Talk:Renée DiResta

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Is this person really important enough to have an article regurgitating her LinkedIn profile? It says that she worked at the CIA as an undergrad. Doing what? So what? Also, she's trying to 'vaccinate' California. In what manner? 72.174.131.123 (talk) 11:15, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

biographical facts?

When and where was she born? Who were her parents? Article not encylopedic.

According to the NY Times, Ms DiResta was born in 1981. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/12/technology/social-media-disinformation.html

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mballen (talk • contribs) 15:03, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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I was changing this these sentences to note that a) Yonder was formerly known as New Knowledge b) It was DiResta who testified while working at New Knowledge while it was called that and c) adding the requested citation.

So please change:

DiResta was Director of Research at Yonder, a company that specialized in information integrity.

to

DiResta was Director of Research at Yonder (formerly known as New Knowledge), a company that specialized in information integrity.

and

Yonder was called to testify before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence about possible Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election.

to

While working at New Knowledge, DiResta was called to testify before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence about possible Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election.^[1] Acaravanapassa (talk) 19:54, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The first requested edit doesn’t seem necessary (the information can be found on the linked Yonder page, and it does not seem germane to this bio page) and I was unable to load the citation for the second requested edit (server timeout). Open to hear reasons why I’m wrong on the first point, and about alternate sources for the second point, or else just word that the citation is available. EricAMeyer (talk) 02:35, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Followup: I am now able to load the reference, but it appears to be a link to “Some Pharmaceutical Drugs: IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans Volume 66”, a 1996 report from the WHO. Without a corrected reference, there are no grounds to accept the second edit either. EricAMeyer (talk) 16:30, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Statement for the record from Renee DiResta, Director of Research, New Knowledge" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-06-19.

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Your article on renee diresta is missing her involvement in the Yonder AI misinformation distribution scandal. As per the Yonder AI wiki:

"wo days after this report was published, a New York Times published an article showcasing the company's participation in an experiment in the 2017 Senate special election in Alabama. Renée DiResta, one of the principal authors of the Senate report on the Internet Research Agency, said that as she understood it the goal of the New Knowledge research was to investigate how Facebook's content curation algorithms rewarded "sensational news."[10] Facebook responded by suspending the personal accounts of Morgan and four others. "

Leaving this out, and i know for a fact it was there before. So, renee i can only assume you had it removed. Is an indication of political bias. 2600:1700:8AE2:170:C94D:6D70:3127:AE38 (talk) 02:47, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Charliehdb (talk) 12:36, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

POV/Neutrality

The subject of this article has been complaining about a "witch hunt" concerning her activities. Those opposing her work at SIO argue that she has been censoring their first amendment rights in collusion with Biden and other Democratic Party officials in the present administration. Ultimately, courts will have to decide this issue. In the meantime, leaving the allegations and criticisms out of this piece is an exercise in censorship, and one that would not to be proven in a court. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.12.203.8 (talk) 15:46, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Statement for the record from Renee DiResta, Director of Research, New Knowledge" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-06-19.

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