Former Head of Election Integrity and Product Strategy at Meta To Discuss Protecting Democracy in an Age of Social Media and AI
Former Head of Election Integrity and Product Strategy at Meta To Discuss Protecting Democracy in an Age of Social Media and AI
CHICAGO, IL, March 27, 2024 – Diane Chang, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Columbia Journalism School and the former head of Election Integrity and Product Strategy at Meta, will speak about how to protect and secure democracy in an age of threats from social media and AI at a virtual meeting of the League of Women Voters of Illinois (LWVIL) on Wednesday, April 17, at 7 p.m. CT, via Zoom.
Organized by LWVIL’s Misinformation and Disinformation Task Force, the event is the second in a series of presentations where noted authorities will discuss topics that inform and educate voters in advance of the 2024 General Election on Tuesday, November 5.
Ms. Chang has ten years of experience building artificial intelligence and consumer technology products to connect people to information, safety and sustainability. She led Meta’s election strategy integrity and product strategy from 2021–23.
In her current position at the Brown Institute, Ms. Chang is an advisor and consultant to nonprofits in the U.S. and abroad on technology and elections. She has a master’s degree in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School Research Institute at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.
This LWVIL webinar is free and open to the public. All programs are recorded and made available on the LWVIL website. Visit lwvil.org/misdis-info for more information or to register.
To address the troubling rise of misinformation and disinformation—and its impact on our elections—the League of Women Voters of Illinois formed the Mis/Disinformation Task Force in January 2024 with the goal of educating the general public on mis/disinformation.
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