BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:afa9cbf4fecf9351d84f0ed6509c988c250 CATEGORIES:Events SUMMARY:Combating Misinformation in Times of Crisis DESCRIPTION:
H.E. Audrey Tang Digital Minister, Taiwa n Followed by a discussion with:< /em> Meredith Broussard, Author and NYU Associa te Professor Hibah Kamal-Grayson, Public Policy Lead , Civics and Social Impact, Google
Am
y Studdart, Senior Advisor for Digital Diplomacy, IRI
(Moderator)
During times o f crisis when the risks are elevated, it is especially critical that we ens ure the availability of accurate and authoritative information across socia l media and web-based platforms. How did companies and governments work tog ether to combat misinformation and elevate reliable information in the earl y days of the COVID-19 pandemic, was it enough, and was this different than responses to other crises? How can or should AI be used--or not used--to r eview content and to aid in crisis response? Where is the line between cont ent moderation and censorship and who should define it? Audrey Tang, Taiwan’
s “digital minister,” has been internationally recognized for her role in a
iding the Taiwanese government’s response to COVID-19, increasing governmen
t transparency, and empowering grassroots movements. Using her technologica
l expertise, she launched the Face Mask Map, a joint initiative that brough
t together the government, software engineers, and civic hackers to effecti
vely allocate face masks across the country. A software developer and entre
preneur: Tang dropped out of school at age 14 to focus on coding, founded a
search engine company before she turned 15, and became Taiwan’s youngest e
ver government minister at the age of 35 in 2016. As part of her strategy t
o create a ‘digital Taiwan’, she led the country’s first e-rulemaking proje
ct. She actively contributes to Taiwan’s g0v (‘gov-zero’), one of the world
’s most active civic-tech communities focusing on creating tools for the ci
vil society. | @audreyt Tuesda y, June 30, 2020 | 7 to 8 PM EDT | Online Registered participants will receive a link to part
icipate. Please
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