Laura Rosenberger: Open v Closed? Securing democracies from misinformation and interference.

Laura Rosenberger is the director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy and a senior fellow at The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF).Laura is a global expert in foreign interference and misinformation campaigns. Before she joined GMF, Laura was foreign policy advisor for Hillary for America where she coordinated national security and strategy for Secretary Clinton. I caught up with Laura for a chinwag about the escalating threat of foreign interference, whether social media giants are doing enough to prevent misinformation, if Tiktok should be banned, what democracies must do to defend themselves and how they can turn the tables on autocracies, the crucial roles that alliances play in defending liberal society and why democracies must renew themselves internally if they want to project themselves to the world. Misha and Laura get into some real mind bending conundrums and really dive into the practical as well as the philosophical challenges presented by autocratic misinformation and social media manipulation. If you’re interested in the work of the Alliance for Securing Democracy and misinformation campaigns, please check ot the Hamilton 2.0 dashboard. It’s an incredible resource that details narratives being pushed by autocratic regimes such as the Russian Federation and the Chinese Communist Party. https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/hamilton-dashboard/Please be sure to rate and review the episode!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.