Our BBC: A blueprint for a more independent and future-proofed BBC Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.

I hope the @thenerve.news report for which @mariaressa.bsky.social provides the preface, is submitted as evidence to the BBC Green Paper consultation. The world they describe is the same one we base our recommendations on for future-proofing the BBC:

demos.co.uk/research/our...

#epistemicsecurity

I gave a talk related to this sort of thing in the UK at #RemixSummit #London last week.

#epistemicsecurity #arts #culture #cities

Our BBC: A blueprint for a more independent and future-proofed BBC Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.

How can we make the #BBC more independent and more accountable?

Recommendations in this @demos-uk.bsky.social report by @sdp.bsky.social (me), @hannahperry.bsky.social & @pollycurtis.bsky.social.

demos.co.uk/research/our...

#publicservicemedia #epistemicsecurity
#deliberativedemocracy

Our BBC: A blueprint for a more independent and future-proofed BBC Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.

How do we reform & future-proof the #BBC to make it more independent? Major new report from @demos-uk.bsky.social - authored by @sdp.bsky.social (me), @hannahperry.bsky.social & @pollycurtis.bsky.social. Please read, react & share!

demos.co.uk/research/our...

#publicservicemedia #epistemicsecurity

Epistemic Security Network Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.

📱 And we launched the #EpistemicSecurity programme through #DemosDigital, which examines the security of our information supply chains, and has built an impressive network of over 50 civil society organisations to pool research and share solutions. ⬇️https://demos.co.uk/epistemic-security-network

#epistemicsecurity

#epistemicsecurity

#epistemicsecurity in a nutshell… 👇🏾

[and yes, also very fun at parties and meetings]

#China is continuing to build relationships, deals, partnerships with #media in various countries (in an approach distinct from #Russia, Gulf states, India, Turkey et al) predictably taking advantage of the vacuum left by the US, & uneven, underresourced UK/EU etc support.

#epistemicsecurity

Epistemic Security 2029: Protecting the UK’s information supply chain and strengthening democratic discourse for the next political era Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.

Last thing - @demos-uk.bsky.social’s #epistemicsecurity work includes a strand on the need to grow and support #localmedia:

demos.co.uk/blogs/episte...

Here’s @demos-uk.bsky.social’s #epistemicsecurity work, btw:

bsky.app/profile/gaia...

Struck by the end of @agnescpoirier.bsky.social’s piece on #france, & am now off down the Gérald Brunner #ApocalypseCognitive (cf #epistemicsecurity) rabbit hole, incl his latest essay, in which he lays out the idea of widespread fear of the future leading to a #nowstalgia…

archive.is/LRHJS

UK politicians must stop stoking division, says policing chief Gavin Stephens says rows over asylum seekers have raised community tensions and put pressure on officers

Grim to have reached the point where it's a senior law enforcement figure - rather than a senior elected official - who has to chastise politicians (we all know who) for trying to stoke up unrest for political gain.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

#epistemicsecurity

How violent protests in Epping are being fuelled by disinformation Claims Essex police force bussed in antiracism activists have been denied but have spread on social media and rightwing news channels

“Farage went on GB News to say he had received a call from a police officer who was in charge of the operation to say he was wrong. “If I was slightly out on accuracy I apologise but I think the gist of what I was saying was right,””

#epistemicsecurity

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating the launch of our NEW #EpistemicSecurity Network this week!

We enjoyed a fantastic line up of speakers, excellent questions from guests and presentations from network leads @hannahperry.bsky.social and Elizabeth Seger.

📺 Watch the full recording ⬇️

🚨 Launching today: the Epistemic Security Network 🚨

Hosted by Demos, this new initiative unites efforts to defend #democracy by strengthening the UK’s information ecosystem. #EpistemicSecurity

Join the network and find out more 👉 demos.co.uk/epistemic-se...

Many suddenly worrying about the integrity of digital infrastructure:

- Demos paper on #epistemicsecurity: demos.co.uk/research/epi...
- European Tech Stack: www.euro-stack.info
- Co-Develop on #DPI: www.codevelop.fund/insights-1/t...
- this paper: www.unige.ch/sciences-soc...

🗨️ Project leads, Elizabeth Seger and @hannahperry.bsky.social, explain why protecting the UK's #epistemicsecurity is so vital.

Epistemic Security 2029: Protecting the UK’s information supply chain and strengthening democratic discourse for the next political era Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.

This initiative is already underway at Demos, fyi, @genmon.org - and see the previous Turing report on #epistemicsecurity…

demos.co.uk/blogs/episte...

Epistemic Security 2029: Protecting the UK’s information supply chain and strengthening democratic discourse for the next political era Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.

Important new seam of work being undertaken by Demos in the UK on #epistemicsecurity - has major ramifications for how we think about, frame & advocate for #mediapolicy - & to whom. (Thoughts from me in due course, but excited to see Demos spearhead this area for action.)
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