Infotagion

Inside Europe: Bulgaria with Kalina Bontcheva and Angel Petrov

Infotagion Team — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 05:00:00 +0000

For the eighth episode in the Inside Europe series, Damian Collins MP speaks with University of Sheffield Professor Kalina Bontcheva and Dnevnik journalist Angel Petrov to discuss the recent elections in Bulgaria and threat of disinformation to the Balkans.

Online Safety Bill special series: Martin Lewis, Sophie Zhang, UK regulators and City of London Police

Infotagion Team — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 17:55:48 +0000

Should scam ads be part of the Online Safety Bill? Martin Lewis passionately makes the case. Would a culture change at Facebook lead to better safety for users online? Facebook whistleblower Sophie Zhang thinks so. UK regulators and the City of London police also give their views on the Bill.

Damian Collins MP is joined by Lord Jim Knight to unpack the latest round of evidence from expert witnesses for their views on the Online Safety Bill.

Inside Europe: Greece with Antonis Klapsis and Georgios Samaras

Infotagion Team — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 16:18:38 +0000

For the seventh episode in the Inside Europe series, Damian Collins MP speaks with Antonis Klapsis (Assistant Professor at University of Peloponnese) and Georgios Samaras (Assistant Lecturer at UCL) to discuss the rise of the extremist politics and the threat social media disinformation poses to the said birthplace of democracy.

Online Safety Bill special series: Laura Edelson, Renée diResta and Guillaume Chaslot

Infotagion Team — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 14:22:23 +0000

How do user interactions shape content algorithms? Are vulnerable people being purposefully targeted with harmful content? And how realistic is it that harmful content will be taken down before it causes harm? In this Online Safety Bill special series, Damian Collins MP unpacks the evidence heard from Laura Edelson, Guillaume Chaslot, and Renee diResta followed by a discussion with committee member Lord (Tim) Clement-Jones.

Inside Europe: Italy with Jacopo Jacoboni, Alex Orlowski, and Damian Tambini

Infotagion Team — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:09:48 +0000

For the sixth episode in the Inside Europe series, Damian Collins MP speaks with intelligence expert Alex Orlowski, author Jacopo Jacoboni, and Damian Tambini, Distinguished Policy Fellow in the Department of Media and Communications, to discuss Italian politics and ways in which Russian oligarchs and the American NRA influence the far right.

Inside Europe: France with Théophile Lenoir and Rudy Reichstadt

Infotagion Team — Sat, 09 Oct 2021 09:42:09 +0000

For the fifth episode in the Inside Europe series, Damian Collins MP speaks with Theophile Lenoir of Institut Montaigne and Rudy Reichstadt founder of ConspiracyWatch.info to discuss the state of democracy in France and how political parties are taking advantage of the spread of disinformation.

Online Safety Bill special series: Jimmy Wales and Elizabeth Denham

Infotagion Team — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 16:10:52 +0000

Why is Wikipedia not in the headlines for causing harm to users like Facebook is? How does a community based approach to content moderation work? What do top academics and the UK’s data regulator, the ICO, think of the draft Online Safety Bill? Damian Collins MP unpacks the evidence heard from Will Perrin, Dr Edina Harbinja, Prof. Clare McGlynn, Sonia Livingstone, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham and ICO’s Stephen Bonner.

Inside Europe: Scandinavia with Jonas Parello-Plesner

Infotagion Team — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 14:16:02 +0000

For the fourth episode in the Inside Europe series, Damian Collins MP speaks with Jonas Parello-Plesner, Program Director at the Alliance of Democracies in Copenhagen, to look at democracy in Scandinavia and the threat it may come under in Norway, Denmark, and Sweden.

Inside Europe: Poland with Nina Jankowicz and Anna Wojcik

Infotagion Team — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 06:23:04 +0000

A state of emergency has been declared in Poland for the first time since 1989. With the freedom of the media under threat, is Poland at risk of losing its democracy? For the third episode in the Inside Europe series, Damian Collins MP unpacks these issues in Poland with author and Director of External Engagement at Aletha Group Nina Jankowicz, and Anna Wojcik fellow of the German Marshall Fund.

Online Safety Bill special series: Ian Russell, Izzy Wick, Nina Jankowicz, Clare Pelham and Matt Harrison

Infotagion Team — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:19:16 +0000

Targetting people living with epilepsy with flashing images online, images of suicide and self-harm and abuse towards women, this week the Joint Committee on the Online Safety Bill heard shocking evidence of the real life impact of online harms. Damian Collins MP unpacks the evidence heard from witnesses Ian Russell, Izzy Wick, Nina Jankowicz, Clare Pelham and Matt Harrison with SNP committee member, John Nicholson MP.