Once upon a time, Amazon Music met audiobooks and listeners everywhere rejoiced.

Oh yeah.

Because now they could listen to one audiobook title a month from an enormous library of popular audiobook titles, including romanticity,

autobiographies, true crime, and more.

Suddenly listeners didn't mind sitting in traffic or even missing their

flight. Amazon Music Unlimited now includes Audible. No way. Download the Amazon Music app now to start

listening. Terms apply. If you're on Clubhouse, join me for a virtual happy hour this Friday,

February 26. I'll be hosting a dynamic group of black women technologists,

researchers, and digital organizers for a conversation on disinformation and the internet.

All are welcome, so grab a Bev and meet us there. More info in the show description.

You're listening to Disinformed, a mini-series from There Are No Girls on the Internet.

I'm Bridget Todd.

Let's go back to 2020.

The first wave of COVID is forcing people to stay in their homes, so we're all spending a lot more time sitting in front of our computers.

And most of us are miserable.

California is literally on fire. Trump is president, still on Twitter, using the platform to whip

his supporters into a violent frenzy by peddling conspiracy theories about the election.

Waves of racial justice protests are happening all over the globe. And bad actors are working overtime to exploit these uncertain times

and inflame existing tensions between communities of color,

like the Latinx and black community.

That fall, a viral video showed three black women

flipping over a table at an outdoor birthday party.

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