Democracy Forum — Facebook and Democracy: Can They Live Together?

Sunday, March 6, 2022
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

LWV-Downeast hosts a monthly radio program on democracy in cooperation with WERU FM that is rebroadcast on WMPG-FM.

This month, we'll talk about how Facebook has transformed our political life. How has it polarized our political identities? How has it become so central to our community and political life? What threats does it pose to  democracy? What did the Facebook Papers tell us? It's not just Facebook, is it? What are the possible solutions?  Learn more here.

Special Guests: 

  • Jessica Brandt, policy director for the Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative at the Brookings Institution and a fellow in the Foreign Policy program’s Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology 
  • Judith Rosenbaum, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine

WMPG 90.9 FM Portland, streaming at wmpg.org.