The Battle Against Fake News
May 17
13:10 - 13:50
Our democracy is at stake due to the disruptive effects of conspiracy theories and deep fake technologies. Fake news rules our headlines and impacts our daily lives, and disinformation is widely disseminated. Social media algorithms suck us into a trap of more of the same, polarizing our societies. This combines to create a parallel universe in which a common truth no longer exists. A variety of organizations and grassroots initiatives are working to combat these developments, applying different strategies.
- Geert Jan Bogaerts, Proof of Provenance
- Annique Mossou, Bellingcat
- Viktoras Daukšas Debunk.eu,
- Paulius Senuta, Call Russia
- Julia Conemans, Benedmo.eu
Podcast
Hosted by
Geert-Jan Bogaerts
Chairman of the PublicSpaces Foundation; head of I&DM at VPRO
Speakers
Annique Mossou
Trainer & Researcher Bellingcat
Geert-Jan Bogaerts
Chairman of the PublicSpaces Foundation; head of I&DM at VPRO
Julia Conemans
Programme manager BENEDMO, at the Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision
Viktoras Daukšas
Head of DebunkEU.org
Paulius Senuta
CEO Not Perfect Companies