Fighting Disinformation Roadmap E-Summit

The massive increase and rapid spread of disinformation and misinformation in recent years, from fake news to deep fakes, has shaken both the integrity of information and the integrity of democracy.

Disinformation ranges from fabricated falsehoods and alternative facts to any information in disagreement with one’s beliefs. It combines initial malevolent intent with end-user amplification and gets spun around with the virality and velocity of algorithm-driven mass and social media.

Disinformation has also become a complex paradigm where specific segments like political propaganda, commercial click-bait, and hybrid cyber-threats are conjoined by a flow of news, networks, and businesses in a transborder and transmedia environment.

To counter those perceived threats caused by disinformation, we have seen the rise to two major fields: fact-checking and media and information literacy (MIL).

This has also created opportunities for newcomers to enter professional fields in need of revamping and further synchronization across practitioners, agencies, platforms, and networks.

Accordingly, the Fighting Disinformation Roadmap E-Summit aims to bring together senior practitioners in these two fields, as well as academics, researchers, and innovators, in order to:

• Exchange and share knowledge

• Discuss ideas and solutions for a future collaborative roadmap or a joint campaign to combat all aspects of fake news, social and mainstream media manipulation, and disinformation.

---Speakers---

- Mr. Martin Roth - President, Swiss Fund Association

- Mrs. Catherine Gilbert - Verification Officer, KEYSTONE-SDA-ATS AG

- Mr. Marko Kovic - PhD, Researcher, Author and Activist

- Mr. Michael M. M. Consumer-centric Media Expert

- Mrs. Bärbel Winkler Skeptical Sceince

- Mr. Peter Metzinger, Campaigner & Entrepreuneur

---Agenda--- 

This E-Summit will be broadcasted and open to the public in an interactive session format to allow for shared perspectives and engagement between the experts and the public:

2:00 p.m. Welcome note by Peter Metzinger  

2:05 p.m. Opening Keynote: The effectiveness of different Counterprogramming, debunking strategies, and approaches to tackling mis/disinformation on social and mainstream media- statistics and examples. 

2:20 p.m. Counterprogramming and debunking challenges and learnings:

• The most critical challenges facing fact-checkers and debunkers

• Strategies and learnings

• Whose responsibility is it to fight disinformation?

3:00 p.m. Interactive workshop using Miro Board: How to tackle the fight against disinformation challenges: 

• How can fact-checkers, debunkers, scientists, social platforms, media and tech providers better align their efforts to improve Information Literacy and rebuild trust:

3:40 p.m. Closing Keynote: Summary and findings presentation  

Further information: https://reclaimthefacts.com/fighting-disinformation-roadmap-esummit/