The end of Twitter – how Elon Musk's rebrand to X could foster the platform's dark side

A rebranding expert on what may lie in store for the transformed social media platform.

Leslie Hallam, Course Director, Psychology of Advertising Masters Programme, Lancaster University • conversation
July 28, 2023 • ~7 min

How AI could take over elections – and undermine democracy

Artificial intelligence looks like a political campaign manager’s dream because it could tune its persuasion efforts to millions of people individually – but it could be a nightmare for democracy.

Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard University • conversation
June 2, 2023 • ~12 min

Early and mail-in voting: Research shows they don't always bring in new voters

Compared with past midterms, voter turnout among young people jumped in 2022 – but it was still below 30%.

Jan Leighley, Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs • conversation
Dec. 6, 2022 • ~5 min

5 types of misinformation to watch out for while ballots are being counted – and after

Election misinformation typically involves false narratives of fraud that include out-of-context or otherwise misleading images and faulty statistics as purported evidence.

Renee DiResta, Research Manager of the Stanford Internet Observatory, Stanford University • conversation
Nov. 6, 2020 • ~11 min

How tech firms have tried to stop disinformation and voter intimidation – and come up short

The major social media firms have taken a largely piecemeal and fractured approach to managing the problem.

Scott Shackelford, Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics; Executive Director, Ostrom Workshop; Cybersecurity Program Chair, IU-Bloomington, Indiana University • conversation
Nov. 2, 2020 • ~9 min

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