Laura Dodsworth is the author of A State of Fear, Bare Reality, Manhood and Womanhood, and she has also written for The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The Mail on Sunday, The Guardian and Spiked. You can find her on Twitter at @BareReality. This is a book about fear. Fear of a virus. Fear…
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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…
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…
Chatter #148 – On Freedom Of Speech, Julian Assange, And Building New Social Media
Express VPN 12 Months 35% off!! Taylor Hudak, MA, is an independent journalist focusing on free speech, press freedoms, whistleblowing and US foreign policy. Taylor’s work can be found on acTVism Munich YouTube channel, as well as The Last American Vagabond. We had a great conversation about freedom of speech and expression, the…
Chatter #143 – Stewart Dickson On The Future Of NI, The Alliance Party, And Relaxing Covid Rules
Express VPN 12 Months 35% off!! Stewart Dickson is an Alliance MLA for East Antrim. He entered the Assembly in May 2011 and was re-elected in March 2017 and is currently the Alliance Party Assembly Group Spokesperson for the Economy. We talked about the resignation of Arlene Foster, the future of the Alliance…
Chatter #142 – Nicholas Wilson On David Cameron, Greensill, And HSBC: The World’s Dirtiest Bank
Express VPN 12 Months 35% off!! Nicholas Wilson, AKA Mr Ethical, came to notoriety as an HSBC whistle blower who alleged massive fraud amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars. Before he was sacked (after reporting HSBC for fraud) he became head of his department. He has over 30 years experience in consumer…
