Issue One’s National Council on Election Integrity presents its second event of our 2021 Speaker Series on strengthening our elections, “Disinformation in our Democracy: The 2020 Election, Current Threats, and the Path Forward.”

The 2020 election was the most secure in American history. Despite a once-in-a-lifetime global pandemic, voters turned out in a way our country hasn’t seen in over a century. At the same time, disinformation spread by politicians and foreign actors flourished online, sowing division and distrust in our democratic system. Following months of false claims that the election was rigged and fraudulent, a violent mob of Americans stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, disrupting a joint session of Congress to count the Electoral College votes and bringing our republic to the brink.

As we continue to grapple with how we got here and the ways in which disinformation has infected public trust in government and our elections, we must also examine the latest trends and actors, and the impact complex disinformation campaigns are continuing to have in our country.

Please join us for a robust discussion with leading experts about these root causes and the bold solutions our government and corporations can take to combat the growing threat that disinformation presents to our way of life.

Panelists:

Vanessa Cárdenas - President, CardenasStrategies, LLC

Chloe Colliver - Head of Digital Policy and Strategy, Institute for Strategic Dialogue

Gordon Crovitz - Co-Founder and Co-CEO of NewsGuard

Ben Scott - Executive Director, Reset and Policy & Advocacy Advisor, Luminate

Nick Penniman (Moderator) - CEO and Founder of Issue One