Jacob Helberg - Google Disinformation & Foreign Interference Expert

Jacob Helberg joins Alex Moazed for a special episode detailing Helbergs  new book The Wires of War. Helberg, who previously led Google’s global  internal product policy efforts to combat disinformation and foreign  interference, discusses the current grey war between the United States  and China. The two dig into how technology is being utilized by state  agencies to shape opinion and spread misinformation. Jacob explains how  this tech-fueled war will alter the world’s balance of power and  explores ways the U.S. can combat this quickly escalating two-front  technology cold war between democracy and autocracy.  

Jacob Helberg is a senior adviser at the Stanford University Center on  Geopolitics and Technology and an adjunct fellow at the Center for  Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Helberg also co-chairs the  Brookings Institution China Strategy Working Group, where is helping  support and lead research efforts focused on China’s intentions, foreign  policy, and what the right long-term U.S. strategy should be to meet  the challenge. From 2016 to 2020, Helberg led Google’s internal global  product policy efforts to combat disinformation and foreign  interference. Helberg has a M.S. in cybersecurity risk and strategy from  New York University.  

Originally Aired: 10/27/21
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