# Center for Business and Human Rights Deputy Director Paul Barrett explains how memes and photos are used to spread disinformation on social media

1 School News November 14, 2019 ![Politico logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_033212.jpg?itok=KdEAbjwV)>

Excerpt from [Politico](https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-tech/2019/11/11/social-media-giants-confront-whistleblower-content-782200) -- “'Memes are the perfect vehicle for a simple piece of propaganda like the attacks on the whistleblower,' Paul Barrett, deputy director of NYU’s Stern Center for Business and Human Rights whose recent report on 2020 disinformation focused on the power and prevalence of memes in these campaigns, told MT."

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