This yr’s
IEEE Convention on Digital Platforms and Societal Harms is scheduled to be held on 14 and 15 October in a hybrid format, with each in-person and digital keynote panel periods. The in-person occasions are to happen at American College, in Washington, D.C.
The annual convention focuses on how social media and related platforms amplify hate speech, extremism, exploitation, misinformation, and disinformation, in addition to what measures are being taken to guard folks.
With the recognition of social media and the rise of synthetic intelligence, content material might be extra simply created and shared on-line by people and bots, says
Andre Oboler, the final chair of IEEE DPSH. The IEEE senior member is CEO of the On-line Hate Prevention Institute, which is predicated in Sydney. Oboler cautions that numerous content material on-line is fabricated, so some individuals are making financial, political, social, and well being care selections primarily based on inaccurate info.
“Addressing the creation, propagation, and engagement of dangerous digital info is a posh downside. It requires broad collaboration amongst numerous stakeholders together with technologists; lawmakers and policymakers; nonprofit organizations; non-public sectors; and finish customers.”
Misinformation (which is fake) and disinformation (which is deliberately false) can also propagate hate speech, discrimination, violent extremism, and little one sexual abuse, he says, and may create hostile on-line environments, damaging folks’s confidence in info and endangering their lives.
To assist forestall hurt, he says, cutting-edge technical options and modifications in public coverage are wanted. On the convention, educational researchers and leaders from business, authorities, and not-for-profit organizations are gathering to debate steps being taken to guard people on-line.
Consultants to discover challenges and options
The occasion contains panel discussions and Q&A periods with specialists from a wide range of expertise fields and organizations. Scheduled audio system embrace
Paul Giannasi from the U.Ok. Nationwide Police Chiefs’ Council; Skip Gilmour of the World Web Discussion board to Counter Terrorism; and Maike Luiken, chair of IEEE’s Planet Optimistic 2030 initiative.
“Addressing the creation, propagation, and engagement of dangerous digital info is a posh downside,” Oboler says. “It requires broad collaboration amongst numerous stakeholders together with technologists; lawmakers and policymakers; nonprofit organizations; non-public sectors; and finish customers.
“There’s an rising want for these stakeholders and researchers from a number of disciplines to have a joint discussion board to know the challenges, change concepts, and discover attainable options.”
To register for in-person and on-line convention attendance, go to the occasion’s
web site. Those that need to attend solely the keynote panels can register without cost entry to the discussions. Attendees who register by 22 September and use the code 25off2we obtain a 25 p.c low cost.
Try highlights from the 2023 IEEE Convention on Digital Platforms and Societal Harms.