Presented by
Marina Niessner, Visiting Associate Professor of Finance at Wharton Business School
Fake news, social media and investing | Marina Niessner | FTSE Russell Convenes
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Where can we draw the line between fact-checking and censorship? In this week’s episode of FTSE Russell Convenes, Marina Niessner, Visiting Associate Professor of Finance at Wharton Business School, talks about free speech, how the ways we digest news have changed and if social media algorithms are increasing polarisation.
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