Jamie Bartlett

Jamie Bartlett’s books have been translated into 15 languages. He founded the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at the think-tank Demos, where he specialised in online social movements and using machine learning to study the impact of technology on society. He is a regular commentator on national and international media outlets, and a regular writer on technology for The Spectator.

Jamie’s TED talk ‘How the mysterious dark net is going mainstream’ has been watched almost 5 million times. His main topics are cyber security and privacy online, new political movements, social media research and analysis, and internet cultures.

In 2017 Jamie presented the two-part BBC TWO documentary series ‘The Secrets of Silicon Valley’ about how technology was changing politics and society, including Cambridge Analytica’s role in the 2016 US election. In 2019 he wrote and presented the hit BBC podcast series ‘The Missing Cryptoqueen’ which exposed the biggest ever cryptocurrency scandal. The podcast reached number 1 on the iTunes charts, and has been downloaded millions of times.

Jamie is frequently sought after for keynote speeches, specialising in internet culture, cybercrime, the dark net, big data, and ethics. He speaks at festivals and internal conferences with recent clients such as American Express, J.P. Morgan, and Google.