Prof Phil Howard & Nicola Aitken in conversation: "Lie machines: misinformation in a Post-COVID world"

In the age of COVID-19, the lie machine is working to undermine trust in institutions like the World Health Organization.

They are pushing a narrative that scientists and experts should not be trusted. And this has worrying implications for global health.

Join us online as Professor Phil Howard, author of ‘Lie Machines: How to Save Democracy from Troll Armies, Deceitful Robots, Junk News Operations, and Political Operatives’ and Nicola Aitken, Policy Manager at Full Fact, discuss the implications, power and effectiveness of these lie machines and how we can utilise them or shut them down.

To register and watch this talk live: www.crowdcast.io/e/lie_machines

Date: 6 July 2020, 17:00 (Monday, 11th week, Trinity 2020)
Venue: Virtual Event
Speakers: Prof. Phil Howard (University of Oxford), Nicola Aitken (Full Fact)
Organising department: Oxford Martin School
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: events@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Oxford Martin School Virtual Series: Building back better - lessons and opportunities from the COVID-19 pandemic
Booking required?: Recommended
Booking url: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/lie_machines/register
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
This talk features in the following public collections:
- Talks of Interest to Medical Sciences
- Talks of interest to Oxford Ethics and Humanities
Editors: Clara Bowyer, Hannah Mitchell