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URL:https://www.yaleclub.de/events/combating-extremism-polarization-and-an
 ti-democratic-behavior-on-and-offline/
SUMMARY:Democracy's Cyber Defendant / Polarization\, Elections\, and AI
DESCRIPTION:An Evening with Yael Eisenstat\nTech and Democracy Activist (an
 d Facebook Whistleblower)\nAdmission is free\, registration is requested. 
 You can register HERE\n\nIf you cannot be with us in person\, you can foll
 ow live via YouTube.\nIn 2018\, Yaël Eisenstat joined Facebook as the h
 ead of Global Elections Integrity for political ads. Six months later\, sh
 e left\, angry and disillusioned\, exposing how Facebook profits financial
 ly from voter manipulation. In her talk she will be addressing the outsize
 d and worrisome role that social media and artificial intelligence play in
  politics\, both in the United States and around the world.\nThe evidence 
 was revealing and disturbing. Facebook allowed political ads and disinform
 ation campaigns to influence the votes of millions of citizens\, all the w
 hile scraping more data from the citizens they were targeting.  These pro
 blems and others—like Russian meddling and the troubling rise of “veri
 fied” posts—clashed with Eisenstat’s ethics.\nBefore joining Faceboo
 k\, she had worked for years to strengthen and defend democracy—as an in
 telligence officer at the CIA\, a diplomat at the State Department and a W
 hite House advisor.\nEisentat is now a Senior Fellow at Cybersecurity for 
 Democracy\, working on policy solutions for how social media\, AI-powered 
 algorithms and generative AI affect political discourse\, polarization and
  democracy. She has worked at the Anti-Defamation League as their Director
  of the Center for Tech and Society\, published at the world’s most esta
 blished media outlets\, and delivered TedTalks and keynotes across the g
 lobe.\nYaël Eisenstat describes herself as someone who goes into the bell
 y of the beast seeking to initiate lasting change. While that change is so
 metimes slow to come\, Eisenstat remains hopeful\, if wary. She will share
  insights into how she combines her professional positions with being an o
 utspoken advocate for the state of democracy: both on and offline. This ye
 ar\, more than half the world’s population heads to the ballot box in de
 mocratic elections\, providing the perfect opportunity to examine how we c
 ould change the cybersphere to benefit\, rather than hinder\, the democrat
 ic process\n​Moderator Richard Gutjahr is one of Germany's most renowne
 d and influential journalists. For 20 years\, he worked as a reporter and 
 presenter for ARD/ZDF\, both in front of and behind the camera\, covering 
 conflicts and crises around the world. His travels frequently took him to 
 the Silicon Valley\, where he early on published his insights through vari
 ous blogs\, podcasts\, and books. As a lecturer\, he teaches journalism in
  Germany\, Austria\, Switzerland\, and the United States. Gutjahr has rece
 ived numerous national and international awards for his outstanding work.\
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CATEGORIES:Munich,Munich Dialogues on Democracy,var. locations,virtual
LOCATION:Amerikahaus Munich\, Karolinenplatz 3\, Munich\, 80333\, Germany
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