Joel Simon at WAC of Greater Houston

As COVID-19 spread around the world, so did government censorship. The Infodemic lays bare not just old-fashioned censorship, but also the mechanisms of a modern brand of “censorship through noise,” which moves beyond traditional means of state control to open the floodgates of misinformation, overwhelming the public with lies and half-truths.

Joel Simon will be in-person with the World Affairs Council of Greater Houston at United Way of Greater Houston 50 Waugh Drive Houston, TX 77007

Joel Simon is a fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School. He is the author of three books, including We Want to Negotiate, also from Columbia Global Reports.