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SUMMARY:Buffett Symposium: Global Disinformation in a Post-Moderation World
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DESCRIPTION:Northwestern University's Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and Center for Communication & Public Policy invite you to Global Disinformation in a Post-Moderation World\, a two-day symposium that is part of the Roberta Buffett Institute's 2025–26 event series on Brave New Futures. This symposium is hosted in partnership with the Kyiv-Mohyla Foundation of America and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.   The global information environment is undergoing a significant transformation\, as major social media platforms and government institutions retreat from their active roles in combating disinformation. Platforms such as Meta\, X (formerly Twitter)\, and TikTok are scaling back centralized moderation and professional fact-checking efforts\, even defunding global fact-checking organizations\, and increasingly shifting the responsibility for addressing disinformation onto everyday users. At the same time\, the U.S. government has shuttered key programs\, such as the State Department’s Global Engagement Center\, withdrawn funding from regional and independent media outlets that counter propaganda and disinformation\, and discontinued support for academic research in this area\, signaling a broader institutional disengagement.  These shifts mark the emergence of a “post-moderation” era—one in which individuals and communities must take greater responsibility for identifying\, interpreting\, and responding to disinformation without the robust gatekeeping of the past. This symposium convenes global experts and practitioners from industry\, public policy\, academia\, and civil society to address four urgent priorities for this new era: sustaining trust and credibility in information flows; strengthening accountability for platforms\, governments\, and users alike; advancing innovative tools and strategies to counter disinformation; and forging multi-sector collaboration to build resilient information ecosystems worldwide.  To attend virtually\, register via Zoom. To attend in person\, click the register button below.  Confirmed Speakers  Imran Ahmed\, Chief Executive Officer\, Center for Countering Digital Hate  David Bray\, Distinguished Chair of the Accelerator at the Stimson Center (USA)  Angie Drobnic Holan\, Director of International Factchecking Network at Poynter Institute (USA)  Shih-Hung Lo\, Chairman\, Taiwanese Factchecking Center (Taiwan)  Ellen McCarthy\, Founder & CEO Trust in Media Cooperative and former Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence & Research (USA)  Andrew Pel\, Head of Campaigns\, Moonshot  Gordon Pennycook\, Associate Professor\, Cornell University (USA)  Viktoria Romaniuk\, Deputy Chief Editor of StopFake and Director of Mohyla School of Journalism  Erin Saltman\, Membership and Programs Senior Director\, Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT)  Emily Vraga\, Don and Carole Larson Professorship in Health Communication\, University of Minnesota Twin Cities (USA)  James Warren\, Executive Editor NewsGuard (USA)\n\nWebcast Link: https://northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/register/3617582091622/WN_7LkwnCM3RMSc7QMt86hx-w\n\nRegister: https://buffett.northwestern.edu/events/brave-new-futures/global-disinformation-in-a-post-moderation-world.html
LOCATION:720 University Place\, Buffett Reading Room\, Second Floor\, Evanston\, IL 60208
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URL:https://planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/631261
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