Brooke Binowski is a journalist specialising in debunking disinformation and misinformation. She has worked for Snopes and is now the managing editor at TruthOrFiction.com.
In this episode we talk about Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, how disinformation campaigns are structured, white supremacists, why the wellness space is so prone to believing conspiracy theories, and how we can know what’s actually true and what’s not.
Brooke Binowski on Disinformation and Information Nihilism – Audio Only
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