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Empowering the Digital Citizen: Fireside Chats on Meaningful Digital Participation, Co-Designing Content Policies, Building Safety and Trust Features Online
Throughout the event, experts and thought leaders from diverse backgrounds will engage in fireside chats to discuss critical topics such as effective engagement with tech platforms, multi-stakeholder approaches to content moderation, bridging cultural and technological gaps, addressing gender-based violence, ethical reporting, and safeguarding elections.
Join us as we navigate the complexities of the digital age and strive to empower every citizen to thrive online. Your presence and contributions are essential in driving meaningful change and shaping a better digital future for all.
Join us as we navigate the complexities of the digital age, equip policy professionals with tech fluency, and foster a collaborative environment where ideas flourish. Your presence and contributions are essential in driving meaningful change and shaping a better digital future for all.
The event will bring a consortium of academics, technologists and civil society professionals working at the intersection of both research and product to create more transparent and trustworthy online communication platforms.
A key purpose of this event is to provide a unique networking opportunity for trust and safety professionals to connect, share knowledge, and collaborate on addressing the pressing challenges in their field. By bringing together experts from diverse backgrounds, the event aims to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and facilitate the development of innovative strategies and solutions for creating a safer and more trustworthy digital environment.
We invite trust and safety professionals, researchers, policymakers, technologists, and other stakeholders interested in advancing trust and safety online to join us for this engaging event. We can build a strong network of professionals promoting digital rights, trust, and safety in our ever-evolving digital landscape.
Early bird prices have been extended until April 7, 2023.
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Village introduction and welcome message
Speakers:
Advocating for a Social Internet: Insights from the Integrity Institute Founders on Effectively Engaging with Tech Platforms
Civil society organizations increasingly recognise the influence of tech platforms on social issues and advocate for a healthier online environment. However, the inner workings of these companies can seem opaque, making it difficult to effectively communicate demands. In this fireside chat, the founders of the Integrity Institute, Jeff Allen and Sahar Massachi, share their unique insights on bridging the gap between civil society organizations and tech platforms. Through their experience in both sectors, they offer strategies for speaking the tech language in advocacy and building relationships with public-interest-minded workers and managers at these companies. Join us for an interactive discussion on advancing a social internet where all can thrive.
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Coffee Break (provided on-site)
Finding Common Ground: A Human Rights to Online Content Moderation (25 mins)
With the increasing amount of harmful content on the internet, the question of how to manage online content has become a pressing issue. Traditional approaches have often failed, and there is a growing recognition that a collaborative, multi-stakeholder approach is needed. Join us to discuss how a multi-stakeholder process can drive sustainable progress in online trust and explore ideas for voluntary industry standards and actions that can help reduce online harm. Hear experts in the industry, civil society, and government as they discuss the challenges and opportunities of this approach and how it can be applied to improve online content management. We can find common ground and move towards a safer, more trusted online environment.
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Interventions to Address Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence, from Ideation to Implementation
Online gender-based violence poses a deepening challenge to democracy, serving as a key tool of illiberalism and democratic backsliding across the globe. It's time to move from admiring the problem to implementing solutions. This panel will discuss best practices around implementing interventions to address this issue from representatives of organizations in technology, government, and civil society.
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Building Bridges: Achieving an Open, Inclusive, Accountable, and Transparent Internet
The internet has the potential to connect people from all corners of the world, but achieving an open, inclusive, accountable, and transparent Internet requires building bridges across different communities, cultures, and technologies. In this fireside chat, we will explore the challenges and opportunities of creating an internet that serves the global public interest and reflects the values of all stakeholders. We will discuss strategies for enhancing stakeholder participation, ensuring that decision-making processes are informed, transparent, and inclusive, and developing effective mechanisms for resolving conflicts and making timely decisions. Our expert panellists will share their insights on navigating cultural and linguistic barriers, promoting interoperability and standardization, and fostering a sense of ownership and responsibility among all stakeholders. navigating cultural and linguistic barriers, promoting interoperability and standardization, and fostering a sense of ownership and responsibility for building and maintaining an internet that reflects the values of all communities and cultures.
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Lunch Break (lunch provided on-site)
Conversation with Jenn Halweil (GoBeyondLab)
Shifting our narratives from black and white to technicolor, Jenn will discuss how AI, web3, and digital media innovations are creating sideview mirrors in our information highways to create more sustainable and inclusive engineering ecosystems. Why early adopters in this space will have a huge advantage in building the digital ecosystems that make our old systems obsolete. And how to ensure ethical, empathetic, protections for human rights in the face of misinformation, disinformation, and growing digital consciousness.
Building Competencies for Civic Integrity Professionals: Strengthening Advisory Relationships In and Out of Tech Platforms
Based on first-hand experience with Trust and Safety operations during planned and unplanned elections, combined with research findings, the panel will discuss the effective reality and consequences of dismantling of civic integrity teams at Twitter and elsewhere through recent T&S layoffs will have several areas of impact, including additional harms to marginalized groups, reduced trust in online safety, reduced access for credible information, and challenges to equity in commercial content moderation.
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Ethical Reporting and Networked Authoritarianism: A Fireside Chat with Giovana Fleck and Alex Esenler"
Join Giovana Fleck; the project lead behind the 'Civic Observatory Monitor' and the 'Unfreedom Monitor' projects, and Alex Esenler from OpenArchive for a captivating fireside chat on the interplay of ethical reporting, citizen journalism, and the rise of networked authoritarianism. Gain insights into the evolving landscape of digital media, as Giovana explores the motivations and impacts of digital authoritarianism across cultural and political contexts. Meanwhile, Alex shares OpenArchive's success stories in promoting ethical reporting principles and combating disinformation. Don't miss this enlightening conversation that explores the intersection of media ethics, narratives, and the challenges posed by networked authoritarianism.
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Beyond the Ballot Box: Navigating the Data Ecosystem and Safeguarding Elections Amid Political Uncertainty.
This session will address the challenges posed by the rise of new political regimes in Europe and their impact on accountable elections administration, representation, and accessibility. Our expert panellists will explore the importance of free and transparent elections and the imperative for election integrity. They will delve into electoral systems' key issues, including voter suppression, disinformation, and cybersecurity threats. The session will provide valuable insights into the current state of electoral systems and explore solutions to ensure that elections remain fair, transparent, and accessible to all. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from experts and participate in a thought-provoking discussion on one of the most critical issues facing democracies today.
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15:20 - 15:30 (10 mins)
Closing message: Ahmed X. Medien (Event and Village Chair)
Special Thanks To
Ahmed X. Medien (Misinfo Village Chair, Event Chair)
Ahmed X.unite citizens, academia, government and private industry Medien is a movement builder with a mission to bring citizens, academia, government and private industry together for healthier and safer digital public spaces. His organizing work focuses on grand topics in ever-changing policy discourse and shifting resources: Some of his focus is trustworthy internet, building capacity for intersectional disinformation research and cybersecurity policy.
Ahmed is a systems analyst with a strong background in project development, operations, and coalition building for global organizations. His career has been defined by his expertise in research and knowledge production chairing and producing global events such as the MisinfoCon global summit series and similar research and Truth and Trust Online Conference.
Hallie J. Stern (Disarm Foundation, Event Partner)
Hallie is the Director of Digital Rapid Response & Information Strategy with Limbik Inc, a data science and technology company that empowers partners to prepare for, leverage, and respond to information threats at scale.
She’s also a Disinformation Researcher with The Disarm Foundation, and the Founder of Mad Mirror Media, a digital identity and technology consultancy where she leads research & development initiatives around information propogation, teaches courses on disinformation and influence, and investigates anomalies in ad-tech ecosystems and algorithms.
Maia Mazurkiewicz, (Alliance4Europe, Event Partner)
Maia Mazurkiewicz is an expert on countering disinformation and behavioural changes. She has 15 years of experience in political management, foreign affairs, and communication in administration, business and CSOs. She is a speaker, trainer and moderator. She believes that we need to change the way we communicate, to introduce more understanding in between humans.
She is a Co-founder and Head of StratCom of Alliance4Europe where she deals with strategic communication, to build more diverse internet. She co-founded Future Forces Foundation that is working for more impactful business. She is also Vice-President of the Free European Media Association. In 2017 she co-created Keyboard Warriors in Poland, community that debunks disinformation.
Theodora (Theo) Skeadas, (Integrity Institute, Event Contributor)
Theodora Skeadas is a public policy expert, bringing a decade's worth of experience in bridging the spheres of technology, society, and safety. Her recent tenure on Twitter's global Public Policy team saw her taking the helm on a multitude of policy projects, tackling complex issues such as human rights, disinformation, counter-terrorism, and content moderation, among others. Her dedication to community resilience and economic development is further reflected in her concurrent role as the Executive Director of Cambridge Local First, where she champions a robust local economy.
Theodora's journey in public policy has been marked by diverse experiences and noteworthy accomplishments. She has consulted at Booz Allen Hamilton, addressing matters of cyber security and data innovation alongside U.S. Federal Government agencies, and served as an independent political consultant, strategically guiding campaigns for notable positions including the Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor and Cambridge City Council. A proud alumnus of Harvard Kennedy School, she holds a Master's degree in Public Policy, with a focus on International Trade and Finance. Beyond the borders of the United States, she has worked in Turkey as a Fulbright Fellow, collaborated with NGOs in Morocco, and spent a transformative summer with Inspire Dreams in the West Bank, leading a range of programs for Palestinian refugee youths.
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