Renée DiResta, author of 'Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality', will be speaking at Seattle University’s Albers School of Business and Economics on March 6, 2025, from 5 to 6:30 p.m.. 

DiResta's visit is being organized by the school’s Center for Business Ethics (CBE) and Seattle University’s Technology Ethics Initiative. Her talk is free and open to the public. Interested parties may register to attend on this page.

DiResta is a highly regarded expert and speaker on adversarial abuse online—in other words, how bad actors manipulate the digital public square. From spammers and scammers to state sponsored trolls, she investigates how social media platforms and technologies, such as generative AI, are used for evil. 

DiResta has spent a decade studying rumors, propaganda and influence in the digital age, in contexts ranging from conspiracy theories to terrorist activity to state-sponsored information warfare. She has advised Congress, the State Department and civil society organizations on technology policy in areas ranging from transparency legislation to AI implications for women and children. She frequently speaks to business leaders about risks to brand and executive reputation.

A contributor at The Atlantic, DiResta has also written for Wired, Foreign Affairs, Columbia Journalism Review, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Yale Review, The Guardian, POLITICO, Slate and Noema, as well as various academic journals.