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Want to Protect the Information Environment? Change How It’s Studied
Data access alone isn’t enough to address disinformation—research on the information environment must be accelerated through shared engineering infrastructure.
About the Author
Senior Fellow, Technology and International Affairs, Director, Information Environment Project
Alicia is the director of the Information Environment Project and the author of The Information Animal: Humans, Technology and the Competition for Reality. Alicia was a technical advisor to the Aspen Institute’s Commission on Information Disorder and is a founding member of its Global Cybersecurity Group.
- Carney’s Remarkable Message to Middle PowersQ&A
- We Now Know What Caused the AWS Outage. That’s Not the Most Important Takeaway.Commentary
Alicia Wanless
Recent Work
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
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