We are living through an age of ‘infodemic’ when online conspiracies and lies create real-world harm. Mark Little looks back at the origins of disinformation for lessons in how we stop its future spread
Mark Little is the CEO and co-founder of Kinzen, an Irish start-up which protects online communities from the threat of disinformation. Mark is a former foreign correspondent and TV anchor. He founded the world’s first social media news agency, Storyful, which pioneered digital verification techniques and developed newswires for YouTube and Facebook. He was also a VP for Media Partnerships at Twitter, and MD of the company’s international HQ.