A Surgeon General Warning, The Disinformation Battle and The Rise of CryptoPACs

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The Surgeon General is looking for warning labels on social media platforms: Should Congress give his proposal a like? Then, former Stanford researcher Renée DiResta joins us to speak about her new e book on fashionable propaganda and whether or not we’re dropping the conflict towards disinformation. And lastly, the Times reporter David Yaffe-Bellany stops by to inform us how crypto might reshape the 2024 elections.

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“Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton and produced by Davis Land and Rachel Cohn. The present is edited by Jen Poyant. Engineering by Alyssa Moxley and unique music by Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto Fact-checking by Caitlin Love.

Special because of Paula Szuchman, Pui-Wing Tam, Nell Gallogly, Kate LoPresti and Jeffrey Miranda.