Episode
#210 - Nina Jankowicz - Russian Election Meddling & Fake News
56:36
Published: Sat Aug 15 2020
Description
Nina Jankowicz is a writer and an analyst for Central and Eastern Europe. Expect to learn whether Russia are meddling in our elections, why Moscow cares, how the predecessor to BLM was controlled by a Russian agency, how Russia recruits local citizens to be vehicles for misinformation, the impact of bot farms and much more... Sponsor: Shop Tailored Athlete’s full range at https://link.tailoredathlete.co.uk/modernwisdom (FREE shipping automatically applied at checkout) Extra Stuff: Buy How To Lose The Information War - https://amzn.to/2XLq6LL Follow Nina on Twitter - https://twitter.com/wiczipedia Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact
Chapters
The Russian troll farm is known as IRA, which is believed to have influenced the discourse of many countries, especially the US and Ukraine, after the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in 2014, and was founded by the oligarch Putin's Chef, who also owns catering companies and fake army people for hire.
00:00 - 04:51 (04:51)
Summary
The Russian troll farm is known as IRA, which is believed to have influenced the discourse of many countries, especially the US and Ukraine, after the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in 2014, and was founded by the oligarch Putin's Chef, who also owns catering companies and fake army people for hire. This episode contains an ad for tailored athlete.
Episode#210 - Nina Jankowicz - Russian Election Meddling & Fake News
PodcastModern Wisdom
The Internet Research Agency utilized community building tactics to gain people's trust before moving on to promoting more political content.
04:51 - 36:50 (31:58)
Summary
The Internet Research Agency utilized community building tactics to gain people's trust before moving on to promoting more political content. It raises the question of how to define the line between domestic and Russian influence on online discourse and when it moves from virtual to reality.
Episode#210 - Nina Jankowicz - Russian Election Meddling & Fake News
PodcastModern Wisdom
The US needs to invest in journalism and empower its local and state governments to promote citizen-oriented services like education, journalism, and digital literacy.
36:50 - 56:12 (19:22)
Summary
The US needs to invest in journalism and empower its local and state governments to promote citizen-oriented services like education, journalism, and digital literacy.