Demystifying the Disinformation Marketplace

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Ceren Budak discusses the disinformation marketplace and potential solutions with John Markoff.

There never will be enough independent fact checking of online political advertising and their ecosystems. Can we develop methods and tools to demonetize or at least disincentivize the behaviors of disinformation producers as well as the ad firms and content providers in business with them? 2023-24 CASBS fellow Ceren Budak navigates the disinformation marketplace and illuminates pathways for better design of online communities and platforms in conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning tech journalist and former CASBS fellow John Markoff.

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Guests: Ceren Budak, John Markoff

Topics covered

• disinformation
• online communities
• political advertising

Keywords

• fact checking
• ad firms
• content providers

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Books & works: Pulitzer Prize

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