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DIGITAL DISINFORMATION AND DEMOCRACY NCG/Bay Area Democracy Funders May, 2018 Madison Initiative

M A D I S O N I N I T I A T I V E Uphold key values Strengthen Improve Combat digital and norms of Congress as campaigns & disinformation democracy an institution elections

What can be done to reduce the amount of polarizing, inaccurate content online?

Features of Social MediaHow No gatekeepers Media fragmentation and overload Personalization and microtargeting Bots and artificial amplification

SHORT-TERM INDICATORS 1. Establishment of a learning community 2. Clearer definition of the problem(s) 3. Preliminary answers to key questions 4. Access to platform data

F A C E B O O K D A T A / R E S E A R C H PA R T N E R S H I P : E L E C T I O N S A N D D E M O C R A C Y Partnership between

A P P E N D I X

F A C E B O O K R E S E A R C H PA R T N E R S H I P : M E T R I C S 1. Project Administration and Transparency 2. Project Breadth and Diversity 3. Data Access and Privacy 4. Insights and Importance of Findings 5. Research Practicality, Platform Adoption impact representativeness/diversity

UPSTREAM Journalism MIDSTREAM Platforms DOWNSTREAM Audiences

M A N Y U N A N S W E R E D Q U E S T I O N S Legal/ Explanatory Experimental Philosophical Questions Questions Questions