Phil Howard INFORMATION · TECHNOLOGY · SOCIETY

Impact

Professor Howard has produced some high-impact research over the years. Its research and work feature in different newspapers and magazines. This section includes interviews, speeches, articles and op-eds.

Op ed · Jan 2022

What’s Stunning about the Misinformation Trend — and How to Fix it

CNN

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Topics Computational Propaganda

Op ed · Feb 2021

To Quash Disinformation, Researchers Must Work With Journalists

Exposing and fighting the problem requires drawing from reporters’ resources and reach.

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Topics Computational Propaganda Political Communication

News feature

Conspiracy theorists, far-right extremists around the world seize on the pandemic

Civil rights advocates have warned for months that the coronavirus could aid recruiting for the most[...]

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Op ed

Social media need a radical rebuild

Social media doesn’t have to bring us only junk news and misinformation about coronavirus.

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News feature

Fighting the coronavirus infodemic

An "infodemic" of misinformation and disinformation has helped cripple the response to the novel coronavirus.

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Op ed

AI can battle coronavirus, but privacy shouldn’t be a casualty

South Korea has successfully slowed down the spread of coronavirus. Alongside widespread quarantine measures and testing,[...]

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Interview

‘Lie Machines’: How Governments Are Using Tech to Spread Misinformation About Covid-19

Philip N. Howard, director of the Oxford Internet Institute, explains how bots, trolls, and junk news[...]

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Policy Engagement

Formal meeting (oral evidence session): Online Harms and Disinformation

Formal hearing at the UK Parliament on misinformation.

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Interview

BBC World Service Interview

I was interviewed by the BBC World Service for their Global News Podcast, Report says millions of[...]

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Topics Computational Propaganda Social Media

Policy Engagement

Senate Testimony

I was in Washington this week providing testimony for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The[...]

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Topics Big Data

Policy Engagement

S. HRG. 115–397 Open Hearing on Foreign Influence Operations’ Use of Social Media Platforms (Third Party Expert Witness)

Hearing Before the Select Committee on Intelligence of the United States Senate, 115th Congress, Second Session[...]

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Op ed

Our Data, Ourselves

Concentrated in a few hands, big data is a threat to democracy. Social media companies and[...]

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Topics Big Data

Policy Engagement

Impact of digital technologies on UK foreign policy – former ambassador and academics to give evidence to Lords International Relations Committee

Formal hearing at the House of Lords International Relations Committee.

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News feature · FEB 2018

Hard right dominates use of fake US news, Oxford study finds.

The Financial Times

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Topics Computational Propaganda

News feature

Podcast: Talking Politics

John Naughton talks to Philip Howard of the Oxford Internet Institute about whether the digital revolution[...]

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Phil Howard Academic CV

Advisory and Consultancy

As part of my science communication and policy outreach, I have served in an unpaid advisory capacity to the Canadian Government, European Commission, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), UK House of Commons, UK House of Lords, and US House and Senate. I have served in a paid advisory capacity to UNICEF, do strategic advising for public agencies and family offices, and am a co-founder of Oxford Pattrn.AI Analytics and Intelligence.

If you think I may be able to help in an advisory or consultancy capacity please feel free to reach out.

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