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Can We Fight Fake News Without Killing the Truth?

Mar 11, 2019

11:00am – 12:00pm CT

Now that the Internet and social media are used extensively to facilitate the flow of information, it has also enabled the amplification of fake news, post-truth and hate speech. This chaos has prompted some legislators and policymakers to attempt to regulate digital spaces, including news sites, social networks, and communications tools. But how can genuine concerns be addressed without increasing the risk of censorship of valid ideas and impeding fundamental rights of freedom of expression ? How can we work together to ensure that all stakeholders of online spaces - journalists, academics, businesses, governments, and ordinary users of social media - have both their rights of free expression and their right to not be manipulated protected?

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