Algorithms and the Threats to Democracy

<p>Yaël Eisenstat, a visiting fellow at Cornell Tech's Digital Life Initiative and former Elections Integrity Head for Political Ads at Facebook, joins Scott to discuss the online threats to democracy and the damaging role Facebook plays in our elections. Yaël has also served as a CIA officer and White House advisor. Follow her on Twitter, @YaelEisenstat. </p><p>Scott opens with his thoughts on TikTok’s powerful algorithm and why he does not think the deal with Oracle will go through. </p><p>Algebra of Happiness: There’s no such thing as quality time. There’s just time. </p>...