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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...
Read the first report from this programme of work, Epistemic Security 2029: Fortifying the UK’s information supply chain to tackle the democratic emergency. 2024 was dubbed the “year of democracy”, a super election year in which, by some counts, half the...
Yesterday, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) published one of the first major policy papers of the new Labour government – the ‘Get Britain Working’ White Paper. Ignore the headlines which accompanied it (‘Young people who refuse to work...
As part of our mission at Demos to build a collaborative democracy, we are keen to practise what we preach and involve the public in developing our own policy visions. We think this can be particularly powerful on contentious issues...
This week, the Chancellor delivered a significant Budget – raising public spending by £70 billion, funded by large tax rises and borrowing for investment. Hidden away in the Budget documents was a sneak preview of one of the first major...
In Leicester, adventure playgrounds used by children in the school holidays are being closed. In Hampshire, funding for mental health wellbeing services has been cut in half. In both the London Boroughs of Havering and Newham, the councils have announced...
Two months ago, Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned the public that “painful” changes were coming in the Autumn Budget. He immediately assured us, however, of his commitment to the principle that “those with the broadest shoulders should bear the heavier...
Mental health continues to be one of the most pressing health challenges facing policymakers. Recent reports have revealed that the number of children being referred to NHS mental health services in England has hit the highest level on record. Mental...
At this year’s Conservative party conference we’ll once again be holding a range of panel events with expert speakers, including politicians, businesses, civil society leaders, journalists and other experts that bring fresh ideas and perspectives. The core of what makes...
At this year’s Labour party conference we’ll once again be holding a range of panel events with expert speakers, including politicians, businesses, civil society leaders, journalists and other experts that bring fresh ideas and perspectives. We’ll be discussing the future...
