Breakout Panel Discussion 6
January 12, 2023 01:30 PM
to January 12, 2023 02:30 PM

Details are updated as of 22 December 2022

Social media platforms have become the main news source for many people, but these same platforms are also rife with online disinformation and propaganda. Capitalising on weak digital education and the algorithms of Big Tech platforms, perpetrators of digital black ops have spread false information to manipulate public opinion. How can the digital rights community effectively counter disinformation without infringing on people's rights to freedom of expression?

Speakers

Santosh Sigdel
Chairperson and Founding MemberDigital Rights Nepal
Fritz Edward Siregar
Lecturer in Jentera Law School, Indonesia