Carl Miller - Confronting Information Threats Online, from Disinformation to Hate, and Conspiracies

The rise of the internet in the 21st century has been accompanied by  unprecedented levels of polarisation, division, and coercion. At the  same time democracies are being hit by a huge range of different, and  rapidly evolving hostile state activities. Not all of them have their  origins in Russia, though clearly many do, and these saw a significant  scaling up after the 2014 inversion of Donbas.     Today, I am discussing these issues with Carl Miller, an experienced  digital researcher, author and international speaker, Partner, and  Research Director at CASM Technology. We’ll also be exploring the  extraordinary technology and methodology behind Beam: an initiative for  Defending Information, developed by Carl Miller and the team at CASM  Technology. Carl is also a Visiting Fellow at King's and an  International Speaker, as well as author of the fascinating book “The  Death of the Gods – The New Global Power Grab”. Carl is interested in  how technology is changing society and politics. In 2012 he co-founded  the first UK think tank institute dedicated to studying the digital  world at Demos and has been its Research Director ever since. He writes  widely on tech and society, including for The Economist, Wired, New  Scientist, The Sunday Times, the Telegraph, and the Guardian.