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This is Fresh Air, I'm Terry Gross.

My guest, Nina Djankowicz, is the author of Books About Political Disinformation and the

harassment of women on social media.

In the past month, she's been the target of both.

In late April, the Department of Homeland Security announced the creation of the

Disinformation Governance Board, whose mission would be recommending best practices to counter

disinformation related to Homeland Security.

Djankowicz was appointed to head this new board.

The board and Djankowicz immediately became the targets of disinformation campaigns,

mostly coming from the right.

She was also blitzed with social media posts, harassing and threatening her.

This month, the board's work was suspended until further review and Djankowicz resigned.

Nina Djankowicz is the author of the new book How to Be a Woman Online, Surviving Abuse

and Harassment and How to Fight Back.

Her previous book is titled How to Lose the Information War, Russia, Fake News and the Future

of Conflict.

In 2016 and 2017, she worked in Ukraine as a Fulbright Fellow, advising the Ukrainian Foreign

Ministry on how to fight disinformation.

She's also been a disinformation fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center.

Nina Djankowicz, welcome to Fresh Air.

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