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   Former president Barack Obama will speak Thursday at a Stanford   
   University forum on media disinformation alongside a group of   
   allies linked to fake news scandals, including his former aide   
   Ben Rhodes.   
      
   Obama will give the keynote speech at the symposium as part of   
   his personal crusade to fight disinformation in the digital   
   domain. He announced this week that the Obama Foundation will   
   work with experts to combat disinformation, which he said poses   
   "real challenges" for democracy. Obama reportedly joined the   
   fight after discussions with Apple heiress Laurene Powell Jobs,   
   who has funded a network of fake local news sites that push   
   Democratic talking points.   
      
   Obama's foray into the debate comes as Democrats have pressured   
   social media companies to aggressively combat disinformation.   
   Speakers at the Stanford forum will discuss the role of tech   
   companies and the U.S. government in reducing political   
   polarization.   
      
   Some of the speakers, including Obama, have themselves been   
   accused of pushing false, politically divisive information,   
   raising questions about their participation in a disinformation   
   event.   
      
   Obama was awarded the 2013 "Lie of the Year" for declaring, "if   
   you like your health care plan, you can keep it," in order to   
   sell Obamacare to the American public. Rhodes, a national   
   security adviser to Obama, admitted in 2016 that he manipulated   
   journalists in order to push favorable but misleading stories in   
   the media. Rhodes bragged about creating an "echo chamber" of   
   reporters who amplified White House spin. Rhodes also said he   
   "largely manufactured" a narrative about the timeline by which   
   the Obama administration began negotiating with the Iranian   
   government about its nuclear energy program.   
      
   Two lesser-known panelists have been at the center of   
   disinformation firestorms. Rashad Robinson, the president of the   
   civil rights group Color of Change, repeatedly pushed the false   
   claim that actor Jussie Smollett was the victim of an anti-gay,   
   anti-black hate crime in Chicago in 2019. Robinson pushed the   
   hoax even after evidence emerged that Smollett lied to police   
   about the attack. Renee DiResta, a Stanford researcher   
   moderating a session with Obama, advised a technology company   
   that created fake Russian bots in order to influence Republican   
   voters in the 2017 Alabama special election. DiResta told the   
   Washington Post she knew the tech company was involved in the   
   Alabama race, but she denied knowing about its deceptive tactics.   
      
   Robinson and DiResta are speaking on a panel about the U.S.   
   government's role in "facilitating consensus and reducing   
   polarization at home."   
      
   In addition to a post at Stanford, DiResta is a fellow at the   
   Emerson Collective, the media investment company owned by Jobs.   
   The company has invested in outlets like the Atlantic, Axios,   
   and Ozy, a failed pop culture website under investigation for   
   fraud. Jobs recently hired a public relations firm, Sunshine   
   Sachs, that has worked for Jussie Smollett and disgraced   
   Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.   
      
   Published under: Barack Obama, Ben Rhodes, Fake News, Jussie   
   Smollett, Laurene Powell Jobs   
      
   https://freebeacon.com/media/obama-keynotes-disinfo-conference-   
   alongside-allies-linked-to-fake-news-scandals/   
      
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