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Fake News: annoying symptom or life-threatening disease? Location: The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists 39a Bartholomew Close, London, EC1A 7JN

The UK Chapter of the Internet Society and Cloudflare, Inc. invite you
to the forthcoming Event:

Fake News: annoying symptom or life-threatening disease?
Location: The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists
39a Bartholomew Close, London, EC1A 7JN

Date: Thursday 13 July 2017
Time: doors open at 17:30 for an 18:00 start

Fake news has been a buzzword since the US election provoked a debate at
presidential level. But fake news are neither new, nor are they
geographically constrained to the United States. This global topic
stretches the limits of self-regulation as stakeholders grapple with
identifying “fake news” and figuring out what might be done about it.
From the traditional Press to blogs, short messages and on-line videos,
this topic has challenged everyone, from human editors to machine
algorithms, from Roman times until now.

We have assembled a Team of academics, journalists, content and social
media industry, civil society and politicians to discuss fake news with
our audience.

Moderator: Maria Farrell

Speakers:

Joanna Kulesza, PhD, assistant professor of international law
and Internet governance, Faculty of Law and Administration, University
of Lodz, Poland(remotely): introduction / scene setting
Dominic Connor, Journalist: fake news in the Press
Karim Palant, Public Policy Manager UK, Facebook: industry approach
Gabrielle Guillemin, Senior Legal Officer, Article 19: impact on
democracy & freedom of expression
Philip Virgo Advisory Board Digital Policy Alliance: impact on politics

Spaces are limited so please register at: Eventbrite

The discussion will be followed with a networking wine/canapé reception
at approximately 8pm.

Remote Participation:

Topic: Fake News: annoying symptom or life-threatening disease?
Time: Jul 13, 2017 6:00 PM London (17:00 UTC)
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/754626574
Or iPhone one-tap (United Kingdom Toll):  +442036950088,,754626574#
Or Telephone:
Dial: +44 (0) 20 3695 0088 (United Kingdom Toll)
Meeting ID: 754 626 574
International numbers available: https://zoom.us/zoomconference?m=vVTXmVjuUo92UvAmgfT9dSnjlk_z3ovm

More details about Panellists:

Joanna Kulesza, PhD
assistant professor of international law and Internet governance
Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz, Poland
website: LinkedIn Page
publications: https://unilodz.academia.edu/JoannaKulesza/
latest publication: “Due Diligence in International Law” (BRILL) 
A short bio can be found here: ICANN_WIKI Page
Opening points: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2017/06/20/on-fake-news-alternative-facts-and-the-era-of-minority-report/

Dominic Connor
Journalist
Has held most IT jobs at some point, Test Director at PC Magazine, writing for The Register, debugging operating systems for IBM & Microsoft, Head of IT in Financial Markets, Director of HM Treasury’s Secure Wide Area Network, expert witness in computer crime and lecturer in programming. He is currently Chairman of the Real Time Club, vice Chairman of the Conservative Technology Forum and Founder of the Random Walkers.
More information on: LinkedIn Page

Karim Palant
Public Policy Manager UK, Facebook.
More information on: LinkedIn Page

Gabrielle Guillemin
Gabrielle is Senior Legal Officer at ARTICLE 19, an international free speech organisation based in London. She focuses on digital rights issues. Prior to ARTICLE 19, Gabrielle worked as a lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights.
More information on: LinkedIn Page

Philip Virgo
First used an open access, world-wide messaging service in 1968, originator of the Micros in School Programme in 1979, joined ISOC in 1995, has blogged as “When IT Meets Politics” since 2008 .
More information on: LinkedIn Page

The recording of this event held 13th July 2017 is now available.

with thanks to Joly MacFie, Olivier Crépin-Leblond and participants at the event.