On this episode, we talk to Renee DiResta, the technical research manager at Stanford Internet Observatory. Her job is to understand the spread of malign narratives across social networks, and assist policymakers in devising responses to the problem. To do this, she studies the role that tech platforms and curatorial algorithms play in the proliferation of disinformation and conspiracy theories, terrorist activities, and state-sponsored information warfare. She’s been doxed by anti-vaxxers and recruited by the White House to fight the marketing efforts of ISIS, but she’s still fighting the good fight. You may also have caught Renee in the recent Netflix Documentary - The Social Dilemma. Want to find out how you can ensure her work is not in vain? Listen, learn, and enjoy! ✍️ Full show notes and worksheet for this episode: https://jordanharbinger.com/420 What We Discuss with Renee DiResta: 📱 How the anti-vaxx movement, the Tea Party, and militia groups learned early on to market and cross-pollinate their messages across social media to receptive segments of the populace with shocking success. 📱 The challenges faced by the US government in trying to stem the tide of social media exploitation by fringe groups and terrorists for the purposes of recruitment, generating sympathy for their causes, and fueling general chaos. 📱 How entire networks of disinformation evolve to support and perpetuate interconnected webs of conspiracy theories, pseudoscientific bunk, fringe political views, and propaganda planted by hostile states and bad actors. 📱 Why foreign organizations like Russia’s Internet Research Agency and China’s 50 Cent Party have promoted tribalism in the United States to keep us fighting among ourselves, how it serves their interests at our expense, and why we’re so receptive to their influence. 📱 Why memes and hashtags are so effective as short-form vehicles to promote simple ideas powerfully across wide demographics. 📱 And much more… Never miss a single incredible insight! Subscribe to The Jordan Harbinger Show here: http://www.youtube.com/THEJORDANHARBINGERSHOW?sub_confirmation=1 Want to watch more in-depth interviews with some of the world’s most amazing and successful people? Find full episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNbAQB8BYtM&list=PLxuPu-uyanrrBgAl5-76enemxVsxFjnEQ&index=1 Welcome to The Jordan Harbinger Show, a video podcast where each week you get to join a conversation with some of the world’s highest performers and incredible personalities. I’ll ask them the tough questions to tease out their top tips so that you can reach levels of personal growth and mastery that you never imagined possible. Subscribe to the podcast: http://jordanharbinger.com/subscribe Learn more about Jordan: http://jordanharbinger.com/about