Around the world, democracies are being outpaced by a rapidly evolving information crisis. AI-generated deepfakes, automated propaganda, and weaponised synthetic media are now flooding public discourse faster than institutions can respond. What the world is witnessing is a runaway surge of falsehoods, which is turbo-charging a deeper collapse in our democratic capacity to verify what’s real, deliberate together, and hold power to account.
At this pivotal moment, Eliot Higgins, founder of Bellingcat, is bringing forward a new framework for understanding and repairing the deeper democratic fractures beneath the disinformation crisis. This event marks the first public discussion of that work.
Eliot is joined by renowned investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr and Nathan Sparkes, CEO of Hacked Off – campaigners for a free and accountable press – for a timely discussion in collaboration with Media Revolution campaigners and early adopters of the Belingcat ARC framework. Together they will examine how AI is supercharging already established disinformation networks – and what new civic, investigative, and institutional infrastructures are needed to rebuild shared reality.
Founder, Bellingcat
Investigative Journalist
CEO, Hacked Off
Co-Founder, Media Revolution
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