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New Panel: When Words Can Kill: The COVID Infodemic’s Impact IRL
Presidential de-platforming, Parler, and insurrection are getting all the disinfo headlines lately. But consider the mortal implications of COVID vaccine disinformation. Experts predict that large swaths Americans will refuse the vaccine because of misinformation, resulting in scores of deaths in America. There’s an urgent need to tackle widespread misinformation about its safety, efficacy and deployment […]
Geopolitical Internet Forces and Biden: Sepulveda, Strayer, & Mehlman Discuss
“The New Geopolitics Of The Internet: How Will The Biden State Department Navigate Them?” Panel Dear <<First Name>>, The State of the Net Conference is around the corner and we’ve assembled a panel of experts to make sense of the new geopolitical forces shaping Internet policy. Two former ambassadors, one of DC’s top strategic thinkers, and a […]
Rep. Eshoo on COVID disinfo & TSPA’s Charlotte Willner on Trust & Safety behind-the-scenes
Misinformation is going to be a huge focus at the the State of the Net Conference this year. We’re thrilled to announce that Representative Anna G. Eshoo and Charlotte Willner, the new Founding Executive Director of the Trust & Safety Professional Association, will keynote the conference on issues related to content moderation and misinformation. Representative Eshoo […]
Panel: You Thought 2020 Was Tough For Content Moderation? Welcome To 2021
The developments of yesterday and today made an already challenging content moderation environment all the more difficult. We had already planned on a heavy Section 230 and content moderation focus at the State of the Net Conference on January 26 & 27. Pandemic and election misinformation made 2020 incredibly hard for moderation content on platforms. But just […]
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