I’m looking forward to participating in this event put on by the Wikimedia Foundation (free registration required):

Monday, August 12

Join us for a discussion on tackling fake news and misinformation during the 2024 elections, focusing on legal and policy solutions.

Date and time

Monday, August 12 · 4 – 5:30pm PDT

Location

Online

About this event

• Event lasts 1 hour 30 minutes

Legal and Policy Perspectives on How to Combat Disinformation in 2024 Election Cycles

Organized by the Wikimedia Foundation’s Summer 2024 Legal Fellows, this event will examine how disinformation techniques and the spread of political polarization through social media have both evolved over time, as well as the efficacy of different policy approaches to combating their potential harms.

This topic is inspired by the Foundation’s decision to emphasize 2024 as a crucial year to combat disinformation in light of the elections held this year in, among other jurisdictions, the United States, India, and the EU.

Moderator:

Leighanna Mixter, Senior Legal Manager at the Wikimedia Foundation

Panelists:

Richard Hasen, Gary T. Schwartz Endowed Chair in Law, Professor of Political Science (by courtesy), and Director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA School of Law

Emmie Hine, Research Associate, Yale Digital Ethics Center

Michael Karanicolas, Executive Director of the UCLA Institute for Technology, Law, and Policy

David Nemer, Associate Professor of Media Studies at the University of Virginia

Fellows:

Justin Gonzalez, JD Candidate at Howard School of Law

Anamika Kundu, Incoming PhD Candidate at the European University Institute

João Paulo Pinheiro Penna de Mello Barreto, JD Candidate at Harvard Law School

Mackenzie Rhine, JD Candidate at the University of Texas School of Law

Noah Usman, JD Candidate at UCLA School of Law