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Trevor Noah: Who do you trust (when you don’t trust the news)?

Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith

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The Power of Technology

"I very quickly saw a world where this box could be anything," he said. "With power comes great responsibility." He says technology helped propel him into entertainment, which led to his work on the rights of people around the world. Now you're at that intersection when technology meets the news and creates misinformation; it gives you unique perspective. What do you think makes people most vulnerable in this intersection? That's an interesting question. Number one is identifying as a label or a group,. I think that might be the number one thing that i'm starting to see... You become more susceptible to disinformation or misinformation because a part of you decides on a thing before a thing is actually decided ... Because your

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