36 min

"I went down the rabbit hole": Exploring the real-life effects of false narratives The Safety Tech Podcast

    • Technology

Rising levels of mis- and dis-information threaten people's health, create distrust and even threaten democracy itself. How could safety tech help spot false narratives before they become problematic?

Host Ben Whitelaw speaks to three people who have experienced the real-life effects of misinformation themselves and are trying to address it in their own different ways.

Featuring: 






Heather Simpson, Founder of Back to the Vax

Lyric Jain, Founder and CEO of Logically 

Clare Melford, Co-founder and CEO of the Global Disinformation Index

Brought to you by the Safety Tech Innovation Network, an independent and impartial network funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Nominet, and delivered by Innovate UK KTN.

Become a member today: https://www.safetytechnetwork.org.uk/join-us/

Rising levels of mis- and dis-information threaten people's health, create distrust and even threaten democracy itself. How could safety tech help spot false narratives before they become problematic?

Host Ben Whitelaw speaks to three people who have experienced the real-life effects of misinformation themselves and are trying to address it in their own different ways.

Featuring: 






Heather Simpson, Founder of Back to the Vax

Lyric Jain, Founder and CEO of Logically 

Clare Melford, Co-founder and CEO of the Global Disinformation Index

Brought to you by the Safety Tech Innovation Network, an independent and impartial network funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Nominet, and delivered by Innovate UK KTN.

Become a member today: https://www.safetytechnetwork.org.uk/join-us/

36 min

Top Podcasts In Technology

No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups
Conviction | Pod People
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
All-In Podcast, LLC
Lex Fridman Podcast
Lex Fridman
Acquired
Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal
Hard Fork
The New York Times
TED Radio Hour
NPR