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This episode was recorded at the Fake News Horror Show, an event NYC Media Lab hosted on June 7th and 8th, 2018 to explore the problems of propaganda and misinformation. Clint Watts, a former FBI Special Agent, U.S. Army officer and leading cyber-security expert, gave a keynote presentation on his recently published book, Messing with the Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News.

This discussion was recorded at Machines+Media 2018. While discussion of potential new regulations for technology companies is somewhat muted in the United States, it is raging in the UK and Europe. While many observers agree more transparency and accountability for the platforms is desirable, new rules could have unintended consequences. What are the parameters for healthy regulation? Panelists included Paul Barrett, NYU Center for Business and Human Rights; Kevin Carty, Open Markets Institute; Nicholas Thompson, WIRED; and Claire Wardle, Shorenstein Center. Justin Hendrix, Executive Director of NYC Media Lab moderated the discussion.

On April 23rd, 2018, betaworks CEO John Borthwick hosted a discussion on how regulation could fix Facebook with author Andrew Keen, WIRED journalist Jessi Hempel and early Facebook investor Roger McNamee.