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Russian Election Interference Effectiveness

Dec 19, 202242 min
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Episode description

There were reports of Russia's interference in the 2016 US elections. In today's episode, Koustuv Saha, a researcher at Microsoft Research walks us through the effect of targeted ads for political campaigns. Using practical examples, he discusses how targeted ads can propagate fake news, its ripple effects on electioneering, and how to find a sweet spot with targeted ads.

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