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Regulating Digital
Mis/Disinformation
As the
world has learned in recent years, online misinformation and
disinformation pose grave
threats to the integrity of our elections and the
stability of our democracy. Unlike other countries, however, the US
has largely failed to address gaps in its political advertising laws
and regulations. In a new Roosevelt report, Anya
Schiffrin—director of the technology, media, and
communications specialization at Columbia University’s School of
International and Public Affairs—offers a path forward. Building on
the work
of former FEC Commissioner Ann Ravel, Schiffrin
proposes six solutions for regulation by government and
self-regulation by the social platforms themselves: from disclosure of
online political advertising to rules against
microtargeting. Read
more.
A Women-Centered Recovery
Agenda
Insufficient paid leave and
childcare policies have exacerbated the challenges of school closures
and partial reopenings during this pandemic—and, consequently, women
have been forced to leave the workforce disproportionately. To prevent
increased gender inequality in the long term, Roosevelt’s Suzanne Kahn
argues in Ms. Magazine, we need “a new agenda that both helps
compensate women for the work they do while out of the workforce
during the pandemic and helps women reenter the workforce at the end .
. .” Learn
more.
A Civilian Conservation
Corps for Forest Management
“While the daunting nature of
climate change and intensification of wildfires can cause us to feel
helpless, there are pathways forward. A new Civilian Conservation
Corps (CCC) could stimulate the economy, provide work to unemployed
and underemployed folks, and help significantly reduce wildfire
damages in the Western US,” Roosevelt Fellow Mark Paul and the
Breakthrough Institute’s Zeke Hausfather write in an op-ed for The
Hill. “The best part? There’s bipartisan support for the revival
of the CCC. Recent polling
finds 75 percent of likely voters support a new CCC,
including 74 percent of Republicans.” Read
on.
Join the
Conversation
On Tuesday, October 6, at 2:00 p.m.
ET, join Stacey Abrams—SEAP
Co-Founder and Executive Director—and Open
Society-U.S. Executive Director Tom Perriello for
a webinar conversation covering what a progressive Southern strategy
for an equitable recovery would look like. Register
now.
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