S1 Ep17: Philip N. Howard - Lie Machines: How to Save Democracy from Troll Armies, Deceitful Robots, Junk News Operations, and Political Operatives

Philip N. Howard is the Director of the Oxford Internet Institute and a Professor of Internet Studies at Balliol College at the University of Oxford. He investigates the impact of digital media on political life around the world. In this episode we ask, can countries defend against attack by cyber-bots or will democracy be sentenced to death by a thousand keystrokes in the wrong hands?

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