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Strengthening Information Environments 2023 This programme looks at how we can build a more healthy, resilient and sustainable information environment for citizens in support of their democratic and digital rights. It is led by CASM at Demos. Digitalisation and the...
The consequences of vaccine misinformation have been painfully felt in the last two years. Alongside the tragic and avoidable deaths of those who did not get the vaccine, relationships have suffered and trust across society has been damaged. Through a...
Yesterday, in Human Rights Square in Vienna, activists gathered holding a vigil in memory and to call for justice for journalists killed around the world with impunity. This week, global leaders, international institutions and civil society organisations are gathering in...
Last week we celebrated the launch of the Good Web Network at the Demos office: we asked, what is the Good Web, and what role does the UK have in helping to build it? We brought together civil society, industry,...
After a long and anxious summer for those of us working on tech policy, the new DCMS Secretary, Michelle Donelan, announced that the Online Safety Bill would be returning. The future of the bill became uncertain when a combination of...
The news broke on Wednesday that due to motion being tabled on a vote of no confidence, that the planned Third Reading in the Commons of the Online Safety Bill would be postponed for scheduling reasons, and would return to...
Government regulation and political speech online are uneasy companions – discussion around how to regulate the online world frequently comes up against two inevitable yet clashing truths. One, that doing nothing about the systemic harms in online spaces, from rampant...
Government regulation and political speech online are uneasy companions – discussion around how to regulate the online world frequently comes up against two inevitable yet clashing truths. One, that doing nothing about the systemic harms in online spaces, from rampant...
This is a time of existential change, and technology has a role in it all. Climate change is accelerating, while blockchain technologies outstrip the carbon footprint of entire countries. Global violence is fuelled by disinformation online, from the Russian attacks...
