Carl Miller engages audiences with the mysteries and dangers of the digital age.
He combines data analysis with immersive reporting to explore the profound changes shaping our lives. Carl has reconstructed his identity from hidden data, visited information warfare bases, and exposed autocratic states manipulating Wikipedia. He has interviewed fake news merchants, lived in a political-technology commune, met Taiwan’s digital democrats, and even engaged in efforts to control an online assassination market.
Through his talks, Carl delves into the true implications of the digital revolution and offers strategies to stay ahead. He synthesizes immersive reporting and solid evidence to reveal unseen yet significant shifts. These include online crime’s global migration, political turmoil, the evolution of journalism, and digital geopolitics. Carl also highlights the precarious position of business amid tech giants—or in a potential company-less world.
With over a decade of digital research experience, Carl draws from an extensive body of work. His reports cover topics such as internet influence in radicalization, policing, counter-terrorism, hate crime via social media, conspiracy theories, digital democracy, and shifting identities in the digital era.
His insights come from diverse interactions. He has spoken with police cyber-crime teams, cyber-criminals, information warfare officers, fake news purveyors, world leaders, spies, and digital ministers. Collaborating with investigative journalists, he probes secretive protocols. Working with dark net experts, he uncovers clandestine online markets.
