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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2023 47:11

From June 11, 2019: More than two years after the 2016 presidential election, new information continues to seep into the public about the extent of Russia's sweeping and systematic efforts to interfere in the U.S. democratic process. With the 2020 presidential election on the horizon, last week, Stanford's Cyber Policy Center published a report on securing American elections, including recommendations on how the U.S. can protect elections and election infrastructure from foreign actors.On Monday, Susan Hennessey spoke with two of the report's authors: Alex Stamos, director of the Stanford Cyber Policy Center's Internet Observatory and former Chief Security Officer of Facebook, and Nate Persily, Stanford law professor and expert on election administration. They talked about what happened in 2016, and the enormously complex landscape of defending not just election infrastructure but also preserving the integrity of the information ecosystems in which Americans make their decisions about how to vote, including the possible consequences of regulating foreign media.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meta Reinstates Trump's Accounts

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 26:06

Evelyn sits down with Nate Persily, Professor at Stanford Law School, and Alex Stamos, director of the Stanford Internet Observatory, to discuss Meta's decision that it is reinstating former President Trump's accounts. Nate is pragmatic, Alex is cynical, and Evelyn is a naive little formalist about it all. Here's their quick takes.

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Meta Reinstates Trump's Accounts

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 26:06

Evelyn sits down with Nate Persily, Professor at Stanford Law School, and Alex Stamos, director of the Stanford Internet Observatory, to discuss Meta's decision that it is reinstating former President Trump's accounts. Nate is pragmatic, Alex is cynical, and Evelyn is a naive little formalist about it all. Here's their quick takes.

MC Weekly Update 12/27: Trust and Safety Does Not Take Holidays

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2022 41:26

Alex and Evelyn sweat through the holidays to make sure you get your critical trust and safety news, including Congressional action on platform transparency (cameo by Nate Persily); TikTok and LastPass data breaches (yikes!); and, of course, Twitter mayhem (sigh).

Rick Hasen and Nate Persily on Replatforming Trump on Social Media

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 43:46

On November 19, Twitter's new owner Elon Musk announced that he would be reinstating former President Donald Trump's account on the platform—though so far, Trump hasn't taken Musk up on the offer, preferring instead to stay on his bespoke website Truth Social. Meanwhile, Meta's Oversight Board has set a January 2023 deadline for the platform to decide whether or not to return Trump to Facebook following his suspension after the Jan. 6 insurrection. How should we think through the difficult question of how social media platforms should handle the presence of a political leader who delights in spreading falsehoods and ginning up violence?Luckily for us, Stanford and UCLA recently held a conference on just that. On this episode of Arbiters of Truth, our series on the online information ecosystem, Lawfare senior editors Alan Rozenshtein and Quinta Jurecic sat down with the conference's organizers, election law experts Rick Hasen and Nate Persily, to talk about whether Trump should be returned to social media. They debated the tangled issues of Trump's deplatforming and replatforming … and discussed whether, and when, Trump will break the seal and start tweeting again.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Rick Hasen and Nate Persily on Replatforming Trump on Social Media

Arbiters of Truth

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 43:46

On November 19, Twitter's new owner Elon Musk announced that he would be reinstating former President Donald Trump's account on the platform—though so far, Trump hasn't taken Musk up on the offer, preferring instead to stay on his bespoke website Truth Social. Meanwhile, Meta's Oversight Board has set a January 2023 deadline for the platform to decide whether or not to return Trump to Facebook following his suspension after the Jan. 6 insurrection. How should we think through the difficult question of how social media platforms should handle the presence of a political leader who delights in spreading falsehoods and ginning up violence?Luckily for us, Stanford and UCLA recently held a conference on just that. On this episode of Arbiters of Truth, our series on the online information ecosystem, Lawfare senior editors Alan Rozenshtein and Quinta Jurecic sat down with the conference's organizers, election law experts Rick Hasen and Nate Persily, to talk about whether Trump should be returned to social media. They debated the tangled issues of Trump's deplatforming and replatforming … and discussed whether, and when, Trump will break the seal and start tweeting again. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Supreme Court considers state lawmakers' authority over voting rules

PBS NewsHour - Segments

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2022 8:22

The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in a case that could have far-reaching effects and dramatically reshape the country's elections. It involves whether state lawmakers have absolute authority to shape election districts and hinges on interpretations of wording in the Constitution. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Review and Nate Persily of Stanford University join John Yang to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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Lawfare Archive: Nate Persily Asks Whether Democracy Can Survive the Internet

Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2022 53:24

Due to the Veterans Day holiday, our team is taking a break and bringing you a Lawfare Archive episode that we think you'll find timely given some events from the last few weeks.From April 2, 2020: On this episode of the Arbiters of Truth series on disinformation, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic spoke with Nate Persily, the James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. Persily is also a member of the Kofi Annan Commission on Democracy and Elections in the Digital Age, which recently released a report on election integrity and the internet for which Nate provided a framing paper. Alongside his work on internet governance, Nate is also an expert on election law and administration. They spoke about the commission report and the challenges the internet may pose for democracy, to what extent the pandemic has flipped that on its head, and, of course, the 2020 presidential election.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ronald Deibert from Citizen Lab on Cyber Surveillance, Digital Subversion, and Transnational Repression

Democracy Paradox

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 50:43 Transcription Available

So, if your aim is to get inside someone's device without their permission and gather up information, you could do that using a very sophisticated commercial spyware technology like Pegasus. The latest iteration of it employs zero click technology meaning that it can target and insert itself on any device without the owner of that device even knowing or being tricked into clicking on a link. That's very powerful, because there is no defense against it.Ronald DeibertA full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com.Ronald Deibert is a professor of political science at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto and the Director of the Citizen Lab. He recently gave the 18th annual Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture at the National Endowment for Democracy. Its title was “Digital Subversion: The Threat to Democracy.” His article, “Subversion Inc: The Age of Private Espionage” in the most recent Journal of Democracy is based on this lecture.Support Democracy Paradox on Patreon for bonus episodes and exclusive updates and information. Key HighlightsHow Black Cube tried to infiltrate Citizen LabHow autocrats continue to repress political dissidents overseasThe privatization of espionage and spycraftThe link between surveillance capitalism and private espionageWhat liberal democracies can do to defend civil societyKey LinksCitizen LabSeymour Martin Lipset Lecture "Digital Subversion: The Threat to Democracy" by Ronald Deibert"Subversion Inc: The Age of Private Espionage" by Ronald Deibert in Journal of DemocracyDemocracy Paradox PodcastCan Democracy Survive the Internet? Nate Persily and Josh Tucker on Social Media and DemocracyWinston Mano on Social Media and Politics in Africa… And what America can Learn from Africa about DemocracyMore Episodes from the PodcastMore InformationDemocracy GroupApes of the State created all MusicEmail the show at jkempf@democracyparadox.comFollow on Twitter @DemParadox100 Books on DemocracySupport the show

Ketanji Brown Jackson: Asked and Answered

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2022 67:08

It was a week: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearings, Justice Clarence Thomas in the hospital, Ginni Thomas' tweets in the hands of the Jan. 6 committee, and an out-of-the-blue redistricting decision on the shadow docket. First, Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Angela Onwuachi-Willig, dean of Boston University Law School, to discuss why the Senate Judiciary Committee is a terrible venue for a job interview and the ways in which Judge Jackson rose above it. Next, Dahlia talks to Nate Persily of Stanford Law School about how the hearing interacts with the bigger picture of disinformation ecosystems, Ginni Thomas' texts, and fills us in on the Wisconsin redistricting case. Finally, they discuss Prof. Persily's almost 40-year friendship with Ketanji Brown Jackson. In our Slate Plus segment, Dahlia and Mark Joseph Stern dig into judicial ethics and what shocked them this week. Sign up for Slate Plus now to listen and support our show. Podcast production by Sara Burningham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Amicus: Ketanji Brown Jackson: Asked and Answered

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2022 67:08

It was a week: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearings, Justice Clarence Thomas in the hospital, Ginni Thomas' tweets in the hands of the Jan. 6 committee, and an out-of-the-blue redistricting decision on the shadow docket. First, Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Angela Onwuachi-Willig, dean of Boston University Law School, to discuss why the Senate Judiciary Committee is a terrible venue for a job interview and the ways in which Judge Jackson rose above it. Next, Dahlia talks to Nate Persily of Stanford Law School about how the hearing interacts with the bigger picture of disinformation ecosystems, Ginni Thomas' texts, and fills us in on the Wisconsin redistricting case. Finally, they discuss Prof. Persily's almost 40-year friendship with Ketanji Brown Jackson. In our Slate Plus segment, Dahlia and Mark Joseph Stern dig into judicial ethics and what shocked them this week. Sign up for Slate Plus now to listen and support our show. Podcast production by Sara Burningham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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State Media, Social Media, and the Conflict in Ukraine

The Sunday Show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2022 59:35

In this podcast, we're going to listen in on a panel discussion hosted by the Stanford Cyber Policy Center on State Media, Social Media, and the Conflict in Ukraine. Convened by Nate Persily, Co-director of the Cyber Policy Center and James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, the panel considers the moves taken in recent days by governments and technology platforms, and the implications for the ways state-sponsored media and information will be regulated in the future. Guests include: Nathaniel Gleicher, Head of Security Policy at Meta, which operates Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp Yoel Roth, Head of Site Integrity at Twitter Marietje Schaake, International Policy Director at the Cyber Policy Center and former Member of European Parliament Renée DiResta, Research Manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory Alex Stamos, Director of the Stanford Internet Observatory and former Chief Security Officer of Facebook Alicia Wanless, Director of the Partnership for Countering Influence Operations at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Mike McFaul, Director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and former U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation.

Free the Data!

Arbiters of Truth

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2022 56:48

On this show, we've discussed no end of proposals for how to regulate online platforms. But there's something many of those proposals are missing: data about how the platforms actually work. Now, there's legislation in Congress that aims to change that. The Platform Accountability and Transparency Act, sponsored by Senators Chris Coons, Rob Portman and Amy Klobuchar, would create a process through which academic researchers could gain access to information about the operation of these platforms—peering under the hood to see what's actually happening in our online ecosystems, and perhaps how they could be improved. This week on Arbiters of Truth, our series on the online information ecosystem, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic spoke with the man who drafted the original version of this legislation—Nate Persily, the James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. He's been hard at work on the draft bill, which he finally published this October. And he collaborated with Coons, Portman and Klobuchar to work his ideas into the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act. They talked about how Nate's proposal would work, why researcher access to data is so important and what the prospects are for lasting reforms like this out of Congress. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Nate Persily Asks Whether Democracy Can Survive the Internet

Arbiters of Truth

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022 53:15

On this episode of the Arbiters of Truth series on disinformation, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic spoke with Nate Persily, the James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. Persily is also a member of the Kofi Annan Commission on Democracy and Elections in the Digital Age, which recently released a report on election integrity and the internet for which Nate provided a framing paper. Alongside his work on internet governance, Nate is also an expert on election law and administration. They spoke about the commission report and the challenges the internet may pose for democracy, to what extent the pandemic has flipped that on its head, and, of course, the 2020 presidential election. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Nate Persily on Tech Transparency Legislation

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2021 61:40

Wherein Stanford Law Professor Nate Persily returns to the show to discuss the new legislation he helped author around transparency and access for social science researchers of tech platforms -- recently introduced by Sens. Coons, Klobuchar, and Portman. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Free the Data!

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2021 56:28

On this show, we've discussed no end of proposals for how to regulate online platforms. But there's something many of those proposals are missing: data about how the platforms actually work. Now, there's legislation in Congress that aims to change that. The Platform Accountability and Transparency Act, sponsored by Senators Chris Coons, Rob Portman and Amy Klobuchar, would create a process through which academic researchers could gain access to information about the operation of these platforms—peering under the hood to see what's actually happening in our online ecosystems, and perhaps how they could be improved. This week on Arbiters of Truth, our series on the online information ecosystem, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic spoke with the man who drafted the original version of this legislation—Nate Persily, the James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. He's been hard at work on the draft bill, which he finally published this October. And he collaborated with Coons, Portman and Klobuchar to work his ideas into the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act. They talked about how Nate's proposal would work, why researcher access to data is so important and what the prospects are for lasting reforms like this out of Congress.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Should Congress Regulate Facebook?

We the People

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021 56:11

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen recently testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, telling senators that Facebook and Instagram stoke division, harm children, and avoid transparency and any consequences for their damaging effects. Her testimony amplified calls for regulation of the platforms. On today's episode we consider a variety of proposed reforms, whether they would violate any other laws and whether they would be constitutional. Host Jeffrey Rosen is joined by internet law experts Jeff Kosseff of the United States Naval Academy and Nate Persily of Stanford Law School. They also consider why it is so difficult to regulate the platforms as well as the unintended consequences that may arise if they are regulated, and unpack prior cases on free speech that influenced the overall approach to Internet regulation from its very beginning, including the passage of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org. Additional resources and transcript available in our Media Library at constitutioncenter.org/constitution.

Should Congress Regulate Facebook?

We The People

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021 56:11

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen recently testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, telling senators that Facebook and Instagram stoke division, harm children, and avoid transparency and any consequences for their damaging effects. Her testimony amplified calls for regulation of the platforms. On today's episode we consider a variety of proposed reforms, whether they would violate any other laws and whether they would be constitutional. Host Jeffrey Rosen is joined by internet law experts Jeff Kosseff of the United States Naval Academy and Nate Persily of Stanford Law School. They also consider why it is so difficult to regulate the platforms as well as the unintended consequences that may arise if they are regulated, and unpack prior cases on free speech that influenced the overall approach to Internet regulation from its very beginning, including the passage of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org. Additional resources and transcript available in our Media Library at constitutioncenter.org/constitution.

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How Arizona's election review is providing a national playbook for disgruntled politicians

PBS NewsHour - Segments

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2021 5:17

Republicans in the Arizona State Senate had commissioned a review of 2020 ballots in Maricopa County even though election officials found no large-scale fraud. But a partisan group called Cyber Ninjas undertook a controversial review of the vote and affirmed Joe Biden won Maricopa County and Arizona. Nate Persily, an election law scholar at Stanford University, joins William Brangham with more. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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ELB Podcast Episode 3.1: Nate Persily: A Redistricting Season Like No Other

ELB Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2021 29:40

How will the new round of redistricting go, with late census numbers, courts refusing to police partisan gerrymanders, and a weakened Voting Rights Act? Will redistricting cost Democrats control of the U.S. House? How will redistricting commissions fit into the rushed process? On Season 3 Episode 1 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Stanford law and political science professor Nate Persily.

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Nate Persily Talks Facebook and Data Sharing

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 62:25

Wherein legendary Stanford Law Professor Nate Persily returns to the show to talk about the NYU researchers who got the boot for scraping ad data from Facebook and what social science data research of big tech companies should look like. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021 63:45

Wherein Alex Stamos and Nate Persily joined us on April 6, 2020 to discuss what it would take to prevent an election meltdown in November. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Democracy in Crisis? w/ guest Nate Persily

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2021 28:04

The 2020 Election continues to have an unprecedented impact on the country, the “big lie” about fraud spread by some media outlets and used by at least 14 states as justification to undo key election laws. Yet since Trump was banned from popular social media platforms, his voice is less prevalent in mainstream America. In this episode, we hear from election law expert Nate Persily about Facebook's oversight board and its decision to continue the ban on Trump for another two years. Nate also discusses efforts by state legislators to curtail voting laws and why he is sounding the alarm bells for a threatened American democracy.

Democracy in Crisis?: The Aftermath of Election 2020, Trump, Facebook's Oversight Board, and the Rollback of Election Laws

Stanford Legal

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2021 28:05

The 2020 Election continues to have an unprecedented impact on the country, the “big lie” about fraud spread by some media outlets and used by at least 14 states as justification to undo key election laws. Yet since Trump was banned from popular social media platforms, his voice is less prevalent in mainstream America. In this episode, we hear from election law expert Nate Persily about Facebook's oversight board and its decision to continue the ban on Trump for another two years. Nate also discusses efforts by state legislators to curtail voting laws and why he is sounding the alarm bells for a threatened American democracy.

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Nate Persily: How to restore faith in America's elections

The Future of Everything presented by Stanford Engineering

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 27:45

Nate Persily is a professor at Stanford Law School and an expert in election law.He sees the most recent presidential election as a fundamental change in the way Americans vote. For the first time ever, the majority of voters cast their ballot by mail, rather than at a polling place. It “was an earthquake,” Persily says, speaking metaphorically about the 2020 election's profound implications for future elections.But not all agree it was a success. Republicans and Democrats are further apart than ever in their beliefs as to whether the recent presidential election was free and fair. Addressing polarization in beliefs regarding the fairness of the election will be very difficult. Until leaders come together in a bipartisan fashion to affirm the legitimacy of an election winner, reform will not be able to do much to address this underlying problem.Failing that, we need to bolster the institutional position of all nonpartisan election administrators who are placing the public interest over party, as Persily tells host Russ Altman in this episode of Stanford Engineering's The Future of Everything podcast. Listen and subscribe here.

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E 152 | Nate Persily: How to restore faith in America’s elections

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 27:44

The Future of Everything with Russ Altman: E 152 | Nate Persily: How to restore faith in America’s elections Our recent election focused attention on the mechanics of democracy as never before. An expert in election law sizes things up and suggests ways to regain trust in the institution. Nate Persily is a professor at Stanford Law School and an expert in election law. He sees the most recent presidential election as a fundamental change in the way Americans vote. For the first time ever, the majority of voters cast their ballot by mail, rather than at a polling place. It “was an earthquake,” Persily says, speaking metaphorically about the 2020 election’s profound implications for future elections. But not all agree it was a success. Republicans and Democrats are further apart than ever in their beliefs as to whether the recent presidential election was free and fair. Addressing polarization in beliefs regarding the fairness of the election will be very difficult. Until leaders come together in a bipartisan fashion to affirm the legitimacy of an election winner, reform will not be able to do much to address this underlying problem. Failing that, we need to bolster the institutional position of all nonpartisan election administrators who are placing the public interest over party, as Persily tells host Russ Altman in this episode of Stanford Engineering’s The Future of Everything podcast. Listen and subscribe here.

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Trump and the Facebook Oversight Board

We The People

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021 52:09

The Facebook Oversight Board—a recently-developed court of sorts that independently reviews Facebook’s decisions and policies—issued a major ruling this week, upholding the company’s initial decision to ban President Trump indefinitely, but calling on the company to come to a final decision on its suspension of Trump and similar cases with greater detail. The board also requested that Facebook clarify its policies on political leaders, do some additional fact-finding, and report back with more on its decision and rationale in six months—when the board will reconsider the ban. Host Jeffrey Rosen considered the impact of the decision for the future of digital speech with two experts who have done path-breaking work on the Facebook Oversight Board: Kate Klonick, assistant professor of law at St. John’s Law School who spent a year embedded with the Oversight Board as it was being developed, and Nate Persily, Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and co-director of the Stanford Program on Democracy and the Internet. Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org.

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Trump and the Facebook Oversight Board

We the People

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021 52:09

The Facebook Oversight Board—a recently-developed court of sorts that independently reviews Facebook’s decisions and policies—issued a major ruling this week, upholding the company’s initial decision to ban President Trump indefinitely, but calling on the company to come to a final decision on its suspension of Trump and similar cases with greater detail. The board also requested that Facebook clarify its policies on political leaders, do some additional fact-finding, and report back with more on its decision and rationale in six months—when the board will reconsider the ban. Host Jeffrey Rosen considered the impact of the decision for the future of digital speech with two experts who have done path-breaking work on the Facebook Oversight Board: Kate Klonick, assistant professor of law at St. John’s Law School who spent a year embedded with the Oversight Board as it was being developed, and Nate Persily, Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and co-director of the Stanford Program on Democracy and the Internet. Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org.

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Mystery Guest Sunday with Nate Persily

National Security Law Today

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 68:25

Wherein Kate brings a mystery guest and it's Nate Persily talking redistricting! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

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How Voting Rights are a National Security Tool with Nate Persily

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2021 43:32

Voting laws have been capturing headlines, and not just in the context of Georgia but with nearly 20 other states considering similar voter restrictive legislation as well. In 2020, some of the biggest national security issues played out in the context of elections. This week, NSLT welcomes Nate Persily, the James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, to discuss the role of federal and state governments in elections, the use of new technology, and the implications these laws have on national security and democracy. Nate Persily is the James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford Law School: https://law.stanford.edu/directory/nathaniel-persily/ This episode references: - One Person, One Vote rule: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/one-person_one-vote_rule - For the People Act of 2021: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text - John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act: https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s4263/BILLS-116s4263is.pdf - Help America Vote Act: https://www.congress.gov/107/plaws/publ252/PLAW-107publ252.pdf - Honest Ads Act: https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1989/BILLS-115s1989is.pdf - The Law of Democracy: Legal Structure of the Political Process, 5th Edition. Issacharoff, Karlan, Pildes and Persily. 2016: https://www.westacademic.com/Issacharoff-Karlan-Pildes-and-Persilys-The-Law-of-Democracy-9781634608015 - Nathaniel Persily, “Can Democracy Survive the Internet?” (2017). https://journalofdemocracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/07_28.2_Persily-web.pdf - Stanford Cyber Policy Center: https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu - NSLT Ep. 146, "How does CISA and the intelligence community protect American elections? With Dan Sutherland" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/national-security-law-today/id1276946676?i=1000494060109

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Thomas Carothers and Andrew O'Donohue are Worried About Severe Polarization

Democracy Paradox

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021 54:13 Transcription Available

A full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com.My thoughts on polarization have changed over the past few years. On the one hand, polarization can be a danger to democracy. Milan Svolik among others have shown how strong ideological positions lead some voters to support leaders they know are undemocratic. Moreover, democracy depends on the willingness of both parties to make compromises to govern effectively. But on the other hand, there are issues where compromise itself is undemocratic. How do you compromise on the right to vote? Is it polarizing to refuse to waiver on issues of human rights? What about the rule of law? Sometimes compromise does not protect democracy, but endangers it.A lot of intelligent people have strong opinions about polarization. But few of them have thought deeply about the subject or read much of the literature. It’s a complicated subject. Last year Ezra Klein published a surprising book called Why We’re Polarized. It’s actually an impressive work of scholarship from someone who does not consider himself a scholar. But when he says “we’re polarized” he refers to an American experience. He largely ignores the polarization around the world in places like Venezuela, Poland, and India. So I reached out to Thomas Carothers and Andrew O’Donohue because I wanted to better understand polarization not just in the United States but as a wider global phenomenon. Tom and Andrew are the editors of s remarkable volume called Democracies Divided from 2019. Last year they published a supplement called Political Polarization in South and Southeast Asia: Old Divisions, New Dangers. Tom is the Senior Vice President for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is a legendary scholar in the field of democracy promotion. Andrew is a nonresident assistant at Carnegie as well. He is also in the PhD program in Harvard’s Department of Government. Together they offer reflections on polarization in different contexts. They help explain how each is different and where they commonalities. Most of all this broader examination helps us think about polarization in very different ways.Email me at democracyparadoxblog@gmail.comFollow me on Twitter @DemParadoxKey LinksDemocracies Divided: The Global Challenge of Political PolarizationPolitical Polarization in South and Southeast Asia: Old Divisions, New DangersRejuvenating Democracy PromotionRelated ContentCan Democracy Survive the Internet? Nate Persily and Josh Tucker on Social Media and DemocracyLee Drutman Makes the Case for Multiparty Democracy in AmericaThoughts on Chantal Mouffe's On the Political

Can Democracy Survive the Internet? Nate Persily and Josh Tucker on Social Media and Democracy

Democracy Paradox

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2021 47:32 Transcription Available

A complete transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com.Over the past ten years social media has reshaped politics. Fake news and political disinformation have become a part of the political discourse. But social media has also brought about meaningful change through the #metoo and #blacklivesmatter movements. Social media has allowed dissident voices to express themselves in authoritarian regimes, but it has also given a platform to anti-democratic views in Western Nations. It has reawakened our sense of fairness, while it has brought to light some of our darkest demons. In the final analysis, social media is both a problem and an opportunity. And your outlook probably depends on the last headline you saw on Twitter or Facebook. Nate Persily and Josh Tucker are at the forefront of conversations on the role of social media in politics and its influence on democracy. Nate is a professor of law at Stanford, but also has a PhD in political science. He has long been an expert in election law, but has also become among the foremost scholars on the politics of social media and the internet. Among his many roles, he is the co-director of the Stanford Cyber Policy Center. Josh is a professor of political science at NYU. He specializes in post-communist politics and is the Director of NYU’s Jordan Center for Advanced Study of Russia. But he is also a faculty director at the Center for Social Media and Politics. Together Nate and Josh edited a volume called Social Media and Democracy: The State of the Field and Prospects for Reform. It is available to download on the Cambridge University Press website. I highly encourage policymakers, researchers, and anyone who is curious to take a look. It features important contributions from well-known scholars such as Francis Fukuyama and Pablo Barberá on a wide range of relevant topics. In this conversation you will learn why Nate and Josh are at the forefront of research on social media. They rattle off multiple studies their teams conducted that produced groundbreaking research. Now, I have read many articles about the ways social media influences politics, but this is my first podcast where I really grapple with the challenges of the internet. I was fortunate to do so with two of the field’s most important researchers today.Key Links"Can Democracy Survive the Internet?""From Liberation to Turmoil"Securing American Elections: Prescriptions for Enhancing the Integrity and Independence of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election and BeyondRelated ContentZizi Papacharissi Dreams of What Comes After DemocracyWinston Mano on Social Media and Politics in Africa... And what America can Learn from Africa about DemocracyThoughts on Cristina Flesher Fominaya's Democracy Reloaded

Are Posts and Tweets the Greatest Threats to Democracy?

Aspen Ideas to Go

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021 44:11

America’s Founders didn’t envision activist groups mobilizing on social media and disinformation spreading across the internet. Thanks to the web, new threats to democracy — like the January 6th attack on the US Capitol — have emerged. Following a similar deadly march in 1787, the Founders questioned the strength of the democracy they built. Shays’s Rebellion led to more support among the Founders for a stronger national government. But the protective barriers they thought would safeguard democracy are being tested in an online era. Nate Persily, professor of law at Stanford, talks with Jeffrey Rosen, president of the National Constitution Center, about why passion may be eclipsing reason and how the internet may be to blame.As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the Aspen Institute is nonpartisan and does not endorse, support, or oppose political candidates or parties. Further, the views and opinions of our guests and speakers do not necessarily reflect those of the Aspen Institute.

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Election 2020: False Allegations of Fraud and Incitement to Insurrection with Nate Persily

Stanford Legal

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 27:57

President Trump lost the November, 2020 election but has refused to concede, instead stoking the flames of anger in his supporters by spreading false claims of a stolen election. In this episode, voting law expert Nate Persily joins Pam and Joe to discuss the 2020 election—and why it is considered by experts and government officials alike to have been fair and free of fraud.

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Election 2020: False Allegations of Fraud and Incitement to Insurrection with guest Nate Persily