Renée DiResta from the Stanford Internet Observatory was part of the investigative team for the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report into election interference. This week, she tells Damian Collins MP what they found when digging into the data….

The Stop Hate for Profit campaign has been successful in persuading major brands like Adidas, Coca Cola and Unilever to pause their advertising on Facebook and demand the company does more to stop the spreading of harmful content. Jim Steyer, the…

In 1995 Craig Newmark launched Craigslist, which has since become one of the biggest and most successful online communities ever. Today his philanthropic foundation supports projects that promote quality journalism and investigative reporting. This…

In his first ever on-the-record broadcast interview, Trump-Russia dossier author and ex-MI6 officer Chris Steele joins Damian Collins MP for a special extended edition of the podcast. They discuss the extent of Russian interference in public and…

Damian Collins MP is joined by John Borthwick, Chair of the COVID-19 Technology Taskforce and CEO of Betaworks, who were early investors in Twitter and Tumblr. They discuss the tech companies’ response to COVID-19 and compare track and trace…

How does the newly elected Fianna Fáil government in Ireland plan to tackle misinformation and tech regulation? James Lawless, the party’s science and technology spokesperson, discusses with Damian Collins MP. They are joined by BBC’s…

Following the terrorist attacks in Christchurch in March 2019 which were live-streamed to Facebook, Australia passed world-leading legislation that imposed tougher financial and criminal consequences for social media companies if they failed to…

The NHSX COVID-19 tracker app in the UK still isn’t fully operational. Did the UK Government choose the wrong tech, or do the tech companies have too much control over the data that’s gathered by their systems? Matt Burgess, Deputy Digital Editor…

When Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the web, it was intended for everyone. Now it is dominated by a few tech companies who have accumulated huge amounts of data on its users. So Tim decided to make a change. He launched Solid, an open source platform,…

Oscar winning film producer David Puttnam joins Damian Collins MP this week. Lord Puttnam Chairs the House of Lords Select Committee on Democracy and Digital Technologies. Their most recent report pointed to an ‘unacceptable’ delay to the UK…