Speaker Series: Facts and other lies with Ed Coper
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Join Ed Coper in a discussion about his new book Facts and other lies – an exploration of fake news and disinformation in its historical context. Why is disinformation so potent and hard to stop, and what we can do to help prevent its proliferation in Australia?
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ed Coper is a leading communications expert and was on the front lines when the internet collided with democracy, growing Australia's first online political movement GetUp to quickly amass more members than every political party combined. He powered Change.org's global expansion into over eighteen countries and pioneered techniques to bring politics into the digital age and has been behind the scenes of many of the last decade's most prominent social movements.