Top Stanford researcher smeared as a 'CIA censorship supervillain'

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On the internet, a top Stanford researcher has been smeared as a censorship supervillain, whose goal is to silence free speech. People claim she is responsible for deleting 22 million tweets and working for the CIA. None of this is true. It is all part of an elaborate conspiracy cooked up by the far right, which made its ways to the halls of congress. Now, former Stanford Internet Observatory research manager Renée DiResta is speaking out about what it's like to monitor disinformation about yourself, and how anyone can become the subject of these dangerous hate and disinformation campaigns. Later, I talk about my latest story about how Biden is struggling to garner the support of Gen Z influencers, the surgeon general’s campaign to put warning labels on social media, Logan Paul’s Trump interview, TikTok’s new AI-generated ads, and whether content creators are going broke. 00:00 Intro 00:09 What's up next on Power User 00:31 Who is Renee DiResta? 01:28 The beginnings of the rumor 03:50 Why do people think she's a CIA agent? 06:12 The right wing media's role 07:05 How the spread of misinfo affected Renee 09:01 How platforms like Twitter played a role 09:48 How the smear campaign spread to Congress 11:46 Why try to bring down the Stanford Internet Observatory? 13:20 The research done at Stanford and current state of the Observatory 14:01 Filter bubbles 15:14 The 2024 election 17:15 Fighting back against online disinformation 19:01 Why you should feed the trolls 19:43 Taylor and Producer Zach Mack chat over the news 19:48 Taylor's story on influencers turning against Biden 22:28 Trump x Logan Paul 24:35 Why the far-right excels on social media 25:54 TikTok's new AI Avatars 29:39 Are content creators going broke? 33:35 The surgeon general's BS social media warning plan Order Renee's new book, Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality: https://www.reneediresta.com/books Follow me: https://www.instagram.com/taylorlorenz https://www.instagram.com/poweruserpod/ https://www.tiktok.com/@taylorlorenz Follow Power User on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/power-user-with-taylor-lorenz/id1733535260 Follow Power User on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5iganPXXEoTDB9lIQzY7Fh #tech #technology #news #technews #tiktok #creatoreconomy #ai #memes #meme #brainrot #podcast #artificialintelligence #twitter #youtube #commentary #chat #podcast #celebs #celebrity #celebnews #meta #facebook #titok #mrbeast #popculture #language #words #etymology