00:00 Intro

1:00 What is online manipulation?

7:00 Censorship and news

12:00 Left-wing politics

18:04 Southport riots

22.30 AI and fake news

26:00 How manipulation brings down governments

33:50 Gaza, traumatic content and Britain’s muslim community

42:06 Radicalisation online

47:01 Why some conflicts are more known than others

52:00 Political unity vs consensus

Disinformation is democracy’s kryptonite.

Have you seen a shocking video recently on your fyp, only to discover later that it was made with AI? I can’t be the only one.

What is this doing to our trust in media? Who is wielding this influence? Is it even possible to wrestle back control?

Every day it seems that we are uncovering a new online tool that can be used to peddle false narratives. It’s a powder keg for selfish actors, foreign interference and the destruction of our political systems.

We knew it was bad, but it’s going to get a lot worse.

Our latest guest is one of the world’s leading experts on online manipulation: Amil Khan, CEO of Valent. In this episode we delve into the chaotic world of disinformation to find out who really profits from fake news.

And it isn’t just foreign adversaries, in some ways the picture is even more sinister…

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