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This week on The Vergecast’s interview series, Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel and policy reporter Makena Kelly sit down with Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) who is currently running for president.
Before heading into the studio, Bennet put out Dividing America: How Russia Hacked Social Media and Democracy, a book describing how Russian intelligence agents used social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Reddit to sow discord and meddle in the 2016 presidential election. According to Bennet, Russia and other foreign entities are prepared to wreak havoc in 2020’s election cycle as well.
Hear Bennet discuss how memes are ruining democracy and what we can do to repair it. Is the solution sanctions? More rules of the road for…