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Tag: disinformation

By WebRoots Democracy Posted on November 29, 2020May 9, 2021

Protected: Conspiracy theories are breaching the bulwarks of political trust and certainty – are the defences crumbling?

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Categories: Blog, COVID-19, disinformationTags: conspiracies, coronavirus, COVID-19, disinformation, misinformation
By WebRoots Democracy Posted on September 10, 2020

WATCH: Deepfakes and Democracy

The rise of deepfakes (convincingly faked videos created using artificial intelligence) poses a significant challenge for democracies across the world. They can be used to intimidate activists, undermine elections, and … Continue reading WATCH: Deepfakes and Democracy

Categories: Deepfakes, disinformationTags: Deepfakes, democracy, disinformation, Nina Schick
By WebRoots Democracy Posted on May 30, 2020May 30, 2020

WATCH: In conversation with Angela Rayner MP

Catch up on the hour-long discussion between the Labour Party’s Deputy Leader, Angela Rayner MP, and WebRoots Democracy director, Areeq Chowdhury, covering the pandemic, disinformation, racism, mental health, and more. … Continue reading WATCH: In conversation with Angela Rayner MP

Categories: COVID-19Tags: Angela Rayner, coronavirus, COVID-19, disinformation, Labour Party
By WebRoots Democracy Posted on February 10, 2020February 16, 2020

Disinformation and the 2019 UK General Election

By Maria Benlaiter. On January 21st, WebRoots Democracy hosted its first event of the new year, discussing the recent general election, fittingly at the Houses of Parliament. We were joined … Continue reading Disinformation and the 2019 UK General Election

Categories: Blog, disinformation, Regulating Social MediaTags: 2019 UK General Election, disinformation
By WebRoots Democracy Posted on January 6, 2019September 18, 2019

2019 will be a landmark year in the disinformation war

By Areeq Chowdhury. Fake news, Russian bots, data manipulation. If you think western democracy has been in freefall since the Trump/Brexit earthquake of 2016, brace yourself because that was just … Continue reading 2019 will be a landmark year in the disinformation war

Categories: BlogTags: digital democracy, disinformation, European Parliament, European Union, fake news
By webrootsben Posted on February 28, 2018July 20, 2020

Did Russia hack the referendum?

By Ben Pearson. On January 22nd, WebRoots Democracy hosted a public seminar to explore claims about Russian interference in the EU referendum. To assess the evidence and shed some light … Continue reading Did Russia hack the referendum?

Categories: Blog, Dark Ads, digital democracy, EU ReferendumTags: disinformation, EU Referendum, hack, referendum, Russia, US Presidential Election
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