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== Session description ==
 
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Disinformation can undermine democracy, create division and distort public debate. We have witnessed how disinformation has polarized the debate on the pandemic and on the measures to deal with it, how the ‘infodemic’ has even been a driver of the crisis. Polarization has sometimes led to online harassment and physical aggression against journalists and politicians. In geopolitical conflicts disinformation has long been used to influence public opinion and policy making and in the war against Ukraine we have experienced that information can be weaponized.
In crisis situations there is a tendency to “exceptionally” interfere with human rights and media freedom. Crises have been used as a pretext by states to put in place exceptional measures sometimes derogating from the European Convention on Human Rights. At the same time, social media are not always assuming the neutral platform role they claim to have.
In this session we will discuss what should be and has been done to address these challenges by intergovernmental organizations, governments, civil society, the media and social media.  
 
Speakers:
* The facts - academic research: Prof. Mart Susi, Tallin University (tbc)
* The pandemic and the infodemic: Rachel Pollack, UNESCO
* Fact-checking during the war: EDMO representative
* Public Service Media combatting disinformation in times of crisis: Eric Scherer, France Télévisions
* The Human Rights perspective: Cristian Vaccari, Professor of Political Communication, Loughborough University, member of the Council of Europe Committee of experts on the integrity of online information (MSI-INF) (tbc)
* The European Parliament’s approach: Sandra Kalniete, MEP, rapporteur on ‘Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the EU’ (tbc)
* The Digital Services Act’s obligation for trusted flaggers: Krisztina Stump, Head of Unit, European Commission (tbc)
Moderator: Nicola Frank, Head of Institutional and International Relations, EBU


== Format ==  
== Format ==  

Revision as of 09:09, 31 May 2022

22 June 2022 | 16:20 - 17:30 CEST | SISSA Main Auditorium | Live streaming | Live transcription
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Focus Area 4
Internet in troubled times
Working title: Subtopic 1

  • Responding to disinformation in times of COVID-19 and geopolitical conflict

Proposals: #1 #56 #59 (#2) (#5)

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Disinformation can undermine democracy, create division and distort public debate. We have witnessed how disinformation has polarized the debate on the pandemic and on the measures to deal with it, how the ‘infodemic’ has even been a driver of the crisis. Polarization has sometimes led to online harassment and physical aggression against journalists and politicians. In geopolitical conflicts disinformation has long been used to influence public opinion and policy making and in the war against Ukraine we have experienced that information can be weaponized. In crisis situations there is a tendency to “exceptionally” interfere with human rights and media freedom. Crises have been used as a pretext by states to put in place exceptional measures sometimes derogating from the European Convention on Human Rights. At the same time, social media are not always assuming the neutral platform role they claim to have. In this session we will discuss what should be and has been done to address these challenges by intergovernmental organizations, governments, civil society, the media and social media.

Speakers:

  • The facts - academic research: Prof. Mart Susi, Tallin University (tbc)
  • The pandemic and the infodemic: Rachel Pollack, UNESCO
  • Fact-checking during the war: EDMO representative
  • Public Service Media combatting disinformation in times of crisis: Eric Scherer, France Télévisions
  • The Human Rights perspective: Cristian Vaccari, Professor of Political Communication, Loughborough University, member of the Council of Europe Committee of experts on the integrity of online information (MSI-INF) (tbc)
  • The European Parliament’s approach: Sandra Kalniete, MEP, rapporteur on ‘Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the EU’ (tbc)
  • The Digital Services Act’s obligation for trusted flaggers: Krisztina Stump, Head of Unit, European Commission (tbc)

Moderator: Nicola Frank, Head of Institutional and International Relations, EBU

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