{"id":3040,"date":"2021-05-17T17:15:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T22:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/singularityumexicosummit.com\/fbl13-renee-diresta-hacking-elections-misinformation\/"},"modified":"2021-05-17T17:15:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T22:15:48","slug":"fbl13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/singularityumexico.com\/en\/fbl13\/","title":{"rendered":"Renee DiResta &#8211; Hacking Elections &#038; Misinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week our guest is Renee DiResta, <em>the technical research manager at the<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/cyber.fsi.stanford.edu\/io\/content\/io-landing-page-2\"><em> <\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/cyber.fsi.stanford.edu\/io\"><u><em>Stanford Internet Observatory<\/em><\/u><\/a><em>, a cross-disciplinary team exploring the abuse of our current information technologies. 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