Having responded to the UK parliamentary select committee on Science and Technology inquiry into social media data and real time analytics, I was pleasantly surprised to be invited to give oral evidence in a session a few days back.

The video on Parliament TV is two hours, but the transcript is perhaps more readily digestible!

Witnesses

• Professor Derek McAuley, Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute, Professor David De Roure, Director, Economic and Social Research Council, and Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Web Science Trust

• Professor Liesbet van Zoonen, Loughborough University, Professor David Robertson, UK Computing Research Committee, Dr Mathieu d'Aquin, The Open University, and Emma Carr, Big Brother Watch