Army of Liars - Edwards, Andrew V
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Army of Liars makes the case that the government has failed to understand or control social media companies leading to a destructive rise in disinformation so harmful that it threatens the very existence of rational discourse and liberal democracy in general. Social media companies, largely free from the regulations governing all other forms of publishing, rake in big profits and have unleashed an army of liars on the public, and we all are paying the price. In the book the author will make the connection between science deniers and the technology that drives their digital narratives. He also…mehr

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Army of Liars makes the case that the government has failed to understand or control social media companies leading to a destructive rise in disinformation so harmful that it threatens the very existence of rational discourse and liberal democracy in general. Social media companies, largely free from the regulations governing all other forms of publishing, rake in big profits and have unleashed an army of liars on the public, and we all are paying the price. In the book the author will make the connection between science deniers and the technology that drives their digital narratives. He also will also illuminate the kind of cynical manipulators who target vulnerable American populations for the sole purpose of sowing hatred for fellow citizens. The author argues that a relatively obscure law - Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act - is largely to blame and should be abolished. The author offers additional solutions including the possibility of an "engagement tax" that could finance the fight against disinformation and renewed support of traditional, fact-checked journalism.
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Autorenporträt
Andrew V. Edwards is an author, technologist, entrepreneur, perennial iconoclast, and visual artist residing in New York's Hudson Valley. He is the author of Digital is Destroying Everything and dozens of articles about digital marketing for ClickZ, the world's largest online source of marketing advice and information. He has also published fiction and had a play produced in New York's East Village. His prizewinning paintings have been exhibited nationally. He is a Co-founder and Director Emeritus of the Digital Analytics Association. In the 1990s Andrew designed and built some of the very first websites, and ran Renaissance Multimedia, one of the first interactive agencies in New York City. He went on to found Technology Leaders, one of the first consulting companies devoted to digital audience measurement, with clients that included The Coca-Cola Company, Century 21, and Priceline.