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16.5 million UK adults encountered deepfakes online in the past month Demos calls for action to safeguard democracy Political deepfakes and AI-generated misinformation pose a serious risk to democracy, the cross party think tank Demos today warns, as new evidence...
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The Epistemic Security Network is a new network hosted by Demos. It provides a home for collective efforts to protect democracy by cleaning up and fortifying our information supply chains. As part of the network we share a bi-weekly newsletter, Epistemic Security...
Text-based AI services such as chatbots and AI-powered search results routinely provided inaccurate information about elections ahead of this month’s polls, according to new evidence from the cross-party think tank Demos. Errors included getting the date of election day wrong,...
Last week, Demos’s Aidan Garner attended The National Growth Debate – here he offers his reflections. The event, organised by the Good Growth Foundation, brought together the most senior economic thinkers and decision makers from across politics, industry, media and...
Stronger links between small businesses, councils and educators could unlock billions in growth while opening up new job and apprenticeship opportunities for young people – especially those from a low-income background – according to new research by the cross-party think...
Last week’s Gorton and Denton by-election produced a result that commentators have rightly called seismic. The Greens won with 40.7% of the vote –their first ever by-election victory – while Reform came second with 28.7%. Labour, which held this seat...
MPs’ offices are stuck in fire-fighting mode, unable to cope with the volume of urgent requests from constituents due to outdated technology, limited organisational support and restrictive procurement rules, according to new research from the cross-party think tank Demos. The...
On 12 February 2026, the Labour government published its Representation of the People Bill (Elections and Democracy Bill), intended to “protect our democracy against foreign interference and give young people the right to vote”. Responding to the bill, Azzurra Moores,...
It’s the million euro question: can AI-powered tech help scale public deliberation so that many more citizens can play a part in shaping the decisions that affect their lives? We hope to answer that question with Waves, a €1 million...
Breaking: Queues are forming outside cash machines across the UK this morning as banking apps slowed and failed amid mounting reports that major financial institutions are on the brink of collapse. Several banks have been forced to restrict transfers, and...
Citizens with different views on immigration will be asked to come together to debate the trade-offs between legal migration and economic growth in a series of events being planned by the Home Affairs Select Committee. The House of Commons committee...
