of e
 mpirical fact can lead to the spread of falsehoods\, whether intentional (d
 isinformation) or not (misinformation).\n\nVaccines cause autism and steril
 ity.Ukraine is run by Nazis.The U.S. Army's bioweapons lab created the coro
 navirus.The Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax.Trump and the Russians were in c
 ahoots in the 2016 election.The 2020 election was stolen.Purveyors of false
 hood\, whether foreign governments\, political actors\, or run-of-the-mill 
 con men\, are aided by technology and the rise of digital media - where alg
 orithms are driven by platforms’ profit motive.\n\nA third of Americans now
  get their daily news from Facebook\, and more than 60% rely on social medi
 a overall. Trust in traditional news media is at record lows – 66% of U.S. 
 adults say they have little or no trust in newspapers\, TV\, and radio.\n\n
 In the historical extreme\, authoritarians have used false narratives to un
 ravel democracies. At stake fundamentally is trust – trust in the news\, tr
 ust in each other\, trust in ourselves.\n\nWhere do you get your news? The 
 new media platforms do not share the journalistic standards of old media. C
 an this be fixed – and should it? All the while\, should we continue to hon
 or ‘free speech’?\n\nHow serious is the threat of disinformation? What is t
 he solution? Some would regulate social media more intensely or remove the 
 profit motive that drives the algorithms. Others would strive to educate th
 e populace.\n\nWhat would you do?\n\nPlease go to this link to prepare disc
 ussion.
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LOCATION:Harvard Innovation Lab 
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SUMMARY:Alumni Discussion: The Scourge of Disinformation – Leading to Unciv
 il War?
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