OII | ‘People You May Know’

Recorded:
17 Mar 2021

Speakers:
With Professor Philip Howard, Dr Charles Kriel, and Katharina Gellein Viken

A discussion and Q&A with the co-directors and star of ‘People You May Know’, Dr Charles Kriel & Katharina Gellein Viken. This documentary is about Charles Kriel, specialist advisor to UK parliament on disinformation, who discovers Cambridge Analytica collaborating with a company creating a microtargeting platform for US churches, targeting vulnerable people, the poor, the grieving, the addicted, to radicalise them for far right politics. Going undercover he risks everything to gain access where no outsider has set foot.

Speakers

Professor Philip Howard

Professor of Internet Studies

Philip N. Howard is a professor of sociology, information, and international affairs. He is Director of the Programme on Democracy and Technology, and is a Professorial Fellow of Balliol College.

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Dr Charles Kriel

Metronone Media

Charles is an author, broadcaster, journalist as well as a lifelong digital theorist & practitioner. He is a specialist in disinformation, behavioural design and radicalisation.

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Katharina Gellein Viken

Bifröst Media

Katharina is an award- winning Norwegian-born director, producer, writer and actress. She runs Bifröst Media in Oslo, London and LA and started directing theatre age 14.

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Speakers

Professor Philip Howard

Dr Charles Kriel

Katharina Gellein Viken

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