Disinformation and ‘fake news’: Interim Report Contents

Published written evidence

The following written evidence was received and can be viewed on the inquiry publications page of the Committee’s website.

FNW and FKN numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and so may not be complete.

Fake News (Former inquiry)

Written evidence received and published in April 2017 before inquiry was relaunched after election:

1Bangor University, Network for Media & Persuasive Communication (FNW0054)

2BBC (FNW0114)

3Ben Nimmo (FNW0125)

4Bob Goodall (FNW0078)

5British Law Education and Technology Association (FNW0074)

6Campaign for Responsible Financial Journalism (FNW0080)

7Centre for the Study of Media, Communication and Power at King’s College London (FNW0089)

8Committee on Standards in Public Life (FNW0049)

9Darren Parmenter (FNW0016)

10Dr Alexander Douglas and Professor Katherine Hawley (FNW0072)

11Dr Ansgar Koene (FNW0116)

12Dr David Manning (FNW0064)

13Dr David Miller and others (FNW0094)

14Dr Dominic Thorrington (FNW0010)

15Dr Karol Lasok (FNW0021)

16Dr Lucas Black (FNW0031)

17Dr Michael Holland (FNW0104)

18Dr Sandra Leaton Gray and Professor Andy Phippen (FNW0029)

19Dr David Coast, Prof. Jo Fox, Prof. David Welch (FNW0085)

20Edmund Wisty (FNW0056)

21Electoral Commission (FNW0048)

22Facebook (FNW0121)

23Full Fact (FNW0097)

24Google (FNW0123)

25Guardian News & Media (FNW0096)

26Himsworths Legal Limited (FNW0046)

27Home Marketing Limited (FNW0059)

28IMPRESS (FNW0112)

29InformAll and the CILIP Information Literacy Group (FNW0079)

30Internet Advertising Bureau UK (FNW0081)

31Internews (FNW0034)

32Isabel Pakowski (FNW0076)

33ITN (FNW0118)

34ITV (FNW0115)

35JAG Shaw Baker (FNW0090)

36Kohei Watanabe (FNW0030)

37Linda Greenwood (FNW0014)

38Master Josh Traynor (FNW0068)

39Members of the Centre for Politics & Media Research, Faculty for Media & Communication, Bournemouth University (FNW0083)

40Michael Leidig (FNW0052)

41Mr Gianfranco Polizzi (FNW0071)

42Mr Jacob Rowbottom (FNW0070)

43Mr Jane Winter (FNW0045)

44Mr Mark Leiser (FNW0035)

45Mr Vernon Moat (FNW0012)

46Mr Xander Ward (FNW0037)

47Ms Gemma MacNaught (FNW0102)

48Muslim Council of Britain (FNW0120)

49National Union of Journalists (FNW0053)

50New Political Communication Unit - Royal Holloway, University of London (FNW0066)

51Newgate Communications (FNW0073)

52News Media Alliance (FNW0098)

53News Media Association (FNW0087)

54Ofcom (FNW0107)

55politicaladvertising.co.uk (FNW0088)

56Press Association (FNW0042)

57Professor Brian Cathcart (FNW0050)

58Professor Jim Ridgway (FNW0067)

59Professor Julian Petley (FNW0099)

60Professor Leighton Andrews (FNW0061)

61Professor Stephan Lewandowsky, Professor James Ladyman, and Professor Jason Reifler (FNW0065)

62Public Relations and Communications Association (FNW0077)

63Research Libraries UK (FNW0062)

64Simple Politics (FNW0024)

65Society of Editors (FNW0060)

66Stephen Saunders (FNW0013)

67Stop Funding Hate (FNW0091)

68The Open University (FNW0092)

69The Royal Statistical Society (FNW0084)

70The Rt. Hon. the Lord David Blencathra (FNW0063)

71Tobacco Control Research Group (FNW0075)

72Transparify (FNW0040)

73UCL Knowledge Lab (FNW0110)

74University of Bristol (FNW0095)

75University of Portsmouth, Alison Wakefield (FNW0103)

76University of South Wales (FNW0086)

77Voice of the Listener & Viewer (FNW0122)

78WebRoots Democracy (FNW0124)

79Wikimedia UK (FNW0058)

Fake News (Current inquiry)

Written evidence received in the relaunched inquiry:

1Adblock Plus (FKN0046)

2Age of Autism (FKN0010)

3Age of Autism supplementary (FKN0027)

4AggregateIQ (FKN0086)

5Alexander Nix supplementary (FKN0072)

6Amy Mitchell, Pew Research Centre (FKN0041)

7Arron Banks (FKN0056)

8Arron Banks supplementary (FKN0059)

9Arron Banks further supplementary (FKN0080)

10Association for Citizenship Teaching (FKN0012)

11Avaaz (FKN0073)

12Bangor University (FKN0003)

13Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (FKN0089)

14Brian Deer (FKN0019)

15Brittany Kaiser (FKN0076)

16Cambridge Analytica (FKN0045)

17Chris Wylie supplementary (FKN0079)

18Corsham Institute (FKN0007)

19David Brear (FKN0065)

20David Chavern, President and CEO, News Media Alliance (FKN0039)

21Disinformation Index (FKN0058)

22Dr Aleksandr Kogan (FKN0077)

23Dr Claire Wardle, Shorenstein Centre on Media, Politics and Public Policy (FKN0040)

24Dr Emma Briant (FKN0071)

25Dr Emma Briant, Senior Lecturer at University of Essex (FKN0092)

26Dr Mils Hills (FKN0014)

27Dr Paul Reilly (FKN0084)

28Dr Sander van der Linden, et al (FKN0049)

29Edmund Wisty (FKN0008)

30Edward Lucas (FKN0052)

31Electoral Commission (FKN0031)

32Elizabeth Denham, Information Commissioner (FKN0051)

33Elizabeth Denham, Information Commissioner supplementary (FKN0057)

34Erin Anzelmo (FKN0074)

35Facebook (FKN0048)

36Facebook - Mike Schroepfer (FKN0082)

37Facebook - Rebecca Stimson (FKN0095)

38Facebook supplementary (FKN0078)

39Factmata Limited, UK (FKN0035)

40Google Supplementary (FKN0038)

41Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice (FKN0005)

42Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice (FKN0090)

43HonestReporting (FKN0047)

44Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA) supplementary (FKN0036)

45Independent Press Standards Organisation (FKN0004)

46Internet Advertising Bureau UK Supplementary (FKN0043)

47IPA (FKN0093)

48Isabella Weatherley (FKN0002)

49Kalina Bontcheva supplementary (FKN0054)

50M C McGrath (FKN0067)

51Major Garrett, Chief Whitehouse Correspondent, CBS News (FKN0042)

52MoneySavingExpert.com (FKN0068)

53Mr Alistair McHugh (FKN0020)

54Mr C Miller (FKN0009)

55Mr Dominic Penna (FKN0021)

56Mr Kevin Cahill (FKN0062)

57Mr Kevin Cahill supplementary (FKN0063)

58Mr Richard Ebley (FKN0015)

59Mr Samuel Townsend (FKN0018)

60Ms Susie Alegre (FKN0081)

61Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) (FKN0011)

62National Literacy Trust (FKN0037)

63Paul-Olivier Dehaye (FKN0055)

64Professor Dr G. Keith Still (FKN0070)

65Professor Leighton Andrews (FKN0006)

66Professor Neville Morley (FKN0091)

67Pupils 2 Parliament (FKN0025)

68Ruchi Hajela (FKN0066)

69Second Draft (FKN0050)

70Stuart Mercer (FKN0016)

71The Open University (FKN0026)

72The Open University supplementary (FKN0044)

73The Stonehenge Alliance (FKN0053)

74University of Westminster - Communication and Media Research Institute & Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies (FKN0013)

75W Morris (FKN0085)

Correspondence

Letter from Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, to the Chair 8 June 2018

Letter from the Chair to Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, 21 May 2018

Letter from Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, to the Chair, 14 May 2018

Annex to letter from Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, to the Chair, 14 May 2018: Letter from Gareth Lambe

Letter from the Chair to Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, 1 May 2018

Letter from the Chair to Alexander Nix, 28 March 2018

Letter from the Chair to Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, 28 March 2018

Letter from Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, to the Chair, 26 March 2018

Letter from the Chair to Alexander Nix, 22 March 2018

Letter from the Chair to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, 20 March 2018

Letter from Simon Milner, Facebook, to the Chair, 28 February 2018

Letter from the Chair to Jack Dorsey, Twitter, 25 January 2018

Letter from Nick Pickles, Twitter, to the Chair, 19 January 2018

Letter from Simon Milner, Facebook, to the Chair, 17 January 2018

Letter from the Chair to Jack Dorsey, Twitter, 14 December 2017

Letter from Nick Pickles, Twitter, to the Chair, 13 December 2017

Letter from Nick Pickles, Twitter, to the Chair, 24 November 2017

Letter from Simon Milner, Facebook, to Chair, 21 November 2017

Letter from the Chair to Jack Dorsey, Twitter, re Russian-linked accounts, 3 November 2017

Letter from the Chair to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, re Russian-linked accounts, 19 October 2017

Letter from the Chair to Dara Nasr, Twitter, 19 October 2017

Background papers

Background paper – Arron Banks, Andy Wigmore

Alexander Nix evidence – SCL & Cambridge Analytica Corporate Structure Development

Dr Emma Briant – Audio file links & transcripts, 4 June 2018

Chris Vickery - data flow illustration, 2 May 2018

Dr Aleksandr Kogan - PowerPoint slides, 24 April 2018

Brittany Kaiser – submitted emails

Brittany Kaiser – written statement

Brittany Kaiser – Background paper – Cambridge Analytica: Leave.EU: Psychographic Targeting for Britain

Britany Kaiser – Legal opinion on Cambridge Analytica and UKIP

Dr Emma Briant – Audio file links & transcripts

Dr Emma Briant – Explanatory essays giving context and analysis to submitted evidence

Matrix Chambers legal opinion: Referendum expenses 2016

Background papers submitted by Christopher Wylie





Published: 29 July 2018