How companies should prepare for disinformation attacks: Ticker 115

This episode of The Ticker podcast comes to you from the Citadel Securities trading post on the floor of the NYSE. 

IR Magazine’s Jeff Cossette talks with Antonio Ortolani, a media analytics and measurement consultant at Brunswick Group, about the threat to companies from disinformation attacks, including so-called deep-fake videos, and how they can protect themselves. 

Listen to the podcast recording below >

In this podcast, you’ll hear about: 
– Retail investor awareness of fake news 
– How deep-fake videos could cross over from politics to business
– The way bots and humans interact during online discussions
– What companies should do to prepare for a disinformation campaign

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