Yale Law Series on Responding to Misinformation: March 8, 10, & 12

[Michael Karanicolas]

Hi all,

Apologies for cross-posting, but I thought I would share the attached event
series, which I am hosting next week (virtually) at Yale ISP, on
alternative regulatory responses to misinformation. I know it's not ICANN
per say, but given the interest of folks on this list in digital rights,
and given how discussions around misinformation and integrity in the
discourse have unfortunately become entangled in our broader discussions
around internet governance, I thought I would forward along in case folks
are interested in dropping by.

The events explore different novel avenues to combating misinformation,
drawing from a white paper series that we've been publishing on the WIII
website
<https://law.yale.edu/isp/initiatives/wikimedia-initiative-intermediaries-and-information/wiii-blog>
this
past week.

The events are free and open to the public, so please share widely. You can
register at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-series-alternative-regulatory-responses-to-misinformation-tickets-142689699733
.

Best wishes,
Michael Karanicolas
Wikimedia Fellow
Yale Law School


*Tackling the “Fake” Without Harming the “News”*

Around the world, an increasing number of governments are responding to the
threat posed by misinformation by passing repressive criminal content
restrictions prohibiting the spread of "fake news". This trend has
intensified with the current pandemic. But while international human rights
standards are clear regarding the problems associated with broad criminal
restrictions prohibiting the spread of misinformation, defining an
appropriate regulatory response is more challenging. If criminal content
restrictions are not an acceptable answer, then what should governments and
other regulatory authorities do to combat the very real harms of
misinformation? What strategies are preferable to promote a healthy and
robust civic discourse?

These panels present the results of a recent white paper series published
by the Wikimedia Initiative on Intermediaries and Information at the Yale
Information Society Project, which was designed to spur outside the box
thinking on regulatory strategies for combating misinformation. The authors
present a range of novel strategies, from corporate governance reform, to
improved ad libraries, to the generation of an entirely new "superfund" for
digital literacy. While none of these responses are a panacea to the global
challenges posed by misinformation, they demonstrate that there are a
number of unexplored and promising alternative regulatory avenues worth
considering. We aim to spur discussion on alternatives to criminal content
restrictions, and to support advocacy initiatives aimed at promoting
non-restrictive approaches to boost quality in the information environment.

The sessions will be moderated by *Michael Karanicolas*, Wikimedia Fellow
at the Information Society Project, Yale Law School. Please note that the
sessions will be recorded, for upload to our website.

*Panel 1: Monday March 8, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET*

   - Presenter: *Akriti Gaur*, *Combating misinformation: Towards policy
   and regulatory approaches for India*
   - Presenter: *Ivar Hartmann*, Associate Professor, Insper Learning
   Institution, *Combining Ad Libraries with Fact Checking to Increase
   Transparency of Misinformation*
   - Commenter: *Barbora Bukovská*, Senior Director for Law and Policy,
   ARTICLE 19
   - Commenter: *Artur Pericles*, Head of Research, Freedom of Expression,
   InternetLab

*Panel 2: Wednesday March 10, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET*

   - Presenter: *Lisa H. Macpherson*, Senior Policy Fellow, Public
   Knowledge, *Addressing Information Pollution with a “Superfund for the
   Internet”*
   - Presenter: *Jonathan Obar*, Assistant Professor, York University, *Source
   Triangulation Skills and the Future of Digital Inclusion: How Information
   Literacy Policy Can Address Misinformation and Disinformation Challenges*
   - Commenter: *Sandra Cortesi*, Director of Youth and Media, Berkman
   Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
   - Commenter: *Stephen LaPorte*, Legal Director, Wikimedia Foundation

*Panel 3: Friday March 12, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET*

   - Presenters: *Jan Rydzak*, Company Engagement Lead, Ranking Digital
   Rights & *Elizabeth Renieris*, Founding Director, Notre Dame-IBM
   Technology Ethics Lab, *Better Processes Lead to Better Outcomes:
   Corporate Governance as a Tool to Address Misinformation*
   - Commenter: *Dunstan Allison-Hope*, Vice President, Business for Social
   Responsibility
   - Commenter: *Jack Balkin*, Founder and Director, Yale Information
   Society Project, Yale Law School
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