UCL Digital Speech Lab @uclspeechlab.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Leif Wenar (Stanford) joins Philosophically Speaking to explore the doctrine of effective altruism, explaining why it leads us astray when thinking about our duties to the global poor and to the future. 130
UCL Digital Speech Lab @uclspeechlab.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Renée Jørgensen (Michigan) joins Philosophically Speaking to explore the ethics of using big data to allocate police attention, and why doing so is morally questionable. 100
UCL Digital Speech Lab @uclspeechlab.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Cécile Laborde (Oxford) joins Philosophically Speaking to ask who should be protected by discrimination law, and whether the socially advantaged can be victims of wrongful discrimination. 100
UCL Digital Speech Lab @uclspeechlab.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Dr Sam Berstler (MIT) joins Philosophically Speaking to explore how merely asking questions can sometimes be morally wrong, violating our rights to privacy. 100
UCL Digital Speech Lab @uclspeechlab.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Prof Jeremy Waldron (NYU) joins Philosophically Speaking to discuss what’s so bad about lying - and why certain lies are distinctively destructive to our political life. 100
UCL Digital Speech Lab @uclspeechlab.bsky.social · 06/02/2026🎙️Philosophically Speaking Podcast Presenting the best new scholarship in political and social philosophy, featuring lively conversations with leading thinkers. Join hosts Jeffrey Howard and Emily McTernan, exploring the thorniest ethical questions of our time. feeds.transistor.fm/philosophica... 011
UCL Digital Speech Lab @uclspeechlab.bsky.social · 18/12/2025🌐Our Digital Civics Initiative delivers interactive workshops in schools and provides digital literacy training to support responsible, informed online participation - all to help young people navigate their engagement with content online 📱 Find out more: www.digitalspeechlab.com/digital-civics 000
UCL Digital Speech Lab @uclspeechlab.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Meet the Team! 🌟 Emma Connolly is a Fellow with the Digital Speech Lab, leading its new initiative in digital civic education. Her academic work focuses on the viral movement patterns of narratives on social media platforms. 📱 110
UCL Digital Speech Lab @uclspeechlab.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Meet the Team! 🌟 Ricki-Lee Gerbrandt is a Fellow in Platform Governance at UCL’s Digital Speech Lab. ⚖️💻 She is a lawyer and legal scholar working at the intersection of media freedom, freedom of expression, and the governance of digital technologies. 110
UCL Digital Speech Lab @uclspeechlab.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Digital civics is about ethical civic behaviours, citizenship, and democratic engagement in the digital realm. 🧠 At the Digital Speech Lab, we study the governance of online communications - identifying the principles that should guide regulation, balancing free expression with preventing harm. 120
UCL Digital Speech Lab @uclspeechlab.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Meet the Team! 🌟 Jeffrey Howard is Director of the Digital Speech Lab and Professor of Political Philosophy and Public Policy at UCL. 🌐 He leads our DSL work on how digital platforms shape public discourse and producing philosophical guidance on how to improve online content moderation. 130
UCL Digital Speech Lab @uclspeechlab.bsky.social · 15/07/2025💭Still thinking about the great conversations we had at the Cally Festival last weekend. 🧠Our team guided visitors through the maze of digital media, helping them spy misinformation and understand the algorithms behind their feeds. Grateful to everyone who joined the conversation! #CallyFest2025 000
UCL Digital Speech Lab @uclspeechlab.bsky.social · 09/07/2025📸 A few more snaps from Sunday’s Cally Festival! From curious kids to critical thinkers — we loved seeing so many people try out Likes, Lies, and Algorithms. Huge thanks to everyone who stopped by to test their digital literacy skills and chat with the team 🙌 #CallyFest2025 000
UCL Digital Speech Lab @uclspeechlab.bsky.social · 07/07/2025📸 Team Digital Speech Lab at Cally Festival 2025! Our Research Fellow Emma and our Undergraduate Research Assistants Anoushka, Cosima, and Christian helped visitors spot misinformation and explore how algorithms shape what we see online. 🧠 Thanks to everyone who joined us! #CallyFest2025 000