One Idaho librarian's fight against disinformation
Disinformation online can be confusing, especially for our kids. One local librarian is fighting against it.
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11 Mar 2024
FILE - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 23, 2019. Meta's Oversight Board said Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, that it is urging the company to clarify its approach to manipulated media so its platforms can better beat back the expected flood of online election disinformation this year. The recommendations come after the board reviewed an altered video of President Joe Biden that was misleading but didn't violate the company's policies. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)(Andrew Harnik/AP / AP)
Who would ever think that a library would be involved in a Homeland Security initiative? That question comes from Elizabeth Ramsey, a librarian at Boise State University's Albertsons Library and the head of the “Disinfo Squad.”
It's a group that works to dispel disinformation online and Ramsey helped to put it together. She sat down with Morning Edition host George Prentice to talk about the never-ending pushback against disinformation.
