With the coronavirus pandemic raising serious challenges for voting and other vital democratic functions, the threat from disinformation is becoming especially acute—not least in the United States ahead of the November election. Leading experts Karen Kornbluh and Spencer Boyer join Susan and Greg to describe the problem and what transatlantic alliance countries must do to ensure the functioning of democracy. (This episode was recorded as webinar on May 20.)

 

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Guests

SPENCER BOYER

Director, Washington DC office, Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law

 

 

KAREN KORNBLUH

Senior Fellow and Director, Digital Innovation and Democracy Initiative, German Marshall Fund of the United States

Former US Ambassador to the OECD

 

Hosts

GREGORY FEIFER

Executive Director, Institute of Current World Affairs

Journalist, author of Russians: The People Behind the Power

 

SUSAN CORKE

Director, Transatlantic Democracy Working Group

Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States

 

The Cable is produced by Rebecca Picard

 

 

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