A few weeks ago, we spoke to Meghna Mahadevan, Chief Disinformation Defense Strategist at United We Dream, the country’s largest immigrant youth led organization, about how bad actors inflame existing tensions between communities to spread chaos and distrust.

The tragic death of Mexican American soldier Vanessa Guillen is a good example. On this ep, we’ll revisit her story and how it was used to fuel hateful distortions online.

Listen to Meghna’s full episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/there-are-no-girls-on-the-internet/id1520715907?i=1000510395461

More about the Latino Disinfo Lab: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/liberal-groups-launch-latino-anti-disinformation-lab-combat-covid-election-n1258144

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Activist Emily Gorcenski uses her data science background to track and combat Nazis and white supremacists. She explains why the dangerous work of resistance has often fallen to women.

Follow Emily on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmilyGorcenski

First Vigil: https://first-vigil.com/

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Next week, we’ll hear from Emily Gorcenski, an activist who uses her data science background to fight Nazis (seriously!)

This work isn’t easy and Emily faces transphobic attacks on her identity as a trans woman.

This, unfortunately, isn’t an isolated thing.

Just this week, Rand Paul and insurrection enthusiast Marjorie Taylor Green both attacked trans people to score ideological points.

In this preview of our conversation, Emily explains how this is used as a deliberate strategy to cause harm to trans folks.

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Meghna Mahadevan is Chief Disinformation Defense Strategist at United We Dream, the country’s largest immigrant youth led organization. She explains how dis and mis information is threatening immigrant communities and how immigrant youth are fighting for a more just digital media landscape.

Learn more about United We Dream:

Join me on Clubhouse Friday, Feb 26th: https://www.joinclubhouse.com/event/PYzarD1z

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Facebook’s hasty ban on all news content in Australia has already had far reaching consequences. Digital organizer and founder of OrganiseUs, Tabatha Fulker, explains the impact this is already having on digital activists in Australia.

Follow Tabatha on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tabful

Learn more about OrganiseUs: https://www.organiseus.com.au/

Here’s Bridget and Tabatha in Melbourne, Australia for OrganiseUs’ annual intensive for Australian human rights and climate activists: https://www.tangoti.com/bridget-and-tabitha

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Ifeoma Ozoma pioneered groundbreaking work to keep dangerous health misinformation off Pinterest, even before we were in a pandemic. But it came at great cost to her own health and safety.

Follow Ifeoma: https://twitter.com/IfeomaOzoma

Listen to the full TANGOTI episode about Ifeoma and Color of Change’s work on Pinterest and slave plantation wedding venues: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-have-a-wedding-on-a-plantation/id1520715907?i=1000492172280

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Follow Bridget on Instagram at @BridgetMarieinDC and on Twitter @BridgetMarie

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In this week’s episode, Pen America’s Nora Benavidez talked about how slowing down on social media is a concrete step anyone can take to curb disinformation. Even the most extremely online can get fooled into sharing inaccurate information online. On this short mini ep, host Bridget talks about the time she shared something dubious.

That Viral Tweet About Suicide Rates in the Pandemic Is Wrong and Dangerous: https://slate.com/technology/2020/11/whats-actually-happening-with-suicide-during-the-pandemic.html

Best Practices and Recommendations for Reporting on Suicide: https://reportingonsuicide.org/recommendations/

Listen to Nora’s full episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/disinformed-is-kicking-trump-off-twitter-censorship/id1520715907?i=1000508392273

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Need support? The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is here for you 24/7:

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

800-273-8255

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It's the first day of Trump’s second impeachment trial. And no matter what happens, it’s clear he used social media to threaten our democracy with disinformation. Nora Benavidez, civil rights attorney and director of Pen America’s US Free Expression Programs, explains how so many are getting it wrong when it comes to platforms and free speech and how we could all benefit from just slowing down online.

Follow Nora: https://twitter.com/AttorneyNora

Check out Pen’s how-to guide on talking to your family about misinformation: https://pen.org/how-to-talk-to-friends-and-family-who-share-misinformation/

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AOC took to Instagram Live to share her story of being in the Capitol complex during the insurrection. But now she's at the center of a coordinated right wing disinformation attack. Digital organizer Leslie Mac explains the double edged sword of being a political woman of color in the public eye comes disinformation campaigns and harassment. 

Follow Leslie: https://twitter.com/LeslieMacWatch AOC's IG Live: https://www.instagram.com/p/CKxlyx4g-Yb/Check out UltraViolet's disinformation media guide: https://weareultraviolet.org/fairness-guide/

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The internet laughed at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green's unfounded conspiracy theory that laser beams from space controlled by the Rothschild banking firm caused California's wildfires. Yes, she's ridiculous, but it also shows how dangerous it is when disinfo traffics in lies, distortions, and bias about identity.  

Anti-semitic, racist disinformation can spread via memes and other online content. But science communicator and prolific TikToker Abbie Richards is fighting back.

Check out Abbie’s conspiracy theory chart: https://twitter.com/abbieasr/status/1312512066071060480 And the Star Wars adaptation: https://twitter.com/JacobsQuest/status/1350868458284724224

Follow Abbie on Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tofology

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