Disinformation: An Urgent Threat to Democracy

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Disinformation has rapidly become one of the greatest challenges to democracies around the world. While disinformation campaigns have been utilized by intelligence agencies for years, ever since the foreign attempts to influence the 2016 U.S. election, this malign trend has increased rapidly. Moreover, A.I. will now act as an accelerant. Often obscured by genuine attempts to protect free speech, disinformation agents hide among us, posting falsehoods on our social media and spreading conspiracy theories, whose impacts rebound through society and make attempts at understanding what is actually true increasingly difficult. With the U.S. facing a pivotal election on November 5th, in addition to other critical elections around the world, this problem is more urgent than ever.

Head of Interfor Academy Jeremy Hurewitz discusses with Nina Jankowicz and Christopher Bakes. Nina Jankowicz and Christopher Bakes provide unique insights from two different perspectives to help untangle these complex issues. Nina is the author of several books, including How to Lose the Information War (2020), which The New Yorker called “a persuasive new book on disinformation as a geopolitical strategy,” and is considered one of the leading experts in this space.

Christopher Bakes is a partner at Lewis Brisbois and regularly supports his clients on issues regarding disinformation. Interfor Academy is a select group of highly accomplished experts from the world of security. These individuals work with our clients on bespoke training sessions and motivational speeches and now share some of their incredible insights in this series.