1. The Hidden Life of Disinformation There is a strange and unsettling moment that many of us have experienced while scrolling through social media. A post appears—perhaps a dramatic headline, a grainy video, or an angry comment—that seems to confirm our worst fears about the world. We pause. We feel a surge of emotion. Maybe we share it, or maybe we simply keep scrolling, but the image lingers. What most of us do not realize in that moment is that we have just become part of something much larger than ourselves: a complex ecosystem of influence, manipulation, and unintended amplification.…

Jacki Alexander has never been someone who waits for the wind to change before setting sail. In an era when digital misinformation has become one of the most dangerous weapons in modern warfare, she has positioned herself on the front line of a different kind of battle—one waged in algorithms, hashtags, and viral shares. The speed of the internet is staggering. A single post can reach one million people within twenty-four hours, while the correction that follows often never reaches them at all. Research has shown that only one in ten people who encounter a falsehood will ever see the…