The panel aims to hear from women journalists and politicians about how social media and the internet is creating an often toxic and conspiratorial environment for their work and what can be done about it. The aim of the panels is to offer fresh perspectives and solutions rather than just focus on the problems.

Carole Cadwalladr, a British author, investigative journalist, and features writer. She was a features writer for The Observer and formerly worked at The Daily Telegraph. Cadwalladr rose to international prominence in 2018 for her role in exposing the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal, for which she was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, alongside reporters from The New York Times.

Hardeep Matharu, Editor in Chief of Byline Times

Dawn Butler, a trailblazing British politician, the first elected African-Caribbean woman to become a UK Government Minister. She champions underrepresented groups, has held key roles in Parliament, and made history using British Sign Language in the Commons.

Naz Shah has been the Labour MP for Bradford West since 2015 being re-elected in 2019 with a majority of 27,019. She served as Shadow Minister for Crime Reduction, having been appointed to the role in Keir Starmer’s September 2023 reshuffle. However, she resigned from the Labour frontbench over leader Keir Starmer’s stance on Gaza, after voting in the House of Commons for a Scottish National Party amendment calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict.

Heidi Siegmund Cuda is an Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter, bestselling author, and columnist for Byline Supplement. She is co-host of the RADICALIZED Truth Survives podcast, producer/director of award-winning documentaries, and her Bette Dangerous Substack is read in 90 countries.