David Rothschild, Economist at Microsoft Research: what was his role in the Shadow-Banning planning phase?

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"Changing whether, and how, people encounter disinformation is another area where research is needed. Interventions might involve identifying pieces of disinformation, or identifying problematic accounts, and either warning people or algorithmically reducing the visibility of disinformation"

“How elites react to the public’s interactions, or perceived interactions, with disinformation”

“Can we develop protocols to identify people?”

“What do we know about the extent to which people use the same handles across platforms? Has anyone tried to collect this data by the scraping method?”

“give the platforms data that could be used in algorithms to reduce the visibility of sources with a record of spreading disinformation.”

“How do you identify and measure “toxic behavior” (assuming that toxic behavior does influence social change)?”

"who could best do this “infrastructure” work … RAND Corporation … Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center’s First Draft Project… "

" the Ford Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation convened a group of more than 50 scholars, think tank leaders, funders, and platform representatives to brainstorm key research questions and steps to address these concerns"

The above are not quotes attributed to Rothschild, they come from the Conference noted above (that he was a part of). Read more here:

https://hewlett.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Whats-Next-for-Digital-Disinformation-A-Research-Roadmap.pdf