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SUMMARY:Fake News and Elections in Asia
DESCRIPTION:Overview \nStakeholders in Southeast Asia are increasingly expressing their concerns over the rise of information manipulation to influence public views and behavior\, mislead\, incite hatred and fear and even revise factual historical accounts. Behavioral manipulation has occurred at the grassroots level as charismatic leaders and groups take to social media to spread hate speech and fake news with the aim of gaining adherents to their cause in long running conflicts that threaten democratic values. \n \nA range of governments in Asia have introduced or have announced their intention to enact legislation to cover fake news. Traditionally “fake news” or one-sided propaganda have been generated by authoritarian governments who controlled local media and later introduced a variety of legislation to mitigate the flow of alternative information from websites and social media. The introduction of fake news bills targeting individual actors and alternative news portals is an evolution in the slew of legislation authoritarian regimes have been passing over the years against alternative content generated by online communications. Attention has also shifted to technology companies and their role in combating fake news\, misinformation and rumours. Here artificial intelligence and data science are beginning to provide an understanding of viral social media content movement and its impact on habit forming behaviours. \nOverall\, early analysis shows that democracy\, the rule of law and freedom of expression are the likely victims of these emerging legislation to combat fake news. This conference will examine the phenomenon of fake news or disinformation and its use and abuse by governments\, private entities and social media\, the role of the citizen in the consumption of such ‘news’\, the responsibility of media outlets\, technology companies and the emerging legislation around it and its impact on human rights. It will also critically examine the role media literacy programme and the work of fact check centres. \nThemes \nThe key issues that will be examined are as follows are: \n\nHistory of misinformation by governments and media outlets\nEmerging laws and legislation to curb disinformation\nFake news and its impact on voter behaviour and communal violence\nEffectiveness of media literacy programmes and fact check endeavours\nRole of artificial intelligence\, data science\, technology on habit forming behaviour\nImpact on democracy\, rule of law and freedom of expression\nAny other relevant or related themes\n\nObjectives \nThe conference aims to achieve the following objectives: \n\nConvene interested individuals and organizations researching misinformation in Asia;\nExchange information and trends around legislation to curb fake news  in Asia;\nAdvance knowledge on role of technology and data on habit forming behavior in Asia; and\nExamine the impact on democracy\, human rights\, freedom of expression and rule of law\n\nConference Structure \nThe conference will consist of thematic panels\, country-specific discussions and a final plenary session which will be open to civil society groups\, political parties\, international organisations\, government officials and the academic community to facilitate knowledge sharing and networking opportunities. \nVenue \n10 July at Asia Centre \n5-6pm: Partners Meeting \n6-8pm: Welcome Reception and Networking \n11-12 July \nMongkutsamatiwong Building\, \nFaculty of Communication Arts\, Chulalongkorn University \n254 Phayathai Road\, Wangmai\, Pathumwan \nBangkok 10330 Thailand \nAlso see Programme Outline. \nConference Fee \nThis is a self-funded conference\, hence a flat fee of USD$300 that will be charged to all keynote\, paper and poster presenters and participants. This will go towards covering the cost of the venue\, equipment and logistics\, coffee breaks on all days\, certificates for participants\, and conference communications. \nSource: https://asiacentre.org/event/fake-news-and-elections-in-asia/ \nShare on FacebookTweetFollow usSave
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/fake-news-and-elections-in-asia/
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