Disinformation for profit: the dark business behind disinformation (2022)
23 May 2022
19:00 -20:00
GMT
By invitation only
Online
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Overview
Dr. Emma Briant, Associate Researcher in the Human Rights Program at Bard College and research affiliate of the Cambridge Centre for Financial Reporting & Accountability, discusses her research into helping uncover disinformation actors and map disinformation networks that profit from introducing and spreading false narratives that induce societal chaos.
Dr. Briant has testified in UK Parliament, EU Parliament, Canadian Parliament, and the U.S. Congress about disinformation practice and is best known for her work helping expose Cambridge Analytica and advising the Netflix documentary The Great Hack. Dr. Briant is a research affiliate of the Cambridge Centre for Financial Reporting & Accountability.