Global Information and Digitalized Influence in a Data-driven World

Abstract

On November 24, 2021, Dr. Emma Briant presented Global Information and Digitalized Influence in a Data-driven World at the 2021 CASIS West Coast Security Conference. The primary concepts of Dr. Briant’s presentation centered on the types of tactics and methodologies used by Cambridge Analytica during political campaigns and how these methodologies have been used to drive extremism. Dr. Briant’s presentation was followed by a question and answer period directed at a group of panelists allowing the audience and CASIS Vancouver executives to directly engage with the content of each speaker’s presentation.