This episode explores the question: what knowledge, skills and tools are required in the 21st century to combat misinformation and disinformation online?

It brings light to the new emerging trends and techniques for activists engaged in fighting mis- and disinformation online.

Guest : Dan McQuillan (Lecturer in Creative & Social Computing in the Department of Computing. He has a PhD in Experimental Particle Physics, and prior to academia he worked as Amnesty International's Director of E-communications. His research focuses on the resonances between forms of computational operation and their specific social consequences, especially in relation to machine learning & AI. He is currently writing a book on 'AI for the People' for Bristol University Press Dr Dan McQuillan | Goldsmiths, University of London )

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Year of recording : 2021

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