[Air-L] WEBCAST TODAY: ‘The ‘Infodemic’ – misinformation and disinformation during COVID​-19’ #DigitalCooperation

[Joly MacFie]

I have uploaded the audio from this to otter.ai
https://otter.ai/s/zrYmwmKHSQ-GBZ2y8H3HsQ

It does need a good deal of correcting. If anyone, or their students, wants
to pitch in, forward an email address to support at isoc.live

joly



On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 8:09 AM Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:

> As noted, this the 3rd in this series. #1 was  “Connectivity: Situation
> Assessment” <https://youtu.be/EQv3gVgxDoo>, and #2 was “Connectivity:
> Best Practice” <https://youtu.be/ti7G1dDW7HQ>
> ISOC Live posted: "On Wednesday 29 April 2020 at 9:30am EDT (13:30 UTC)
> the Office of the Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General,
> working on Digital Cooperation presents the third in the UN/ITU Webinar
> series 'Digital Cooperation during COVID19 and beyond'."
>
> [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/infodemic>On *Wednesday
> 29 April 2020* at *9:30am EDT* (13:30 UTC) the *Office of the Special
> Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General, working on Digital
> Cooperation <https://digitalcooperation.org/>* presents the third in the
> UN/ITU Webinar series '*Digital Cooperation during COVID19 and beyond
> <https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Pages/seminars/2020/DigitalCooperation/default.aspx>*'.
> The topic is '*The ‘Infodemic’ – misinformation and disinformation during
> COVID-19*'.
>
> This webinar aims to discuss specific communication challenges countries
> are facing during the COVID19 crisis, and strategies and tactics which have
> been deployed to counter disinformation and misinformation. In particular,
> discussion will focus on what could be possible immediate action that could
> lead the global response to COVID19. UNDP and UNESCO are strategic partners
> of this webinar.
>
> *Organizers*
> -Mr *Fabrizio Hochschild*, Under Secretary-General and Special Advisor, UN
> -Ms *Doreen Bogdan-Martin*, Director of Development Bureau, ITU
>
> *Speakers *
> -H.E *Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberge*r, Permanent Representative of Austria
> to the UN Office in Geneva and President of the Human Rights Council
> -Mr *Adama Dien*g , Under Secretary-General and Special Adviser on
> Genocide Prevention, UN
> -The Rt. Hon. *Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury*, Former President of the
> Supreme Court of the U.K.
> -Ms *Mercedes Aramendia*, President of the Unidad Reguladora de Servicios
> de Comunicaciones (URSEC), Uruguay
> -Mr *John Omo* , Secretary-General, African Telecommunication Union (ATU)
> -Ms *Liz Corbin* , Deputy Media Director and Head of News, European
> Broadcasting Union (EBU)
> -Ms *Monika Bickert*, Vice President for Content Policy, Facebook
> -Ms *Irene Jay Liu*, Google News Lab Lead, APAC
>
> *Moderators*
> -Mr *Robert Opp*, Chief Digital Officer (CDO), UNDP
> -Mr *Guy Berger*, Director for Strategies and Policies in the Field of
> Communication and Information, UNESCO
>
> *LIVESTREAM: http://livestream.com/internetsociety/infodemic
> <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/infodemic>*
>
> *PARTICIPATE: contact: jeounghee.kim at un.org <jeounghee.kim at un.org>*
>
> *TWITTER: #DigitalCooperation <http://bit.ly/digitalcooperation>*
>
> *Permalink*
> https://isoc.live/12021/
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