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SUMMARY:Trust in News: Fighting Disinformation | BBC Academy
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Trust In News 2022: a two day virtual conference\, which returns for a second year running – packed with insightful learnings\, practical presentations and workshops. We’ll explore the fresh challenges in tackling disinformation and give you some of the tools you need to join the fight. \nSpeakers will include representatives from the Trusted News Initiative: a partnership of organisations including the BBC\, Meta\, Twitter\, Reuters\, AFP and The Washington Post. It is the only forum in the world of its kind designed to take on disinformation in real time. \nOn day one we will address protecting democracies around the world from the threat of disinformation. Original research\, commissioned by the BBC\, about news brands and reaching people who have misinformed views\, will be presented by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen\, Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. On day two\, we’ll explore the danger to life that disinformation can cause and how to defend against it. \n[…]
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SUMMARY:The Present and Future of Misinformation in Canada | The Centre for Media\, Technology and Democracy at McGill University
DESCRIPTION:A roundtable focused on misinformation challenges in Canada and what\, if anything\, we can do about it.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event \n\n\nThis year has been marked by an influx of misinformation\, from truckers motivated by COVID-19 medical misinformation to Russian information warfare and conspiracies about Ukrainian biolabs. Hear from an expert roundtable of journalists\, academics\, and other defenders against misinformation about what they have learned\, how it threatens democracy\, and how we can combat it. \n\n\n\n\nRoundtable Participants \nJustin Ling. Justin Ling is an award-winning investigative journalist who specializes in stories that are under-reported or misunderstood. He focuses on stories around misinformation\, conspiracy theories\, extremism\, policing\, and national security. \nGallit Dobner from Global Affairs Canada. Gallit Dobner is Director of the Centre for International Digital Policy at Global Affairs Canada\, with responsibility for the G7 Rapid Response Mechanism to counter foreign threats to democracy as well as broader issues at the intersection of foreign policy and technology. \nColette Brin from Université Laval. Colette Brin is a full professor in the Department of Information and Communication at Université Laval and Director of the Centre for Media Studies. As a former journalist by profession\, Colette Brin’s research has focused on a variety of contemporary issues facing news organizations\, from newsroom convergence and declining journalistic staffing to online public information practices and misinformation. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-present-and-future-of-misinformation-in-canada-tickets-tue-29-mar-2022-at-1200-eventbrite/
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