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2026-09-25
Disrupting Politics: Katie Harbath on Tech, Democracy and AI’s ImpactIn the latest episode of the Public Affairs Trends podcast, host Neil Hughes interviews Katie Harbath, CEO of Anchor Change and former Facebook executive. They discuss Harbath's new book, "Disrupting Politics," which examines the intersection of technology, democracy, and the implications of artificial intelligence on political processes. Harbath shares insights from her decade at Facebook, the challenges of content moderation, and the need for transparency in AI use during elections.
Notable quotes
“There really wasn't a playbook for this kind of stuff back when we were trying to deal with it.”
“There were impossible trade-offs. So like there where there's no really great answer, but you have to pick one.”
“I think that one of the things that we need to be paying more attention to that I wish we had thought about more during the social media era are what incentives are we giving people in the social media era?”
“Any decision, even if that decision is to do nothing, is a decision in and of itself.”
“Panic responsibly is... thinking about how do you not get frozen in place and still think about how do you take small steps forward.”
“The biggest thing is that we all still have agency.”
