PL 2: Information disorder: causes, risks and remedies.
- All human rights are impacted by the phenomena that we face on the Internet now, the so-called information disorder, which is much wider than just fake news. These are misinformation, mal information and disinformation.
- The cause why disinformation is created, promoted and amplified is an intention to cause harm to our democracies.
- In order to find effective remedy, we need to have in mind why disinformation is created in the first place. Even though many states are trying to use regulation as remedy, we need to avoid regulation that would undermine the very freedom of expression.
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Propaganda has to be differentiated from fake new, disinformation and similar phenomena, since it has different nature and requires different treatment.
- Civil society, it is known, is serving in the fundamental promotion of democratic values and in that process today they are commonly using social media for their work. It was presented that the use of social media for civic engagement has the potential to preventively counteract tendencies to radicalisation.
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28th June 2020 at 8:03 pm
The overall objective is the production and fruition of local content – i.e. in the local language and using the local writing system. Universal Acceptance is a tool to get there, but we should not confuse the means with the purpose.
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28th June 2020 at 7:39 pm
Regulatory, funding, and connectivity challenges are often common in CNs around the world. Peer exchange among CNs and identifying best practices is one way to deal with these challenges.
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28th June 2020 at 7:32 pm
We could add something about local services here. CNs not only provide connectivity to internet, but also serve as a local infrastructure on which to deploy local services and generate local content. We could simply add:
Community network provide internet access and local services for and by [..]
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26th June 2020 at 1:00 pm
Well done!
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26th June 2020 at 12:59 pm
+1 Ilias
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26th June 2020 at 12:53 pm
Easy access to and findability of trusted content needs to be ensured.
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26th June 2020 at 12:48 pm
Add at the end: Support for R&D which brings together technology innovation and creativity is key.
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26th June 2020 at 12:45 pm
Sorry, the comment which slipped into para 3 should have been for par 2:
At the end a sentence should be added: The DSA package offers the perfect opportunity.
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26th June 2020 at 12:44 pm
At the end a sentence should be added: The DSA package offers the perfect opportunity.
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26th June 2020 at 12:43 pm
You could add after the last sentence: the DSA package offers the perfect opportunity.
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