Ashton Kingdon
Special guest
Ashton is a PhD candidate in Web Science at the University of Southampton. Her research is interdisciplinary, combining criminology, history, and computer science to explore the ways in which right-wing extremists utilise technology for recruitment and radicalisation, whilst giving equal weight to the subcultural elements of the users of this technology. Additionally, her work examines the various ways that history is being manipulated and weaponised to fuel contemporary right-wing extremist narratives. In terms of technology, her work specifically focuses on the influence and impact of artificial intelligence and machine learning on the radicalisation process, and the increased need for ethical and explainable AI. The ultimate question being: can we really hold intelligent machines accountable for radicalisation?
Ashton Kingdon has been a guest on 2 episodes.
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The Ethics of Studying the Far Right
October 13th, 2021 | Season 2 | 35 mins 22 secs
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
Guests Ashton Kingdon and Ashley Mattheis join Right Rising to discuss the ethical implications of studying the far right. Ashton and Ashley break down the particular burdens scholars face researching extremism online, including researcher safety and mental wellbeing. How, we ask, do we rethink the responsibilities institutions hold for protecting their reachers?
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Artificial Intelligence and Far Right Radicalization
November 10th, 2020 | Season 1 | 35 mins 12 secs
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
Guest Ashton Kingdon joins Right Rising to break down the connections between Artificial Intelligence and far-right radicalization online. She walks us through some of the most significant controversies surrounding AI - like Cambridge Analytica - and helps us understand how algorithms feed extremism.