ONLINE EVENT – Rethinking the possibilities of data and technology in the fight against disinformation

ONLINE EVENT | MARCH 26TH

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Agenda

09:00 | Opening remarks

09:15 – 10:15 | The role of the EU’s ICT policies in protecting European values, markets and citizens against disinformation

This session will define the scope of the problem and canvass the key principles for further action with attention to strengthening multi-stakeholder cooperation and bringing in expertise from the EU’s ICT and Media sectors and their R&D performance against disinformation.

Topics: policy initiatives, digital market, multi-stakeholder cooperation, research and development, media policies and regulation

10:30 – 11:30 | Big Data and quality data for fake news and disinformation detection

Data silos can cause inefficiency and ineffectiveness also in tackling fake news and disinformation. A number of initiatives will provide examples of how data ingestion, processing and analysis to extract relevant features, can serve as a means of verification of multimedia contents.

Topics: information silos, data integration and interoperability, storage, machine learning, natural language processing, content verification

11:45 – 12:45 | EU’s ICT ecosystem against disinformation: the challenges ahead