Inside the bizarre world of internet trolls and propagandists | Andrew Marantz

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Published 2019-10-01

Journalist Andrew Marantz spent three years embedded in the world of internet trolls and social media propagandists, seeking out the people who are propelling fringe talking points into the heart of conversation online and trying to understand how they're making their ideas spread. Go down the rabbit hole of online propaganda and misinformation -- and learn we can start to make the internet less toxic.

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All Comments (21)

@danstenger1 4 years ago

Yuppp, calling it right now, comments are probably going to get turned off on this one...
@Rhygenix 4 years ago

Wow a propagandist pretending not to be
@emilys_gardens 1 year ago

these comments make me want to cry and laugh all at the same time. The trolls really came out of their caves for this video, and I mean the passive-aggressive and circular logic comments just go on and on. It's genuinely hilarious!
@FINALB 4 years ago

This presentation for sure attracted the trolls. They really want to disapprove what he said.
@phils.4719 4 years ago

Hold up there Mr Marantz, this is the problem with modern journalism. When you open that the NY Bomber "was an American citizen", well yes, that's true, but he is ALSO an immigrant from Afghanistan. You conveniently leave that out, especially when you claim the "conspiracy theorist" from California used him as a case against immigration. Well, I would say zero for you, one for the "conspiracy theorist". Next time learn to code if you can't learn to journalism.
@KnowArt 4 years ago

Think for yourself except on x, y and z.
@AdrianTechWizard 4 years ago

"Let's make decency cool again", I'll start by characterising my opposition as fasc1sts. Cognitive Dissonance in the form of a TED talk.
@trybunt 4 years ago

Comments section: Disagreements intensify
@canaryimpulse989 4 years ago

Nice seeing you in the comments while it lasts.
@MandenTV 4 years ago

"Think for yourself. Except for this, this and this!"
@dreamingwolf8382 4 years ago

The irony that TedTalks has an episode of propaganda is palpable.
@matheusdeglan1258 4 years ago

only 3 years? pffffff let me do this talk for you
@einzelwolf3437 4 years ago

So we looked at the data
@Paulinhox88 4 years ago

Let me start by condemning the subject of my research!
@sporasparel5032 4 years ago

EVERY👏🏻 SINGLE👏🏻TIME👏🏻
@Paul_Marek 4 years ago

What an ironic title for this talk.
@damnson7046 4 years ago

Useless Media Man Tells Useless Media Men Why They're Losing, Gets It Wrong
@Lunareon 4 years ago

This is an important topic, which should be taught and discussed at schools, as a part of media literacy.
@TrolololololololoMan 4 years ago

This emotional algorithm thing is identical to marketing. Bad fame is still a fame, which provides money.
@nnnnnn496 4 years ago

Typing SKEPTICISM is like playing ping pong on your keyboard. Try it.