#Defusingdisinfo

The rage-engage cycle of posting content to denounce it is a key part of how malign narratives gain traction on social & traditional mediaStop incentivizing toxic, malign contentMy new post

Hacking events in 2016—DNC, RNC, state elex systems—are discussed as hard security issuesBut hacking is also narrativeThese events helped build the information architecture that frames how we discuss the electionsNew

I hate to break it to a lot of people, but if what you write/post contributes to disinformation narratives, you *are* the disinformation.My new piece for @SURfdn’s #defusingdisinfo blog /1https://standuprepublic.com/what-lessons-havent-we

Tonight is the 1st presidential debate. Likely there will be a lot of mis/disinformation + conspiracies thrown around.How can you fight malign narrative & improve online discourse on social media

Wars on history aren’t about winning history. They are about justifying & framing a current course of action, and sketching a vector — a direction — for the future.Understanding the

We need to pull out of this tailspin of the self-fulfilling prophecy of political violence during and after the election before it is too late.We can start by understanding what