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Bots & Ballots

Summary: In the digital era, information and the social media platforms used to spread it have become weapons of choice for those seeking to short circuit American democracy. Yahoo News' new weekly podcast Bots & Ballots explores the intersection of politics and technology as told by those in Washington, DC, and Silicon Valley trying to prevent a repeat of the infiltration of the 2016 presidential election.  

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Podcasts:

 Washington Post editor Marc Fisher on the story of QAnon | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:20:15

Marc Fisher of the Washington Post talks about how technology and the president have super-charged conspiracies.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 FBI agent Clint Watts on how Russia worked to get Trump elected | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:29:50

Clint Watts is a former FBI officer who watched Russia's disinformation campaign for the 2016 election develop. He talks about what we can expect for 2018.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Author Adam Fisher on the complex politics of Silicon Valley | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:15:43

Adam Fisher, author of "Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley, As Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom," talks about the libertarian roots of tech and how the Valley ended up (nearly) all-in on Clinton in 2016.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Ex-NSA official Oren Falkowitz: Russian hack of DNC was 'assembly line operation' | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:17:13

Oren Falkowitz, CEO of Area 1 Security and a former NSA official, walks through the DNC hack and concludes it wasn't novel in its sophistication.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Barbara Simons on why our voting system isn't safe | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:14:41

Barbara Simons is a computer scientist—and she doesn't trust our voting computers. States without paper ballots could be hacked without us ever knowing. And we do know that Russia probed our defenses in 2016.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Angie Drobnic Holan on how Donald Trump broke fact-checking | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:11:37

A conversation with Angie Drobnic Holan, Editor of PolitiFact, about how lies and misinformation can clog the conversation and keep out the real news and how Facebook and Google are helping fact-checkers.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Adam Sharp, Twitter’s former head of news, says Trump won't acknowledge threats | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:15:24

Adam Sharp, Twitter’s former head of news, says it's being left to companies to fight online propaganda. And Representative Derek Kilmer on the chances the Honest Ads Act will pass before the elections.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Samuel Woolley says that bots are already wrecking the 2018 midterms | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:14:10

Grant Burningham interviews Samuel Woolley, Director of the Digital Intelligence (DigIntel) Lab, Institute for the Future, talks about bots — foreign and domestic — and how they are poisoning political conversation around the world.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Bots & Ballots Trailer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:00:56

Bots & Ballots from Yahoo News will launch June 20th, 2018! Look out for new episodes every Wednesday.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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