Disinformation and Democracy — Eliot Higgins & Carole Cadwalladr
Bellingcat founder and investigative journalist discuss AI-generated deepfakes, automated propaganda, and the information crisis threatening democracies.
Why we picked this
Bellingcat's founder and the journalist who broke the Cambridge Analytica story — together, on the most important media question of our time.
Eliot Higgins founded Bellingcat, the open-source intelligence collective that has identified war criminals, debunked state propaganda, and pioneered a new model of investigative journalism. Carole Cadwalladr broke the Cambridge Analytica story for The Guardian, revealing how personal data was weaponized to influence elections.
Together, they represent two of the sharpest minds working on the question of how information ecosystems shape — and distort — democratic societies. This conversation at RSA House takes on the next wave: AI-generated deepfakes, automated propaganda campaigns, and the structural incentives that make platforms amplify disinformation over truth.
Free admission. If you care about how democracies survive the information age, this is essential.