Social Media and Digital Disinformation

We the People

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🗓️ 11 May 2018

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

On May 3, the National Constitution Center hosted a traveling America’s Town Hall panel at Stanford Law School to discuss the effects of digital disinformation on democracy today. We the People host Jeffrey Rosen was joined by Elliot Schrage, Facebook’s Vice President of Communications and Public Policy, Nick Pickles, Senior Public Policy Strategist at Twitter, Juniper Downs, Global Head of Public Policy and Government Relations at YouTube, as well as Nathaniel Persily of Stanford Law School and Larry Kramer President of the Hewlett Foundation. They discuss whether digital disinformation poses a threat, what its effect on speech, democracy, and government regulation might be, and the role of the Internet and social media in combatting disinformation. Questions or comments? We would love to hear from you. Contact the We the People team at podcast@constitutioncenter.org The Constitution Center is offering CLE credits for select America’s Town Hall programs! Get more information at constitutioncenter.org/CLE.

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0:00.0	I'm Lana Ulrich, in-house counsel for the National Constitution Center, and welcome to We the People, a weekly show of constitutional
0:14.9	debate.
0:15.9	The Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase awareness and
0:21.6	understanding of the Constitution among the American
0:24.2	people. On May 3rd, the National Constitution Center hosted a traveling America's
0:29.2	town hall panel at Stanford Law School to discuss the effects of digital disinformation on free speech
0:34.6	and democracy today.
0:36.6	We The People Host Jeffrey Rosen was joined by Elliot Shrigg of Facebook, Nick Pickles of Twitter,
0:42.3	Juniper Downs of YouTube, as well as Nate Persley of
0:45.4	Stanford Law School and Larry Kramer, president of the Hewlett Foundation.
0:49.5	They discuss whether digital disinformation poses a threat, what its effect on speech,
0:53.7	democracy, and government regulation might be, and the role of the internet and
0:57.5	social media in combating disinformation.
1:01.3	Ladies. Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the National Constitution
1:07.7	Center on the road.
1:10.1	Yeah. I am Jeffrey Rosen the president of the National Constitution Center, which is, as some of you know, a nonpartisan nonprofit created by the US Congress to increase awareness
1:27.3	and understanding of the US Constitution among the American people.
1:32.0	And today we are so honored to be here at Stanford Law School, the cradle of free speech in a digital
1:38.8	age to discuss one of the most important questions facing democracies around the world, that is the problem
1:45.1	of digital disinformation.
1:48.2	Our conversation today is part of an exciting national commission that the National
1:51.7	Constitution Center is established
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