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How misinformation poses a threat to democracy

How misinformation poses a threat to democracy

The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman

March 26, 202128m 47s

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Show Notes

Anne Applebaum is a staff writer for The Atlantic, a former columnist for the Washington Post and a Pulitzer-prize winning historian. Her latest book is Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism, in which she explores why people, including former friends of hers, are drawn to strongmen and nationalist movements.

On this Vermont Conversation, she discusses her recent articles about how social media poses a threat to democracy, how and why Russia interferes in US elections, and what should be done about it, and how to deal with insurrectionists who live among us.