Global Disinformation vs. Democracy—Confronting the Existential Threat

his event will be moderated by Vivian Schiller, Executive Director of Aspen Digital, and Shawn Powers, Chief Strategy Officer for USAGM, and will focus on the rapid evolution of disinformation in the digital age, and how it is impacting democracy around the world.  

Panelists 

PETER POMERANTSEV 

Author, “This is Not Propaganda – Adventures in the War Against Reality” 

Institute of Global Affairs, London School of Economics 

MARIA RESSA 

Co-founder & CEO, Rappler 

Veteran CNN Lead Investigative Reporter in Southeast Asia 

DAISY SINDELAR 

Vice President & Editor in Chief 

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) 

NARESH FERNANDES 

Editor, Scroll.in 

Former Editor-in-Chief, Time Out India 

Closing Remarks 

CHRISTOPHER KREBS 

Former Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 

U.S. Department of Homeland Security 

Senior Newmark Fellow in Cybersecurity Policy, Aspen Digital