The prob­lem of misin­form­a­tion on social media has ballooned over the last few years, espe­cially in rela­tion to elec­tions. The result has been further polar­iz­a­tion of our already divided coun­try. There has been a bois­ter­ous debate about the de-plat­form­ing of former pres­id­ent Donald Trump, but how else are social media compan­ies able to combat those delib­er­ately spread­ing false inform­a­tion? How do we control this false speech while protect­ing the First Amend­ment — and our demo­cracy?

Join us for a live discus­sion with one of the coun­try’s lead­ing experts on elec­tion law, Richard L. Hasen, author of the upcom­ing book Cheap Speech: How Disin­form­a­tion Pois­ons Our Polit­ics — and How to Cure It, and Genevieve Lakier of the Knight First Amend­ment Insti­tute at Columbia Univer­sity for a look into how social media compan­ies can solve this prob­lem without shut­ting down the essen­tial free flow of ideas and opin­ions.

Speak­ers:

• Richard L. Hasen, Chan­cel­lor’s Professor of Law and Polit­ical Science, UC Irvine School of Law; Author, Cheap Speech: How Disin­form­a­tion Pois­ons Our Polit­ics — and How to Cure It
• Moder­ator: Genevieve Lakier, Professor of Law at the Univer­sity of Chicago Law School ; Senior Visit­ing Research Scholar, Knight First Amend­ment Insti­tute at Columbia Univer­sity

This event is presented by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law.

Event time is 6-7 p.m. ET, 5-6 p.m. CT

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