Renée DiResta is an expert on online abuse, focusing on how bad actors manipulate digital platforms. She is the technical research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, where she studies how narratives spread across social and media networks and how platform algorithms affect user behavior. Renée has written "Invisible Rulers: The People who Turn Lies into Reality" and "The Hardware Startup: Building your Product, Business, and Brand." She has assessed influence operations by the Internet Research Agency and GRU for the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. She often speaks to business leaders about brand reputation risks and has written for major publications like The Atlantic, Wired, and The New York Times. Renée's accolades include being an Emerson Fellow, a Mozilla Fellow in Media, Misinformation, and Trust, and a Presidential Leadership Scholar. She was featured in the Netflix documentary "The Social Dilemma" and was the keynote speaker at the BlackHat cybersecurity conference in 2020. Her work has a significant impact on policy and public discussions about technology and its effects on society.