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This is part of a longer event, available to view at https://youtu.be/6SieMTOLG_c Nina Jankowicz studies the intersection of democracy and technology in Central and Eastern Europe. She is currently a disinformation fellow at the Wilson Center’s Science and Technology Innovation Program. Jankowicz is the author of How To Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict. Her writing has been p....

Nicholas A. Valentino, University of Michigan State-level policies that make it harder for citizens to legally cast ballots have proliferated over the past decade, especially in the wake of Donald Trump’s election denials after his 2020 defeat. This study examines the role of outgroup empathy as a potential driver of support for restrictive voting laws and voter suppression efforts. Evidence from two national surv....

Right now, the race is on between new Covid-19 variants and vaccinations. If we can get enough people vaccinated fast enough, there’s a chance we could end this pandemic before the summer is out. And yet, there has been serious disinformation about how bad this virus is ever since the pandemic hit our shores. By and large, this disinformation has come from Republican politicians, most notably, from former President....