Excited to announce I will be speaking at the upcoming events in March: Media Democracy Festival, UK I am speaking on a panel called “Digital Rights & Digital Wrongs: From Online Harms & the Spread of the Far Right on Social Media” with Lina Dencik, Aurelien Mondon and Alan Finlayson, 1pm UK time, Sunday 21 March. I’ve been asked to… Read more →
Category: Conferences and Talks
10th June 2020 – New Podcast on Coronavirus and Disinformation
The latest @OpenEUDebate podcast on disinformation (and what we do about it!) could not be more timely. I really enjoyed taking part in this discussion with Nad’a Kovalcikova, PhD. & Jorge Tuñón Navarro (PhD) with thanks to moderator Carlos Carnicero Urabayen and organizer Alvaro Oleart Listen here: Spotify https://t.co/vW5055nuA3 Apple https://t.co/dZF82md2vF Google https://t.co/bss0ByKewF #disinformation #misinformation #propaganda #fakenews #cambridgeanalytica #datarights #deception #factchecking #surveillance #influenceindustry #privacy Read more →
23rd April 2020 – Brittany Kaiser Guest Talk
Many of you will have watched in horror as we revealed ‘Cambridge Analytica’ and the Facebook scandals also unfolded in 2018. I’m delighted to share this video with you of a talk on Apr 23, 2020 with Brittany Kaiser, Former Business Development Director at Cambridge Analytica – one of the whistleblowers who was the central figure from the film The… Read more →
16th April 2020 – Ade Rudd Talk on Deception
Delighted to share the video of Ade Rudd‘s lecture for my ‘Propaganda: Dark arts in a digital age’ class at Bard College: “Clothing Naked Villainy: the Dark Art of Deception” The talk explores theory & introduces and analyzes examples of deception in war. Ade Rudd was ‘Behaviour Change Analyst’ & Warrant Officer in UK PSYOPS co-authoring NATO doctrine. This public… Read more →
29th March 2019 – Talks at UVA, Columbia, U of Illinois in Chicago and Bard College!
It has been a busy month! I am absolutely honoured to have been invited to give several talks in the US about my developing research and future book. It was quite a privilege to be invited this month to speak at UVA as the ‘Cyber Innovation & Society Distinguished Speaker‘, then I gave talks at the prestigious Columbia Journalism School… Read more →
24th February 2019 – My Talk at European Parliament
So enjoyed participating in the panel on Facebook and Strengthening Democracy in a Digital age on 21st February with Prof David Carroll, Claude Moraes MEP, Commissioner King, Tom Scott & Molly Scott Cato MEP – really lovely to see Julie Ward MEP there too! Much gratitude to them for including me in such an important conversation. The event followed closely… Read more →
24th February 2019 – Reaction to the DCMS Final Report
Here are my very quick reactions to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s Final Report on Disinformation and ‘Fake News’ published last week. What is revealed/my reaction: Both this report, my own research cited in it and recent journalism evidences that Facebook’s monopoly and monetization of non-consensual mass data harvesting together with bullying tactics and ability to court the… Read more →
16th February 2019 – Invited talks at GWU and Columbia
Very much enjoyed my recent talk at George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs about my new project ‘Propaganda Machine: The Hidden Story of Cambridge Analytica and the Digital Influence Industry ‘. Thank you to all who attended and asked such great questions! If you missed it I am delighted to say that I will be speaking at Columbia… Read more →
4th February 2019 – upcoming talk @ European Parliament/ICO rule on LeaveEU
This week the ICO issued fines of £120,000 to LeaveEU and announced it would be auditing Arron Banks’ companies – I am delighted and very proud to have played a major role in this with my evidence in 2018. Read more about the latest news here. Also I am very honoured to have been invited to speak at the European… Read more →