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Much of this stems from malign actors...who strategically weaponize our existing divisions against us.

Vivian Schiller Executive Director, Aspen Digital, Aspen Institute
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How Can We Fix a Broken (and Dangerous) Internet?

How Can We Fix a Broken (and Dangerous) Internet?

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Instead of coming together during the pandemic, many Americans have grown farther apart. People are increasingly living in different realities of news, politics, and information, which is putting public health, elections, and democracy at risk. False and misleading information online are partly to blame, says Vivian Schiller, director of Aspen Digital. "Much of this stems from malign actors, some who are driven by profit and others, like foreign intelligence services, strategically weaponize our existing divisions against us." She speaks with Chris Krebs, former head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at the Department of Homeland Security, and Yasmin Green, director of research and development for Jigsaw, about the roots of our broken information ecosystem.

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