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is a reporter at Mother Jones covering internet disinformation. His writing on technology, race, politics, and other topics has appeared in The Guardian, Vice and on NPR and CNN’s websites.

is a comedy youtuber, who formerly worked as a software engineer in Silicon Valley.

Over the past few years he has has become well known for his reaction videos towards channels, including 5-Minute Crafts, Troom Troom, BRIGHT SIDE and animated storytime channels, like Share My Story and ACTUALLY HAPPENED, in which he highlights concerns around the content and the use of youtube as a platform.

Lisa Kaplan founded Alethea Group to help organizations navigate the new digital reality and protect themselves against disinformation. Kaplan served as digital director for Senator Angus King’s 2018, where she designed and executed a strategy to identify, understand, and respond to disinformation. She is one of the few people who has firsthand experience combating disinformation on the campaign trail. Previously, she consulted with PwC to the State Department, and served a US Senate aide.

Kaplan has briefed US, NATO, EU, and G-7 policy makers and officials on disinformation. She writes for the and, and frequently appears in the press, including the,, ´óÏó´«Ã½,,, and. Kaplan is a graduate of Colby College.

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Franziska Barbara Keller is an Assistant Professor at , and a Faculty Associate at its , specializing in Comparative Politics and Social Network Analysis (SNA). 

Her research focuses on authoritarian regimes, why some elites become part of the inner circle while others get purged, and more recently, she have become interested in examining political astroturfing (hidden propaganda campaigns) on social media. 

Her research has appeared in , the , in , and is forthcoming in the Political Studies and the Journal of Intercultural Studies. She also co-authored a and contributed to the .

Ashley Martin is the Public Health Adviser for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). RoSPA is a leading safety charity that has been giving advice, education and training aimed at preventing accidents for over 100 years. Ashley is responsible for advising on home safety policy, working with the public, national and local government, the health service, business and charity sectors and other safety organisations. He manages a range of programmes aimed at raising awareness of home and product safety among all age groups. He joined RoSPA in 2009, after over 20 years in injury prevention and public health in local government.

Craig Radow is the Vice President of Global Publicity, Communications & Brand Marketing at TheSoul Publishing. A global media company that has dozens of Youtube channels that make viral content including craft, cooking and life hacks, as well as riddles, animated stories and other forms of entertainment content created for various social media platforms.