Title: Facing Disinformation to Save Democracy
Abstract: The Internet has become a plague on democracy. Worldwide, we have seen the surge of disinformation,
hate speech, and hackers. Online violence and disinformation have had a chilling effect on citizen participation, undermining democracy in all its key elements. To counter these threats, numerous tools and platforms have emerged. However, these platforms have so far been ineffective at opposing disinformation. I argue that to design effective tools we need to first understand how people produce disinformation, and how people are fighting back to overcome disinformation.
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