The Infotagion Podcast with Damian Collins MP

We are joined by Julie Inman Grant, Australia's eSafety Commisioner. 

https://www.esafety.gov.au/report

Today 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.

We 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

Joining 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.

What 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.

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Facebook 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.

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. 

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. 

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.