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Chatter #153 – Emma Briant on Cambridge Analytica, Social Media, and Election Meddling

Dr Briant is one of the key researchers who uncovered the Cambridge Analytica scandal in 2018, with two books and two major documentary films, she is an internationally recognized expert on information warfare and propaganda. Films her research featured in include Oscar-shortlisted Netflix film The Great Hack and People You May Know. As Associate Researcher…

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“This war will never end, because powerful people fear democracy.” – Gavin O’Toole

As part of our series on how technology is changing journalism, we’re asking journalists young and old how they think the industry is evolving. Gavin O’Toole is a freelance journalist, editor and copywriter in London. He has worked for some of the UK’s leading newspapers including The Guardian, Observer and Financial Times, and has written…

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Chatter #152 – Neil Sanders On Mind Control, Propaganda, and The Fake Culture War

Neil Sanders holds an MA in Film Studies, studied Psychology and Media Production for his BA Honours and is a qualified hypnotherapist. Neil is considered an expert on the subject of mind control and has been studying the history of this dark art and its application by military and government intelligence agencies across the globe…

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Chatter #151 – Sophie Zhang – Whistleblowing On Facebook: Fake Engagement and Election Manipulation

Sophie Zhang is a data scientist and whistleblower who formerly worked at Facebook. From 2018 to 2020, while she was investigating “fake engagement” at Facebook, she uncovered abusive political manipulation and opposition harassment networks in 25 countries. Zhang reported that most of these subversive networks use Facebook’s organization pages, configured with human names and photos…

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“It is still vital that media organisations maintain a gold standard of training” – Dr Yvonne Ridley

As part of a new series on how technology is changing journalism, we’re asking journalists young and old how they think the industry is evolving. Journalist Yvonne Ridley worked in her native North East in the 1970s before heading to Fleet Street and on to broadcast journalism working in conflict and humanitarian disaster zones. Now…

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Chatter #150 – Professor Rafael Yuste On Mapping Neurons, Neuro-Rights, And Understanding The Human Brain

Express VPN 12 Months 35% off!! Rafael Yuste is a Professor of Biological Sciences at Columbia University and directs its Neurotechnology Center. He led a small group of scientists that inspired the US BRAIN Initiative, announced by President Barack Obama in 2013, and helped form the International Brain Initiative (IBI) in 2017. He also co-led…

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