Emma L. Briant, PhD, is a Visiting Associate Professor at the Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society at the University of Notre Dame. As a leading expert on propaganda, information warfare and new technologies, her research and testimony have informed policymakers in the US and worldwide, government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, industry and transnational organizations. Her research is best known for its role in revealing the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook scandal, including through the Oscar-shortlisted documentary The Great Hack. Her research, testimony and solutions on media, technology and the rapid evolution of surveillant propaganda and its implications for national security, democracy and human rights have informed civil society organizations, government agencies, industry, the UN, US Congress, UK Parliament, Canadian Parliament and European Parliament, among others. In addition to numerous peer-reviewed scholarly articles, Dr. Briant has three books: Bad News for Refugees (Pluto Press, with Philo and Donald, 2013), Propaganda and Counter-Terrorism: Strategies for Global Change (Manchester University Press, 2015) and the Routledge Handbook on the Influence Industry (Routledge, co-edited with Vian Bakir, 2024). She is currently working on a fourth book, Propaganda Machine, and a fifth, Move Fast and Fix the Internet.