Governing the Internet for Democracy: Lessons from Research Embracing a Multicentred World
IAMCR will host a preconference to UNESCO’s Global Conference “Internet for Trust - Towards Guidelines for Regulating Digital Platforms for Information as a Public Good". The IAMCR pre-conference will combine both in-person and remote presentations.
The preconference titled "Governing the Internet for Democracy: Lessons from Research Embracing a Multicentred World" will focus on lessons arising from media and communications research in the post-WSIS period and measures to embed democratic principles and respect for fundamental human rights in the structures and procedures of Internet governance, without completely flattening the diversity brought about by a multicentred world. The rise of powerful commercial digital platforms raises multiple challenges for the sustainability of media and communication services that treat data and information as a public good and, additionally, do so in a way that is consistent with public values and democracy.
If you want to attend the main UNESCO conference on 22 ans 23 February, either in-person or online, you must register for it on the Internet for Trust website by 17 February.
Date and time: 21 February, 2023, 09:00 - 17:00
Venue: UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France. Rooms V and VII
Contact: Jeremy Shtern, chair of the organisation committee (jshtern@ryerson.ca)
Speakers
Room VII
09h00 - 09h15 Welcome & Opening Remarks
Jeremy Shtern
09h15 - 10h45 Panel 1: Journalism, Disinformation, and Platform Literacy
Chair: Divina Frau-Meigs
Ana Jacoby
Information Disorders in Latin America: Four Regulatory Models for One Problem
(ENG - In-person)
Preetham Gopalakrishna Adiga & Padmakumar K
An Analysis of Internet Memes and how it propagates Conspiracy theories and Disinformation
(ENG - Virtual)
Emmanuel Ngwainmbi
Press insecurity in coverage of the Anglophone war in Cameroon. Towards protecting journalistic integrity and marginalized journalists
(ENG - In-person)
Yetunde Ayobolu
Impact of Information and Media Literacy (MIL) in News Production and Practice in Nigeria
(ENG - Virtual)
Simone Toussi
Opportunities and challenges linked to the mechanisms to combat disinformation compatible with democracy in sub -Saharan Africa: lessons learned from cross-research experiences on different countries
(ENG - Virtual)
Adebayo Fayoyin & Leah Jerop Komen
''You can’t shut my mouth”: Digital Citizenship and Internet Regulatory Practices in Africa
(ENG - Virtual)
10h45 - 11h00 Coffee break
11h00 - 12h30 Panel 2: Democracy, Civil Society, and Public Service Communication
Chair: Francesca Musiani
Eduardo Alonso Bentos & Federico Beltramelli
Big Data as Public Good, Evolution and adoption of regulations: The case of Uruguay (El Big Data como bien público, evolución y naturaleza de las regulaciones: El caso uruguayo) (Spanish)
(ESP - Virtual)
Lady Aileen Orsal
From Pink Revolution to Angat Buhay Foundation: Analysis of Leni Robredo's Social Media Campaign Videos and the Return of Democratic Movement in the Philippines
(ENG - Virtual)
Eduardo Villanueva Mansilla
Globalization ideation and platform regulation: the need for re-centering the state's role in emerging economies
(ENG- In-person)
Sergio Ricardo Quiroga
Reimagining the Internet, reimagining the world towards global citizenship
(ENG - Virtual)
Martin Becerra
Platform regulation on the public agenda in Latin America (La regulación de las plataformas en la agenda pública en América Latina) (Spanish)
(ESP - Virtual)
12h30 - 13h00 Lunch break
Room V
13h00 - 13h30 Lunch break
13h30 - 15h00 Panel 3: Rights in Platform Governance
Chair: Steph Hill
Sheila B. Lalwani
The ‘“Brain Amputee,” “Paedo-Filth,” and “Sick Woman”’: Assessing the Limitations of Platform Governance and Gender-based Online Abuse
(ENG - Virtual)
Aimée Vega Montiel
‘What went wrong?’ A new gender deal for the Internet in the era of regulation of digital platforms to secure information as a public good
(ENG - In-person)
Dariusz Kloza & George Terzis
The right to be excluded from the information society
(ENG - Kloza - In-person; Terzis - Virtual)
Sophia Kaitatzi-Whitlock
Internet: Regulate or Perish!
(ENG - In-person)
Justine John Dyikuk
Internet Governance in Conflict-Ridden Democracies: Lessons from Nigeria
(ENG - Virtual)
15h00 - 15h15 Coffee break
15h15 - 16h45 Panel 4: Roles, Responsibilities, and Infrastructures of Platform Governance
Chair: Weiyu Zhang
Francesca Musiani & Ksenia Ermoshina
Safe spaces by design? Federated architectures and alternative socio-technical models for content moderation
(ENG - In-person)
Steph Hill
Normative Enforcement: Barriers and Opportunities for Platform Content Moderation
(ENG - In-person)
Mauro Santaniello
The Constitutionalization of Cybersecurity: Freedom, Rights and Democracy in National Strategies. A comparative study
(ENG - In-person)
Jan Aart Scholte
Governing Global Digital Data: Polycentric Perspectives
(ENG - In-person)
Rodrigo Cetina Presuel
Trusted Flaggers and the European Digital Services Act: How Public Authorities embrace Private Standards for Content Moderation
(ENG - In-person)
16h45 - 17h00 Summary, wrap-up, and final words
Robin Mansell and Divina Frau-Meigs