Podcast
The Infotagion Podcast with Damian Collins MP
Hosted by Damian Collins · EN
Welcome to the Infotagion podcast, the vaccine to disinformation. Hosted by Damian Collins MP, co-founder of Infotagion and former chair of the House Of Commons select committee for Digital Culture, Media, and Sport.
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Episodes
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Julie Inman Grant
Jul 8, 202200:47:45Tap to summarizeWe are joined by Julie Inman Grant, Australia's eSafety Commisioner. https://www.esafety.gov.au/report
Transcribe →Professor Rasmus Nielsen
Jul 4, 202200:37:37Tap to summarizeToday we are joined by Rasmus Nielsen, Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and Professor of Political Communication at the University of Oxford.
Transcribe →Jamie Susskind: author of The Digital Republic
Jun 22, 202200:50:57Tap to summarizeWe are joined by Jamie Susskind, author of the new book The Digital Republic: On Freedom and Democracy in the 21st Century and fellow at The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence. The Digital Republic is out now on Bloomsbury Publishing @jamiesusskind
Transcribe →Brandon Silverman of Crowdtangle
Jun 17, 202200:45:09Tap to summarizeJoining us on the first episode of season three is Brandon Silverman, the founder and former CEO of Crowdtangle discussing the the future of news media on social media. We are also joined by regular contributor, filmmaker and disinformation analyst Charles Kriel.
Transcribe →Online Safety Bill special series: the Big Tech platforms
Mar 4, 202200:36:50Tap to summarizeWhat actions are the Big Tech platforms taking to protect users from online harms and from censorship? How are they balancing user safety with their business interests? And why do we need an Online Safety Bill to hold them accountable to it? In this special episode, Damian Collins MP looks back at when Facebook, Twitter, Google, YouTube and TikTok gave evidence to Parliament, followed by a discussion with Darren Jones MP. UK Parliament Disclaimer: this e-mail is confidential to the intended recipient. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender and delete it from your system. Any unauthorised use, disclosure, or copying is not permitted. This e-mail has been checked for viruses, but no liability is accepted for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this e-mail. This e-mail address is not secure, is not encrypted and should not be used for sensitive data.
Transcribe →Online Safety Bill special series: Maria Ressa
Feb 25, 202200:31:51Tap to summarizeHow do you balance freedom of expression with the need to safeguard people from online harms? What role can journalism play to step the tide of online disinformation? And how do you protect journalists, who are attacked and censored online for doing their job and holding truth to power? In this Online Safety Bill special series, Damian Collins MP looks back on the evidence Nobel Peace Prize Maria Ressa provided to the Joint Committee on the Draft Online Safety Bill, followed by a discussion with fellow Committee member Lord (Guy) Black of Brentwood.
Transcribe →Online Safety Bill special series: Frances Haugen & Debbie Abrahams MP
Feb 18, 202200:29:49Tap to summarizeFacebook whistleblower Frances Haugen gives her explosive evidence on damaging practices at the company to the Joint Committee examining the U.Ks Online Safety Bill. Damian Collins MP is joined by Debbie Abrahams MP to unpack.
Transcribe →Inside Europe: Bulgaria with Kalina Bontcheva and Angel Petrov
Dec 17, 202100:37:19Tap to summarizeFor 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.
Transcribe →Online Safety Bill special series: Martin Lewis, Sophie Zhang, UK regulators and City of London Police
Nov 12, 202100:27:23Tap to summarizeShould 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.
Transcribe →Inside Europe: Greece with Antonis Klapsis and Georgios Samaras
Nov 5, 202100:35:33Tap to summarizeFor 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.
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