Mon, Sept 28 @6:30PM - Disinformation Campaigns

On Monday, September 28 at 6:30 PM, we will hold an online-only club meeting.  Our speaker will be Paul Harding, on our vulnerabilities to disinformation and misinformation campaigns.

 

In particular, Paul will discuss polarization and the emotions it causes (and the vulnerabilities that it creates), especially in an election year.  He will explore what Putin sees when he looks to the West, and what he and his regime did to Russia and its information environment, then to Ukraine and in Syria, then onto 2015 and the escalation to the core Western countries that were vulnerable, especially during the 2016 election. He will also address Russia's aims, and their “successes”, as well as the adoption of disinformation tactics by domestic actors, including people in government. Finally, he will tackle at the Covid Infodemic, and how the Chinese joined the game in 2020. Paul ends with some tips and suggestions on what we can do to fight back against disinformation. 

 

  

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Paul spent 13 years in Beijing, China, where he co-founded Zihua Creative - an online learning platform and database that grew to become China’s largest platform for creative tech skills training. At Zihua, Paul led the content and production teams. He also previously worked as Executive Producer for the US State Department-China Govt.-supported Booey Lehoo charity concert. His writing has been published in The Diplomat & Newsweek (Jpn). Paul consulted with senior leadership at several Chinese state-owned enterprises and banks, and taught for two UK Universities on their pre-Master’s Programmes in Beijing. He is currently an honorary associate at Jesus College's Intellectual Forum at the University of Cambridge, where he runs Cambridge Global Conversations - an outreach initiative that covers areas of global interest that lie beyond the abilities of any single or collection of nation states to manage. Paul also serves as a Senior Advisor to an Ethics Foundation.  

 

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