There Are No Girls on the Internet

DISINFORMED: What Vanessa Guillen can teach us about disinformation

A few weeks ago, we spoke to Meghna Mahadevan, Chief Disinformation Defense Strategist at United We Dream, the country’s largest immigrant youth led organization, about how bad actors inflame existing tensions between communities to spread chaos and distrust. The tragic death of Mexican American soldier Vanessa Guillen is a good example. On this ep, we’ll revisit her story and how it was used to fuel hateful distortions online. Listen to Meghna’s full episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/there-are-no-girls-on-the-internet/id1520715907?i=1000510395461 More about the Latino Disinfo Lab: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/liberal-groups-launch-latino-anti-disinformation-lab-combat-covid-election-n1258144 Questions? Comments? Just wanna say hi? Hello@Tangoti.com If you wanna help us grow please rate and review on Apple Podcasts and don’t forget to subscribe (it really does help!) Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Marginalized voices have always been at the forefront of the internet, yet our stories often go overlooked. Bridget Todd chronicles our experiences online, and the ways marginalized voices have shaped the internet from the very beginning. We need monuments to all of the identities that make being online what it is. So let’s build them.