Robert Matney: Conspiracy Theories and Information Warfare

Robert Matney is Managing Director of Government Affairs at Yonder. Yonder is a company that discovers who controls and amplifies narratives across the internet. It uses AI to identify influential groups, called factions, making them visible to Yonder’s clients. Rob has his finger on the pulse of emerging online narratives, which puts him in a great position to understand conspiracy theories and how they spread. In this episode, we explore the current prominence of conspiracy theories, such as Q Anon, in public discourse.

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