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Special counsel Robert Mueller announced the indictments of 13 Russians for intervening in the 2016 presidential elections. The move also detailed their manipulation of social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. Host Dan Loney talks with William Burke-White, Professor of Law and Inaugural Director of Perry World House at the University of Pennsylvania, and Jennifer Golbeck, Director of the Social Intelligence Lab at the University of Maryland, to discuss how Russia was able to do this, what might happen next and what social media can do to keep this from happening again on Knowledge at Wharton.

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