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Event: Disinformation in the age of social media

March 15, 2018 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Invitation

Unlike some politicians, the EFJ actively refrain from using the term “fake news” because it fails to describe the complexity of the “information disorder” phenomenon, and because it is being used by some politicians to discredit journalists. In our view, we must focus on two types of “information disorder”:
– disinformation, when false information is knowingly shared to cause harm;
– mal-information, when genuine information is shared to cause harm.

Discussing this issue and the EU’s new approach to tackle the disinformation on social media, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the US Embassy to Belgium have the pleasure to invite journalists and media workers for a public discussion on

Disinformation in the age of social media
on Thursday 15 March
11:30 to 13:00
at the Press Club Brussels Europe
Rue Froissart 95, 1040 Brussels

Speakers include :
  • Rand Waltzman, senior information scientist at RAND Corporation
  • Ricardo Gutierrez, EFJ General Secretary

RSVP at secretary@pressclub.be

 

Details

Date:
March 15, 2018
Time:
11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Organiser

EFJ

Venue

Press Club Brussels Europe
Rue Froissart, 95
Brussels, 1040 Belgium
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