Trump Takes on Twitter: Social Media Wrestles with Fact Check Responsibility

05/29/20 • 15 min

In the first of what we predict will be several updates on the topic, today's episode covers the latest developments at the intersection of social media, politics, and policy. Caitlin and Liam take the lead to lay out what we know, what it means, and the further context into which this discussion fits.

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Internet Security and the 2020 Presidential Campaigns, feat. Chris Olson of The Media Trust

The 2016 election raised questions regarding hacking, bots, foreign influence, and other interfering factors in the American electoral system. Enter The Media Trust and its Co-Founder and CEO, Chris Olson. The Media Trust, a technology company working to build better digital ecosystems and minimize data risk, recently released a telling report: an analysis of 11 presidential candidate sites (the incumbent and top 10 contenders at the time of data collection) for any security and data protection risks those sites present to consumers. We discuss the report's findings, their implications on this and future elections, and more.

Read the report here: https://mediatrust.com/blog/us-presidential-election-2020