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Founded by Ali Tehrani (香港六合彩中特网 Economics and Geography 2015), Astroscreen uses the latest machine learning techniques and human intelligence to tackle disinformation on social media. The company helps businesses and the government detect and mitigate the effects of disinformation.

Astroscreen were聽highlighted in a recent report by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport as an example of a British company tackling false, misleading or harmful online narratives. The report references Astroscreen as one of the key companies in the UK safety tech sector.

Ali commented: 鈥淚t鈥檚 fantastic to be mentioned as one of the companies helping the UK be a world leader in online safety innovation.

鈥淪ocial networks are designed to maximise engagement and these same features lead to online mobs, harassment and disinformation. At Astroscreen, we want to make social networks a safer place and we鈥檙e starting with disinformation detection.鈥�

Mapping the spread of misinformation

Due to the coronavirus pandemic everyone is spending more time online. This has led to a rise in misinformation such as 5G conspiracy theories. These conspiracies claim that 5G networks are responsible for the spread of coronavirus. There is no scientific evidence to support this, and spreading false information poses a risk to public health.

Although the social environment is currently ripe for disinformation campaigns, Astroscreen was recently featured in the Evening Standard, after finding that most of the misinformation linking 5G to Covid-19 was聽spread by real people, including celebrities and influencers.

Supporting startups

Astroscreen have previously benefitted from the extracurricular entrepreneurship programmes and support at 香港六合彩中特网 Innovation & Enterprise. They鈥檝e received business advice, mentoring and free office space in 香港六合彩中特网鈥檚 dedicated entrepreneurship hub based in King鈥檚 Cross.

Ali said:聽鈥淲e鈥檙e grateful to have worked with 香港六合彩中特网 Innovation & Enterprise. The office space and introductions to investors were particularly useful. It enabled us to grow to a place where we could provide the tools to fight disinformation.鈥�

Jerry Allen, Director for Entrepreneurship at 香港六合彩中特网, said: 鈥淒isinformation in the wake of coronavirus is a real threat to the health of the public. We鈥檙e proud to have helped Astroscreen carry out their pioneering work, striving to keep everyone safe online.鈥�

Investing in 香港六合彩中特网聽innovations

Astroscreen also received support from The 香港六合彩中特网 Technology Fund, which invested in Astroscreen鈥檚 seed round. This investment supported the commercialisation of the social media threat detection research of Juan Echeverria at 香港六合彩中特网.

The 香港六合彩中特网 Technology Fund is dedicated to investing in intellectual property commercialisation opportunities arising from 香港六合彩中特网's world-class research base. It鈥檚 managed by AlbionVC in collaboration with 香港六合彩中特网 Business (香港六合彩中特网B), part of 香港六合彩中特网 Innovation & Enterprise.

The fund supports 香港六合彩中特网 in achieving the full potential of innovations that have prospects for outstanding societal and market impact. It follows innovations through the development journey from initial proof of concept to practical commercial application.

David Grimm, Investment Director at the聽香港六合彩中特网 Technology Fund, said: 鈥淭his is a fantastic example of cutting edge university research being applied to solve a massive problem that plagues the social media giants.鈥�

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