Emma L. Briant, Ph.D. is a Visiting Associate Professor at the Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society, at Notre Dame University. She a leading researcher on contemporary propaganda and information warfare, and its ethics, governance and evolution in an age of mass-surveillance. 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). Dr. Briant is best known for her research that was central in revealing the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook scandal in 2018. Her research, testimony and solutions on media, technology, and the rapid evolution of surveillant propaganda and its implications for democracy, security and human rights have informed civil society organizations, government agencies, industry, the UN, US Congress, UK Parliament, Canadian Parliament and European Parliament among others. She regularly contributes to major journalism outlets and was Senior Researcher for the Oscar-shortlisted documentary The Great Hack. Dr. Briant is a visiting scholar at the Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication at George Washington University, an Associate at University of Cambridge’s Centre for Financial Reporting and Accountability, a Fellow at Bard College and an Affiliate of Monash Global Peace and Security Centre.