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Caolan Robertson - Part 3 of 3. What Next? A Conversation about Addressing ‘Fake News’ in the Future

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The final conversation with Caolan is a conversation about solutions, and about the future. Caolan has a unique perspective on how the right-wing media operates and what has made it so successful, in this episode we discuss the complexity of working to address disinformation, ‘fake news’ and hate speech online. This episode looks at what Caolan is working on right now, and what he thinks may be effective in responding to and weakening right-wing narrative manipulation occurring in South Africa.

Caolan Robertson: Former Far-Right Movie Producer, Currently Director at ByLine Times
Adam Armstrong: Project Head - Digital Narrative Manipulation, Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change
8 Dec 2020 English South Africa Politics

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