Global Democracy in Peril:
Tackling Free Speech Online, Election Security & Information Landscapes in Crisis
October 7th – 9th, 2020
Confronting a New World Order
In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic and with 2020 elections on the horizon – internet firms, cybersecurity strategists and the press are confronting a new world order. This conference will bring together leading experts for a timely and critical discussion of the shifting landscape of new media, tech policy, politics and democracy in the digital age, and seek to tackle actionable solutions to the unprecedented existential and practical challenges we face today.
Agenda
Panel Recordings and Videos
- Protecting US Elections from Foreign Interference
- Media in Crisis: Reporting in an era of fake news and distrust
- Debating free speech: Charting the gap between US and EU Online content regulation
- How our modern media landscape fueled the COVID-19 Infodemic
- Biometric Revolution? Election Technology and Digital Democracy in Africa
