Nina Jankowicz is an internationally-recognized expert on disinformation and democratization. Her debut book, How to Lose the Information War, was named a New Statesman 2020 book of the year; The New Yorker called it “a persuasive new book on disinformation as a geopolitical strategy.”
At Lit Hub she tagged "five books that will enhance and expand your understanding of the tools of disinformation, its adjacent harms, and the future of the threat in a way that the morning news can’t." One title on the list:
Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang, An Ugly TruthRead about another entry on the list.Frenkel and Kang, intrepid New York Times reporters with deep sourcing inside Facebook, take readers deep “inside Facebook’s battle for domination,” revealing never-before-published anecdotes about the goings-on inside the company. In the midst of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s recent revelations and in the face of looming government regulation, An Ugly Truth is a must-read if you’re eager to understand what motivates Facebook and why it remains a marketplace for disinformation.
--Marshal Zeringue
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