International Conference – Regulating Online Disinformation: Comparative Perspectives was held online on October 1. The event was organized by Caucasus International University and Dublin City University.
The problem of disinformation in the information space is not a new phenomenon, however, the development of technology and the increase in the number of social network users have led to the flurry of disinformation. Disinformation, fake news in some cases threaten democracy, human health and other public good. On the one hand, states, international organizations, online platforms, scientists are looking for a solution to regulate the situation, and on the other hand, not to threaten freedom of speech and expression.
Participants of the plenary session of the International Conference discussed ways to regulate and self-regulate problems caused by online disinformation in Europe and abroad. A roundtable discussion was also held on the current state of online disinformation in Georgia.
The conference was moderated by Eduardo Celeste, Professor in Law, Dublin City University (Ireland) and Mariam Sharangia, MA student at the University of Sussex.
Professor Kakhaber Kordzaia, Caucasus International University Rector welcomed the conference participants. The keynote speakers were Dr. Andrei Richter, Senior Advisor to the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, and Sesili Gogiberidze, Head of the Scientific Research Department at Caucasus International University.
The presentations were made by: Dr. Clara Iglesias Keller, Leibniz Institute for Media Research, Germany (Don’t Shoot the Message: Regulating Disinformation Beyond Content in Brazil); Dr. Giovanni Zagni, Director of the Italian Fact-Checking Project Pagella Politica, Italy (Disinformation and Professional Fact-Checking: A Practitioner’s View); Dr. Eileen Culloty, Assistant-Professor in the School of Communications at Dublin City University, Ireland (Regulating Online Disinformation: Reacting to Digital Problems or Building A Better Internet?).
Roundtable discussions at the conference were made by: Dr. Sergi Jorbenadze, Associate Professor, Tbilisi State University (Freedom of Expression on Social Media in Georgia - Case for the Urgent Need of Online Regulation); Dr. Ushangi Bakhtadze, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani University Professor (Disinformation and Crime: Can We Criminalize It?); Nini Shengelia, Lawyer, Founder of Digital Democracy Center (What are the Effects of Online Disinformation and Fake News on a Digital Society in a Fragile and Unconsolidated Democracy Like Georgia?).
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