Summary: On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus dig into special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s recent indictment of 13 Russian nationals and 3 Russian companies for their role in tampering with the 2016 election. Jonathan Albright from the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia join the hosts to talk about his take on the indictments, and the research he’s conducted that show how the big social media companies were manipulated by Russian trolls from the Internet Research Agency at a rate far greater than those companies claimed. <br><strong>Don’t Close My Tabs:</strong><br><strong>The Verge:</strong> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/15/17017864/google-removes-view-image-button-from-search-results">Google Removes ‘View Image’ Button From Search Results</a><strong><br>Vulture: </strong><a href="http://www.vulture.com/2018/02/the-story-of-combat-jack-hip-hops-flagship-podcaster.html">The Story of Combat Jack, Hip-Hop’s Flagship Podcaster <br></a><br>Podcast production by Max Jacobs.<br><strong><em>If Then</em></strong><strong> plugs: </strong><br>You can get updates about what’s coming up next by following us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ifthenpod"><strong>@ifthenpod</strong></a>. You can follow Will <a href="https://twitter.com/willoremus"><strong>@WillOremus</strong></a> and April <a href="https://twitter.com/aprilaser"><strong>@Aprilaser</strong></a>. If you have a question or comment, you can email us at <strong>ifthen@slate.com.</strong><br><em>If Then is presented by </em><strong><em>Slate </em></strong><em>and </em><a href="http://www.slate.com/futuretense"><em>Future Tense</em></a><em>, a collaboration among </em><a href="http://www.asu.edu/?feature=research"><em>Arizona State University</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://www.newamerica.org/"><em>New America</em></a><em>, and </em><strong><em>Slate</em></strong><em>. Future Tense explores the ways emerging technologies affect society, policy, and culture. To read more, </em><a href="http://www.twitter.com/futuretensenow"><em>follow us on Twitter</em></a><em> and sign </em><a href="http://link.slate.com/join/3qk/newslettersignup"><em>up for our weekly newsletter</em></a><em>.</em><br><br><br>
