Media Freedom in a Changing World: Filippo Menczer

30/09/2025 30 min
Media Freedom in a Changing World: Filippo Menczer

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Podcast: Media Freedom in a Changing WorldEpisode: Media Freedom in a Changing World: Filippo MenczerPub date: 2024-10-28Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationFilippo Menczer is a distinguished professor of informatics and computer science at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University, Bloomington, and is the director of the Observatory on Social Media. He has courtesy appointments in cognitive science and physics. He holds a Laurea in Physics from the Sapienza University of Rome and a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Cognitive Science from the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Menczer is an ACM Fellow, a Fellow of the Center for Computer-Mediated Communication, a Senior Research Fellow of The Kinsey Institute, and a board member of the IU Network Science Institute.

In this episode, he talks about the threats of disinformation and “fake news” to the 2024 election and beyond, and what social media platforms could and should do to curb the amount of disinformation the public is exposed to online.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Center for Intl. Media Law & Policy Studies, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.