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How much blame should we put on social media for polarizing our society? Perhaps not as much as we tend to do. Joshua A Tucker joins Vasant Dhar in episode 82 of Brave New World to discuss his studies on the effects of social media -- and the algorithms that run them.    Useful resources: 1. Joshua Tucker at NYU, Twitter and Google Scholar. 2. Online searches to evaluate misinformation can increase its perceived veracity -- Kevin Aslett, Zeve Sanderson, William Godel, Nathaniel Persily, Jonathan Nagler & Joshua A Tucker. 3. Less than you think: Prevalence and predictors of fake news dissemination on Facebook -- Andrew Guess, Jonathan Nagler and Joshua A Tucker. 4. Breaking the Social Media Prism: How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing -- Chris Bail. 5. Chris Bail on How to Fight Polarization -- Episode 34 of Brave New World. 6. The Social Media Industrial Complex -- Episode 3 of Brave New World (w Sinan Aral). 7. How Social Media Threatens Society -- Episode 8 of Brave New World (w Jonathan Haidt). 8. Quantifying the Impact of Misinformation and Vaccine-Skeptical Content on Facebook -- Jennifer Nancy Lee Allen, Duncan J Watts, and David Rand. Check out Vasant Dhar's newsletter on Substack. Subscription is free!

Why is the right to vote important to a democracy? What legal protections should there be? How do we counter electoral refuseniks who won't accept outcomes? Hoover Institution visiting fellow Ben Ginsberg, a preeminent authority on election law, interviews Stanford University political scientist Bruce Cain and Stanford Law School professor Nathaniel Persily on the struggle […]

Why is the right to vote important to a democracy? What legal protections should there be? How do we counter electoral refuseniks who won't accept outcomes? Hoover Institution visiting fellow Ben Ginsberg, a preeminent authority on election law, interviews Stanford University political scientist Bruce Cain and Stanford Law School professor Nathaniel Persily on the struggle to restore the public's confidence in the accuracy of elections.

Tech Refactored is on a short summer vacation. We can't wait to bring you Season Three of our show beginning in August 2022, but as we near 100 total episodes our team needs a beat to rest and recharge. While we're away, please enjoy some summer staff favorites. The following episode was originally posted in April 2022.On this episode Gus is joined by Joshua Tucker, Professor of Politics and co-Director of the Center for Social Media and Politics at New York University. Joshua joined our center earlier in the month for a guest discussion on his recent book with our faculty fellows. That conversation is explored more broadly today as we focus on his work on the effects of social media on democracy, and his recently published book, co-edited with Stanford's Nathaniel Persily, Social Media and Democracy: The State of the Field. Join us as we travel through Russia, Facebook, and state of our democracy.

Host: Ann Luther, League of Women Voters of Maine Democracy Forum: Participatory Democracy, encouraging citizens to take an active role in government and politics Issue: Participatory Democracy, encouraging citizens to take an active role in government and politics Key Discussion Points: The courts as protectors of democracy Judicial philosophy and constitutional interpretation The authority and power of the court The peril of the court being political or even perceived as such Guests: Richard H. Pildes, Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University School of Law Maron Sorenson, Assistant Professor of Government, Dept. Government and Legal Studies, Bowdoin College To learn more about this topic: Decade-long study shows Supreme Court is now further to the ideological right than most Americans | Ash Center, June, 2022 The Supreme Court Is on the Verge of Expanding Second Amendment Gun Rights | Brennan Center for Justice May, 2022 5 justices, all confirmed by senators representing a minority of voters, appear willing to overturn Roe v. Wade | The Conversation, May 2022 The Court and Its Procedures – Supreme Court of the United States The Supreme Court (2020) : Throughline : NPR, September, 2021 The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics, Stephen Breyer, 2021 Nine Reasons that “Originalism” Isn't Really a Thing for Supreme Court Justices, October, 2020 The Law of Democracy: Legal Structure of the Political Process. Samuel Issacharoff, Pamela S. Karlan, Richard H. Pildes, Nathaniel Persily. ” 5th Edition, 2016. Is the Supreme Court a ‘Majoritarian’ Institution?, Richard Pildes, December, 2010 The mostly volunteer team at the League of Women Voters – Downeast who plan and coordinate this series includes: Martha Dickinson, Laurie Fogleman, Starr Gilmartin, Maggie Harling, Ann Luther, Judith Lyles, Wendilee O'Brien, Maryann Ogonowski, Pam Person, Lane Sturtevant, Leah Taylor, Linda Washburn About the host: Ann currently serves as Treasurer of the League of Women Voters of Maine and leads the LWVME Advocacy Team. She served as President of LWVME from 2003 to 2007 and as co-president from 2007-2009. In her work for the League, Ann has worked for greater public understanding of public policy issues and for the League's priority issues in Clean Elections & Campaign Finance Reform, Voting Rights, Ethics in Government, Ranked Choice Voting, and Repeal of Term Limits. Representing LWVME at Maine Citizens for Clean Elections, she served that coalition as co-president from 2006 to 2011. She remains on the board of MCCE and serves as Treasurer. She is active in the LWV-Downeast and hosts their monthly radio show, The Democracy Forum, on WERU FM Community Radio -which started out in 2004 as an recurring special, and became a regular monthly program in 2012. She was the 2013 recipient of the Baldwin Award from the ACLU of Maine for her work on voting rights and elections. She joined the League in 1998 when she retired as Senior Vice President at SEI Investments. Ann was a founder of the MDI Restorative Justice Program, 1999 – 2000, and served on its Executive Board. The post Democracy Forum 6/17/22: The Supreme Court and Democracy first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Host: Ann Luther, League of Women Voters of Maine Democracy Forum: Participatory Democracy, encouraging citizens to take an active role in government and politics Issue: Participatory Democracy, encouraging citizens to take an active role in government and politics Key Discussion Points: The courts as protectors of democracy Judicial philosophy and constitutional interpretation The authority and power of the court The peril of the court being political or even perceived as such Guests: Richard H. Pildes, Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University School of Law Maron Sorenson, Assistant Professor of Government, Dept. Government and Legal Studies, Bowdoin College To learn more about this topic: Decade-long study shows Supreme Court is now further to the ideological right than most Americans | Ash Center, June, 2022 The Supreme Court Is on the Verge of Expanding Second Amendment Gun Rights | Brennan Center for Justice May, 2022 5 justices, all confirmed by senators representing a minority of voters, appear willing to overturn Roe v. Wade | The Conversation, May 2022 The Court and Its Procedures – Supreme Court of the United States The Supreme Court (2020) : Throughline : NPR, September, 2021 The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics, Stephen Breyer, 2021 Nine Reasons that “Originalism” Isn't Really a Thing for Supreme Court Justices, October, 2020 The Law of Democracy: Legal Structure of the Political Process. Samuel Issacharoff, Pamela S. Karlan, Richard H. Pildes, Nathaniel Persily. ” 5th Edition, 2016. Is the Supreme Court a ‘Majoritarian’ Institution?, Richard Pildes, December, 2010 The mostly volunteer team at the League of Women Voters – Downeast who plan and coordinate this series includes: Martha Dickinson, Laurie Fogleman, Starr Gilmartin, Maggie Harling, Ann Luther, Judith Lyles, Wendilee O'Brien, Maryann Ogonowski, Pam Person, Lane Sturtevant, Leah Taylor, Linda Washburn About the host: Ann currently serves as Treasurer of the League of Women Voters of Maine and leads the LWVME Advocacy Team. She served as President of LWVME from 2003 to 2007 and as co-president from 2007-2009. In her work for the League, Ann has worked for greater public understanding of public policy issues and for the League's priority issues in Clean Elections & Campaign Finance Reform, Voting Rights, Ethics in Government, Ranked Choice Voting, and Repeal of Term Limits. Representing LWVME at Maine Citizens for Clean Elections, she served that coalition as co-president from 2006 to 2011. She remains on the board of MCCE and serves as Treasurer. She is active in the LWV-Downeast and hosts their monthly radio show, The Democracy Forum, on WERU FM Community Radio -which started out in 2004 as an recurring special, and became a regular monthly program in 2012. She was the 2013 recipient of the Baldwin Award from the ACLU of Maine for her work on voting rights and elections. She joined the League in 1998 when she retired as Senior Vice President at SEI Investments. Ann was a founder of the MDI Restorative Justice Program, 1999 – 2000, and served on its Executive Board. The post Democracy Forum 6/17/22: The Supreme Court and Democracy first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Stanford Law professor Nathaniel Persily joins David and Emily to discuss President Biden's nomination for associate justice of the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson. You can tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @SlateGabfest. Tweet us your cocktail chatter using #cocktailchatter or post it to our Facebook page. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) The email address for the Political Gabfest is gabfest@slate.com. (Email may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stanford Law professor Nathaniel Persily joins David and Emily to discuss President Biden's nomination for associate justice of the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson. You can tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @SlateGabfest. Tweet us your cocktail chatter using #cocktailchatter or post it to our Facebook page. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) The email address for the Political Gabfest is gabfest@slate.com. (Email may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stanford Law professor Nathaniel Persily joins David and Emily to discuss President Biden's nomination for associate justice of the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson. You can tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @SlateGabfest. Tweet us your cocktail chatter using #cocktailchatter or post it to our Facebook page. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) The email address for the Political Gabfest is gabfest@slate.com. (Email may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You're listening to the Westerly Sun's podcast, where we talk about the best local events, new job postings, obituaries, and more. First, a bit of Rhode Island trivia. Today's trivia is brought to you by Perennial. Perennial's new plant-based drink “Daily Gut & Brain” is a blend of easily digestible nutrients crafted for gut and brain health. A convenient mini-meal, Daily Gut & Brain” is available now at the CVS Pharmacy in Wakefield. Now for some trivia. Did you know that Rhode Island native, James Siwy is a former pro baseball player and police officer? A right-handed pitcher, Siwy had a brief Major League Baseball career with the Chicago White Sox, playing in two games for the club in 1982 and another in 1984. His seven-year career in the minor leagues started in 1981 and ended in 1987. After his baseball career ended, Siwy worked with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for over 20 years. Now, for our feature story: Republican members of the state's bipartisan redistricting commission want the Connecticut Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to tap a Stanford University law professor to help redraw congressional districts after the group couldn't reach a bipartisan agreement and missed its deadline this week. The four commission members, all state legislators, filed a motion that requests Nathaniel Persily not serve as the court-appointed expert or special master and that two special masters instead be appointed “to preserve the public's confidence in the fairness of the redistricting process.” The motion came hours after the state's highest court issued a notice announcing it had appointed Persily, who previously served as special master in 2011 during the last reapportionment process when Connecticut lawmakers also couldn't reach a bipartisan agreement on congressional district boundaries. The Republicans noted that Persily's name was not on the list of three possible special masters they had submitted for the court to consider. However, he was mentioned publicly by Democratic Senate President Martin Looney as someone the Democrats would recommend to the court. Ultimately, the Democrats did not submit any names. The court has not yet responded to the Republicans' motion. According to a notice issued Thursday by the State Supreme Court, Persily is ultimately required to submit his plan to the justices on or before Jan. 18. The court will then accept submissions up until Jan. 24 and a hearing before the court is planned for Jan. 27. The court is expected to file its redistricting plan with the Office of the Secretary of the State by Feb. 15. For more information on jobs and employment, check out this story and more at thewesterlysun.com Today we're remembering the life of Helen Perreault of Westerly. Helen was a graduate of Westerly High School in 1947, with aspirations of attending the Rhode Island School of Design. After working a couple of years at Moore's in Westerly, she then married her husband, the late Roland Perreault, Sr.  Helen was a communicant at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hope Valley, RI, where she was a very active in the Rosary and Alter Society. She was known for her hard work and frank opinions and her smile was always contagious! She served her community by being a Girl Scout leader in Richmond, a member of Women's Business Organizations in Naparee and Chariho, and from time to time a volunteer at Westerly Hospital. She was a devoted mother to her 3 surviving children, as well as her grandchildren, great-grandchildren, siblings, and nieces and nephews. Helen lived on Switch Rd. since 1949 and was an essential part of her family farm for over 50 years. Thank you for taking a moment with us today to remember and celebrate Helen's life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is a two part show- first, a discussion about how to make sure independent researchers have access to the data from technology platforms; and second, a book talk with the author of How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News: Exploring the Impacts of Social Media, Deepfakes, GPT-3 and More. In the wake of the revelations brought forward by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, there is a great deal of focus among lawmakers and regulators in many capitals to figure out how to see inside the platforms. Last week, Nathaniel Persily, a professor of law at Stanford Law School and co-director of the Stanford Cyber Policy Center, put forward a draft of potential legislation, announcing what he calls the "Platform Transparency and Accountability Act" in a Washington Post column. We took the opportunity to invite Nate and two other experts on this subject- Rebekah Tromble, Director of the Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics and Associate Professor at George Washington University, and Brandie Nonnecke, the Director of the Citris Policy Lab at UC Berkeley and a fellow at the Harvard Carr Center for Human Rights Policy- to talk about how best to get researchers access to the vast troves of data the platforms hold on us. Noah Giansiracusa is a mathematician and data scientist who is Assistant Professor at Bentley University near Boston. Most of his papers are on things like algebraic geometry or machine learning. But recently, he wrote a book that looks at how algorithms are shaping our understanding of the world on social media. The book is called, How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News: Exploring the Impacts of Social Media, Deepfakes, GPT-3 and More. We spoke to Noah about the challenges of our algorithmically driven information environment, and whether AI might help us fix it.

This episode features two segments focusing on the decision by the Facebook Oversight Board on Donald Trump's account. First we hear a panel discussion hosted by Stanford's Cyber Policy Center and moderated by Stanford Law professor Nathaniel Persily. The panel features two members of the Facebook Oversight board- Michael McConnell, director of the Stanford Constitutional Law Center, and Julie Owono, an international human rights lawyer. The others on the panel include Marietje Schaake, international director of policy at Stanford's Cyber Policy Center and international policy fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence who previously served as a member of the European Parliament from the Netherlands; Renee DiResta, research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory; Alex Stamos, director of the Observatory, a professor at the Center for International Security and Cooperation, and former chief security officer at Facebook; and Daphne Keller, who directs the Program on Platform Regulation at Stanford's Cyber Policy Center.  Then, we hear reactions to the Oversight Board from Erin Shields, a National Field Organizer at MediaJustice, a grassroots movement for a more just and participatory media that fights for racial, economic, and gender justice in a digital age; and Katy Glenn Bass, the Research Director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University.

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

On this episode Gus is joined by Joshua Tucker, Professor of Politics and co-Director of the Center for Social Media and Politics at New York University. Joshua joined our center earlier in the month for a guest discussion on his recent book with our faculty fellows. That conversation is explored more broadly today as we focus on his work on the effects of social media on democracy, and his recently published book, co-edited with Stanford’s Nathaniel Persily, Social Media and Democracy: The State of the Field. Join us as we travel through Russia, Facebook, and state of our democracy.

Donald Trump ha gobernado a golpe de la tecnología punta de Twitter, un altavoz que distribuye al instante sus mensajes por todo el mundo; pero su derrota llegó por la vía postal, un canal analógico y más que centenario que repartió un récord de votos en su contra. Más de 65 millones de estadounidenses votaron por correo en las elecciones con más participación de la historia de Estados Unidos, y todo apunta a que la mayoría lo hicieron por el candidato demócrata, Joe Biden, que se convirtió este sábado en presidente electo tras quedar claro que se impondrá en los estados suficientes. La avalancha de papeletas metidas en sobres ganó el pulso a los tuits de Trump, que había recurrido decenas de veces a Twitter para advertir, sin ninguna prueba, que el voto por correo favorecería el fraude electoral. TRUMP CONTRA EL SERVICIO POSTAL Los millones de estadounidenses que siguen a diario sus mensajes en la red social le escucharon y escogieron mayoritariamente votar en persona, respaldándole aún más decisivamente que en 2016, con un récord de más de 70 millones de papeletas a su favor que solo superó Biden, con sus más de 74 millones de sufragios. Consciente de que una alta participación en las elecciones disminuiría sus opciones de seguir en la Casa Blanca, porque suele beneficiar a los demócratas, Trump declaró hace meses la guerra a los planes de la mayoría de los estados de EE.UU. de expandir las opciones de voto por correo debido a la pandemia de la covid-19. "Las elecciones de 2020 estarán totalmente amañadas si se permiten los votos por correo", clamó Trump en Twitter el pasado 26 de julio, a pesar de que no hay absolutamente ninguna prueba de que ejercer el sufragio por la vía postal pueda llevar a un fraude. En junio, el mandatario instaló al frente del Servicio Postal de EE.UU. a uno de sus aliados, Louis DeJoy, quien empezó a implementar una serie de duros recortes a los que luego dio marcha atrás parcialmente, ante la fuerte polémica que generaron. RETRASOS Y TRABAS EN ESTADOS CLAVE... Al final, los retrasos en el Servicio Postal implicaron que más de 150.000 papeletas en todo el país -miles de ellas en estados clave- no llegaron a entregarse a tiempo para el día de las elecciones, un número relativamente pequeño pero significativo, según datos oficiales. Mientras, los líderes republicanos en varios estados bisagra siguieron la corriente a Trump y pusieron trabas al voto postal: en Texas, se restringió el número de puestos donde se podía depositar papeletas por anticipado a solo uno por condado, incluso en el que incluye a Houston, donde viven más de 3,4 millones de personas. En Pensilvania y en Wisconsin, las legislaturas estatales, controladas por republicanos, se negaron a permitir que las papeletas enviadas por correo se empezaran a procesar antes del día de las elecciones, lo que explica en parte por qué el país tuvo que esperar casi cuatro días para conocer el ganador de los comicios. Sin embargo, el proceso se desarrolló por lo demás de manera fluida, sin el caos que intentaba azuzar Trump y temían los demócratas, y los funcionarios y voluntarios en estados clave hicieron oídos sordos a las exhortaciones del presidente saliente de que "parara el conteo" de las papeletas emitidas por vía postal. ... SIN APENAS IMPACTO "Los retos y obstáculos eran quizá los mayores en la historia, o al menos desde la epidemia de la 'gripe española' de 1918", dijo un profesor de la Universidad de Stanford y experto en el sistema de voto en EE.UU., Nathaniel Persily, al diario The New York Times. "Y sin embargo, vimos menos problemas que en ningunas elecciones presidenciales desde las de (George W.) Bush contra (Al) Gore" en 2000, que provocaron una disputa que acabó en el Tribunal Supremo, añadió Persily. El proceso demostró que el sistema de voto por correo es frágil y necesita reformas en EE.UU., un país donde no hay registro automático de votantes y donde en las últimas décadas se han impuesto múltiples trabas al...

On this Election Day, we are checking in on how healthy the election actually is. Nathaniel Persily of Stanford Law School and Charles Stewart III of MIT together run the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project. Zahavah Levine and Chelsey Davidson manage the project on the Stanford side. Together, they have supervised a collection of students who have produced 32 articles for Lawfare on election administration as part of the project. Benjamin Wittes sat down with all four of them to discuss how the election is actually going, what the rules of mail-in voting are, how litigation has affected the conduct of the vote, if we have enough poll workers and what results we can expect this evening.

We are nearing the end of the election season in the U.S. that has been anything but ordinary — the country is in the midst of a global pandemic, which has caused a seismic shift in how Americans will vote. Nearly three-quarters of American voters are eligible to receive a mail-in ballot for the 2020 election. Nathaniel Persily is one of the leaders of the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project, and he has been working very hard over the past several months to ensure that we have a free and fair election in November. In this episode, Persily weighs in on the risk of voter fraud, questions about mail-in ballots, and his work with the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project.

We are nearing the end of the election season in the U.S. that has been anything but ordinary — the country is in the midst of a global pandemic, which has caused a seismic shift in how Americans will vote. Nearly three-quarters of American voters are eligible to receive a mail-in ballot for the 2020 election. Nathaniel Persily is one of the leaders of the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project, and he has been working very hard over the past several months to ensure that we have a free and fair election in November. In this episode, Persily weighs in on the risk of voter fraud, questions about mail-in ballots, and his work with the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project.

Nathaniel Persily, a Stanford Law professor who specializes in election law, discusses his biggest concerns about the upcoming election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Julia Dudley Najieb features national and California-wide experts who have researched key concerns in the upcoming voting changes for Nov. 3, 2020. Hear more information about what's happening to the people of colors' vote: Nathaniel Persily, Healthy Elections Project, Stanford UniversityKarthick Radakrishnan, Founder and Director, AAPI DataAndrea Miller, Founder, Reclaim Our VoteTerry Ao Minnis, Senior Director of Census and Voting Programs, Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC.)

This week, we take A Brief Look at "Securing the 2020 Election During the Pandemic," a July 27 event sponsored by Stanford's Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS). In this excerpt, Nathaniel Persily--the James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at the Stanford Law School--explores the problems and solutions of holding a national election amidst a pandemic. More information on the event can be found at https://iriss.stanford.edu/events/securing-2020-election-during-pandemic. The full video recording is at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsIPDqllTFyBm5ixJendBoQ.

More needs to be done to protect against foreign interference in the 2020 U.S. election, and not just by the American government. Nathaniel Persily, co-director of the Cyber Policy Center and a senior Fellow at FSI updates us on how technology companies have changed the way they display political advertising, why other countries need to be on the lookout for disinformation campaigns, and how Americans’ attitudes toward the media could impact who becomes the next U.S. president.

More needs to be done to protect against foreign interference in the 2020 U.S. election, and not just by the American government. Nathaniel Persily, co-director of the Cyber Policy Center and a senior Fellow at FSI updates us on how technology companies have changed the way they display political advertising, why other countries need to be on the lookout for disinformation campaigns, and how Americans’ attitudes toward the media could impact who becomes the next U.S. president.

With David French, Corynne McSherry, Nathaniel Persily, and Marietje Schaake How should the world's largest social media companies respond to a pernicious online climate, including hate speech and false content posted by users? For some, the answer is clear: Take the fake and offensive content down. But for others, censorship - even by a private company - is dangerous in a time when digital platforms have become the new public square and many Americans cite Facebook and Twitter as their primary news sources. Rather than embracing European hate speech laws or developing platform-specific community standards that are sometimes seen as partisan, they argue, social media companies should voluntarily adopt the First Amendment and block content only if it violates American law. Should First Amendment doctrine govern free speech online? Or are new, more internationally focused speech policies better equipped to handle the modern challenges of regulating content and speech in the digital era?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stanford Legal with Pam Karlan & Joe Bankman: "Purging Voter Rolls with guest Nathaniel Persily" Stanford Law Professor Nathaniel Persily discusses important recent Supreme Court decisions on voting rights including one that allows Ohio to take the names of certain voters off its roles. Will this and other decisions impact one party’s voters disproportionately? Originally aired on SiriusXm on July 7, 2018. Recorded at Stanford Video.

Stanford Legal with Pam Karlan & Joe Bankman: "Purging Voter Rolls with guest Nathaniel Persily" Stanford Law Professor Nathaniel Persily discusses important recent Supreme Court decisions on voting rights including one that allows Ohio to take the names of certain voters off its roles. Will this and other decisions impact one party’s voters disproportionately? Originally aired on SiriusXm on July 7, 2018. Recorded at Stanford Video.

On May 3, the National Constitution Center hosted a traveling America’s Town Hall panel at Stanford Law School to discuss the effects of digital disinformation on democracy today. We the People host Jeffrey Rosen was joined by Elliot Schrage, Facebook’s Vice President of Communications and Public Policy, Nick Pickles, Senior Public Policy Strategist at Twitter, Juniper Downs, Global Head of Public Policy and Government Relations at YouTube,  as well as Nathaniel Persily of Stanford Law School and Larry Kramer President of the Hewlett Foundation. They discuss whether digital disinformation poses a threat, what its effect on speech, democracy, and government regulation might be, and the role of the Internet and social media in combatting disinformation. Questions or comments? We would love to hear from you. Contact the We the People team at podcast@constitutioncenter.org The Constitution Center is offering CLE credits for select America’s Town Hall programs! Get more information at constitutioncenter.org/CLE.

On May 3, the National Constitution Center hosted a traveling America’s Town Hall panel at Stanford Law School to discuss the effects of digital disinformation on democracy today. We the People host Jeffrey Rosen was joined by Elliot Schrage, Facebook’s Vice President of Communications and Public Policy, Nick Pickles, Senior Public Policy Strategist at Twitter, Juniper Downs, Global Head of Public Policy and Government Relations at YouTube,  as well as Nathaniel Persily of Stanford Law School and Larry Kramer President of the Hewlett Foundation. They discuss whether digital disinformation poses a threat, what its effect on speech, democracy, and government regulation might be, and the role of the Internet and social media in combatting disinformation. Questions or comments? We would love to hear from you. Contact the We the People team at podcast@constitutioncenter.org The Constitution Center is offering CLE credits for select America’s Town Hall programs! Get more information at constitutioncenter.org/CLE.

Stanford Legal with Pam Karlan & Joe Bankman : "Fake news w/ guests Nathaniel Persily & Deepa Seetharaman" Stanford Law Professor Nathaniel Persily shares his expertise on American election law and what can be done to combat the Fake News problem. Reporter Deepa Seetharaman covers Facebook and other social media sites for The Wall Street Journal. She discusses some of her insights on how fabricated news stories are created and spread over online platforms. Originally aired on SiriusXM on February 17, 2018. Recorded at Stanford Video.

Stanford Legal with Pam Karlan & Joe Bankman : "Fake news w/ guests Nathaniel Persily & Deepa Seetharaman" Stanford Law Professor Nathaniel Persily shares his expertise on American election law and what can be done to combat the Fake News problem. Reporter Deepa Seetharaman covers Facebook and other social media sites for The Wall Street Journal. She discusses some of her insights on how fabricated news stories are created and spread over online platforms. Originally aired on SiriusXM on February 17, 2018. Recorded at Stanford Video.

The Internet was once seen as a democratizing force, but today social media platforms have become exploitable intermediaries of political discourse. How should governments, institutions and tech companies respond? In the wake of an Internet-mediated and norm-breaking 
election, we've asked one of the United States' premier election law experts to speak for us about what comes next. Author and Stanford Law professor Nathaniel Persily focuses on the law of democracy, addressing issues such as voting rights, political parties, campaign finance and redistricting. A sought-after nonpartisan voice in voting rights, he has served as a court-appointed expert to draw legislative districting plans for Georgia, Maryland and New York and as special master for the redistricting of Connecticut’s congressional districts. His other principal area of scholarly interest concerns American public opinion toward various constitutional controversies. Persily designed the Constitutional Attitudes Survey, a national public opinion poll executed in both 02009 and 02010. The survey includes an array of questions concerning attitudes toward the Supreme Court, constitutional interpretation and specific constitutional controversies. He also served on the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, a bipartisan commission created by President Obama to deal with the long lines at the polling place and other administrative problems witnessed in the 02012 election.

Domecast, The News & Observer's weekly podcast on government and politics in North Carolina, is ready for the weekend of Nov. 4 and 5, 2017. We welcome reporter Taylor Knopf of N.C. Health News, who explains the connection between North Carolina's foster care system and the opioid epidemic. This week, judges refused to let state lawmakers make a third attempt to draw the districts that elect them. Instead, they named Nathaniel Persily, a Stanford law professor, to review state House and Senate districts in Guilford, Hoke, Cumberland, Wake and Mecklenburg counties. On our reporter panel, we discuss what the appointment means for the 2018 elections. And we go over the numbers on how much time lawmakers are spending in Raleigh and how productive they have been while here. As always, we also pick a Headliner of the Week. Jordan Schrader of The News & Observer hosts, with Andy Specht of the N&O and Colin Campbell and Lauren Horsch of the N.C. Insider. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

(Bloomberg) -- Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, and Nathaniel Persily, a professor at Stanford Law School, discuss a Supreme Court decision, which reinstated disputed congressional and state voting maps in Texas, and blocks two lower court rulings that said the re-drawn district lines were the result of racial discrimination. They speak with June Grasso and Greg Stohr on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg Law." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

(Bloomberg) -- Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, and Nathaniel Persily, a professor at Stanford Law School, discuss a Supreme Court decision, which reinstated disputed congressional and state voting maps in Texas, and blocks two lower court rulings that said the re-drawn district lines were the result of racial discrimination. They speak with June Grasso and Greg Stohr on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg Law."