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- Jonathon Morgan on how Russian disinformation worked in 2018The networks that pushed fake news in 2016 didn't go away in 2018, but they did change.
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About Bots & Ballots
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In the digital era, information and the social media platforms used to spread it have become weapons of choice for those seeking to short circuit American democracy. Yahoo News' new weekly…
podcast Bots & Ballots explores the intersection of politics and technology as told by those in Washington, DC, and Silicon Valley trying to prevent a repeat of the infiltration of the 2016 presidential election.
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