About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of social media on politics and public perception following major events like the Myanmar massacre and the 2016 election, culminating in the challenges posed by a global pandemic.

After the twin disasters of the massacre in Myanmar and the 2016 election, social media undergoes a reckoning in the halls of Congress… until a novel virus uncorks a global pandemic and a contagion of hoaxes, conspiracies, and lies online.

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