Peter Pomerantsev & Marianna Spring: Trial by Misinformation

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Peter Pomerantsev will now be appearing remotely.

Two titanic voices in the analysis of booming misinformation and conspiracy theories – Peter Pomerantsev, author of How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler, and Marianna Spring, Among the Trolls: My Journey Through Conspiracyland, come together for an essential summit on one of the great dangers of our time, in conversation with Maddison Connaughton.

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