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: Yes I'm worried about that perception but you know all you can do is do a good job so people can see the results and that builds trust. I don't think there's some magic way to build trust other than actually doing a good job. Have you talked to Scarlett Johansson? Host: She's my background. I know she's in the background and I mentioned different things and she had no idea what I was talking about. Because you're so focused on your work you say you work under a rock right? : Yes I'm very focused on my work but I also grew up in Albania and the Balkan countries so I wasn't exposed to American pop culture.
Host: But you're not paying attention right now. we'll japan cell phone number take questions from the audience. Three new studies suggest the problem of online disinformation is smaller than we thought disinformation itself is less effective. One study found that we're dealing with a demand side problem where people will seek out conspiracy theories whether it's on the radio, social media, whatever. Others have suggested that this is a very big problem. Obviously you've heard the discussion earlier that a lot of people have a lot of conspiracy theories and that's driven in large part by social media.
So what keeps you up at night when you think about the power of disinformation and the upcoming presidential election? What's the worst-case scenario and the most likely negative outcome from your perspective? : The existing systems are very persuasive and can influence the way you think and your beliefs. This is something we've been looking at for a while and I do think it's a real problem. Particularly over the past year we've been very focused on how we can help the integrity of elections. We're doing a couple of things. First, we're doing everything we can to prevent abuse, including improving the accuracy of political information detection, understanding what's going on on the platform and taking quick action.
Host: But you're not paying attention right now. we'll japan cell phone number take questions from the audience. Three new studies suggest the problem of online disinformation is smaller than we thought disinformation itself is less effective. One study found that we're dealing with a demand side problem where people will seek out conspiracy theories whether it's on the radio, social media, whatever. Others have suggested that this is a very big problem. Obviously you've heard the discussion earlier that a lot of people have a lot of conspiracy theories and that's driven in large part by social media.
So what keeps you up at night when you think about the power of disinformation and the upcoming presidential election? What's the worst-case scenario and the most likely negative outcome from your perspective? : The existing systems are very persuasive and can influence the way you think and your beliefs. This is something we've been looking at for a while and I do think it's a real problem. Particularly over the past year we've been very focused on how we can help the integrity of elections. We're doing a couple of things. First, we're doing everything we can to prevent abuse, including improving the accuracy of political information detection, understanding what's going on on the platform and taking quick action.