The dream for next week: the Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrive in New York on Monday and they do a few days of events and activities, culminating in their appearance at the Intrepid Valor Awards on Wednesday, November 10th. Meghan is due to appear at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit, which will be online… although I suspect Meghan will be in NYC in person for the interview. And I’m starting to suspect that Prince Harry will also be interviewed in person for the Re: Wired Summit on November 9th. Harry has been confirmed as one of the panelists for a discussion about online misinformation.
Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, Co-Founder, Archewell, is joining #REWIRED2021 for an exclusive panel on misinformation, alongside @stanfordio’s Renée DiResta, @AspenDigital’s Rashad Robinson, and WIRED’s @StevenLevy, on November 9 at 4 pm ET. Sign up: https://t.co/d4w4nkvqOT pic.twitter.com/ri29gMlWKf
— WIRED (@WIRED) November 3, 2021
Awesome, right? Wrong! According to the Daily Mail, Harry is probably getting $1 million to lie about online lies as he sits in one of 56 bathrooms in his $14 million Montecito mansion! Or something!
The Duke of Sussex is set to speak out on the ‘internet lie machine’ at an event organized by Wired magazine next week. Prince Harry, 37, who is currently living in his $14 million mansion in California having stepped back from royal duty last year, will speak in a session at the Re:Wired summit on November 9.
According to the online description, his session is called ‘The Internet Lie Machine’, with details reading: ‘As social media algorithms reward shock value over reality, as the line between fact and fiction weakens every day, as media propaganda and online hatred run rampant, we must ask: how did we get here and how do we get out of this mess?
‘We’ll hear from an expert authority on the rise of digital propaganda, a foremost civil rights advocate who understands the collision between misinformation and racial justice, and a global leader who is taking on misinformation in pursuit of a new era of truth.’
It is unknown what fee the Duke will receive for the appearance – last year, experts predicted he and Meghan, 40, could earn more than £1million each time they do a speech after signing up with an elite agency.
Wired is a successful magazine and site, but I doubt they have $1 million to throw at a prince to speak at their panel discussion. No, the more disturbing thought for the Daily Mail is that Harry is taking part in this for the love of calling out lies, tabloid fictions and online hate campaigns. Harry would do that for free every day of the week! Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure Harry is collecting a small fee or something, but it’s not a million-dollar paycheck.
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After Bot Sentinel report, I would suspect Harry and Meghan gained even a feaster reputation as soakers against internet misinformation because not only because they educated themselves on it but also becayae they suffer from it.
Harry, you get those cheques. I saw a royalist on Twitter complaining that he was going to part of the panel on misinformation when he lied on the Oprah interview. Talk about unhinged.
ATTAHARRY. He and Meghan come to mind automatically about online misinformation, and the DM can suck it.
Its very scary how we can truely be manipulated by the media. How people can form opinions and swear its the truth due to what is being fed to us. My sister doesnt like Meghan and i asked her why? ,she couldnt give a straight answer. Its quite sickening how these media and tech companies work to brainwash the masses.
It’s a terrifying thing, but also part of a bigger picture. In most countries, the media is a way to control how a population thinks/feels/behaves. It’s always worth questioning who benefits.
We go on about how important freedom of press is here in the west, in order to hold people accountable, and help the public to make decisions. According to Reporters Without Borders, in the 2021 list of countries with the most freedom on press, the UK ranked all the way down at 33, while the US was 44.
Add the influence of social media giants into that, and it’s easy to see the manipulation at play, but the reality is that most people are mindlessly consuming this stuff in the background of their day, without giving it much thought. I guess that’s what they rely on.
I agree I doubt Wired has $1m to throw around on one person, but sponsors of the events chip in for things like speaker fees, too.
Doesn’t change the fact that Harry would do his for free, or that his fee may have been lower, or that the DM is making up the $1m figure just to rile up their readers – just thought I’d offer some insight into events like this.
I don’t know about their finances but Wired is a respected magazine for those interested in all things tech. I would assume that they or their owners have some pretty deep pockets.
I can’t tell which would enrage the British press more – that Harry ISN’T getting paid and is just going to call out misinformation and hate online because he wants to and because he can, or if Harry IS getting that million dollars because that means he is valued and respected and Wired thinks he is worth that.
Either way, they’re going to be mad.
I think they’ll be upset at both reasons, but more so at the fact that Harry could be getting paid a million dollars to do this. The rats are the same crew who said that the Keen’s YouTube was better than a hundred million dollar Netflix deal, and the Cambridges could pull so much money from it. Because you’re right that people paying for Harry to come speak means that he is valuable, which the BM keeps trying to say otherwise. Plus they are always so upset that Harry is raking in the dough, while the royals have to be “mindful” because the sovereign grant has taken a hit. Either way, I’m here for the meltdowns.
RR and the Royals are soooo peeved that H&M are being invited/taking part in serious conversations with well-known and respected orgs/names like Wired and NYT and meanwhile, W&K are sidelined at the climate change summit to sip beers and throw seed bombs around with kids. LOVE IT.
W&K will never achieve what H&M can, and not just because they’re stuck in a dusty, antiquated royal system. It’s because that have nothing to say — neither one of them has any kind of life experience or interest in things that people care about.
I seriously doubt he will spend much time talking about what he and Meghan went through as he hosted similar talks for TIME100 last year and it was more about general findings. Archewell has donated to multiple orgs dealing with mis/disinformation including setting up their own fund at UCLA so this will continue to be something push, especially Harry who was also on that Aspen board earlier in the year, so i guess the tabloids will have to continue raging about this for years to come.
Noki, you are right, my friend said 2 years ago that she does’nt like meghan because she does’nt respect protocols ,since meghan left the british royal family she is now seing Kate copy all meghan’s move, gestures etc.She has unfollowed all the royals including Kensington palace and can no longer bear the sight of Kate. We all know that Meghan did not do anything wrong during the time she was a working royal, they invented inesistent protocols and accused her of breaking it. We see Kate copying meghan and is embarrasing to watch.
Of course the British media is angry as they are part of the internet lie machine. They’re regional managers of their local internet lie machine.
+1, Snuffles. On point.
I hope Harry brings up the Bot Sentinel report. It’s been interesting watching the updates on those accounts being shutdown and exposed. An entire network with the goal of spreading lies about a woman, who dared to marry into the BRF. The horror! Harry and Meghan’s lives, and I dare say that of their children, have been irrevocably harmed by the internet lie machine.
I think that as the lies, hate and propaganda groups have made money for those troll accounts, and the experience has given both Harry and Meghan a first hand lesson in how these campaigns work the expertise he brings to this topic is immense. Any fee he is paid is well deserved IMHO. Also, with all of the @botsentinel work recently and the continued investigation into the murky background of these accounts this event is timed perfectly. I hope the next @botsentinel report comes out prior to the date or is given to Harry beforehand.
I can’t think of a person more personally effected AND knowledgeable to talk about this subject. The recent reports are just staggering. Go get em Harry
Is the Daily Mail the new Zillow? Do they give prices for the home of every person they discuss or just the Sussexes?
Just the Sussexes. Maybe some of the other celebs they cover, but if you want to know how many bathrooms are in Anmer or Sandringham, you’re SOL.
I’m laughing at “the new Zillow” though.
No matter what the story, the DM will put the house price in it. Including the prices of houses belonging to murder victims.
I kind of hope they’re the new Zillow. Zillow just dumped their home-buying business, which lost $422 million last quarter, and they’re letting go 25% of their staff.
Well I hope Harry is getting paid. Thanks to the internet lie machine and trash newspapers like the DM, Harry and his wife and children have been made the target of hate. They will need security for the rest of their lives which won’t come for free. Now where is that front page apology for publishing Megan’s letter?
get paid Harry. Get that million dollars cheque or whatever amount that is. We dont fund royals in America. Everybody works and gets paid. People dont hide from work and get paid by the taxpayers.
+1
There is noone better to speak about this topic than the Sussexes-If this discussion could be simple enough for the average Joe to understand would be beneficial for the public domain-he really does not have to discuss how nasty the british media and their outlets have been-just connect the dots to show how hate and misinformation has targeted people using lies and gossipmongers to hurt others to make money while trying to destroy people they don’t agree with-If the these people including the royals would put on a thinking cap and understand trying to hurt or demonize others also hurt and demonize their children, friends. and other family members-GOD BLESS AND PROTECT THE SUSSEX FAMILY.