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Lori Trahan: “No one benefits when disinformation is this widely…”

Featuring: Lori Trahan, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 3rd Congressional District

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Global Summit | Rep. Lori Trahan

Published | Video Starts at 33:29

… outs of the algorithms and the ad targeting and how that all works, but they understand that it's bad, it's bad for their children, it's bad for society, for democracy. No one benefits when disinformation is this widely distributed. So I do think that we are at that moment right now. And electing leaders certainly is always the part that are not scared to venture into this space and to make, excuse me, tough decisions on all those fronts. (33:29–33:36)

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Asserts that widespread disinformation is detrimental to society.

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