isocitrate dehydrogenase IGF-USA 2015 Breakout - Truth and Trolls: Dealing with Toxic Speech while Protecting Free Speech

Breakout - Truth and Trolls: Dealing with Toxic Speech while Protecting Free Speech Online at IGF-USA 2015, July 16 2015, George Washington University, Washington DC.

Hashtag: #igfusa_trolls - http://twitter.com/hashtag/igfusa_trolls

Organized by: Michael Nelson- ­­­­­­­­­­Public Policy, Cloudflare @mikenelson

Moderated by: Heather West- Public Policy, Cloudflare @heatherwest

Speakers:
Tetyana Lokot – Ph.D. Candidate, University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism; @tanyalokot
Greg Barber – Director of Digital News Project, The Washington Post @GJBarb; Jennifer Hanley – Director of Legal and Policy, Family Online Safety Institute;
Courtney Radsch – Director of Committee to Protect Journalists @courtneyr

The Internet is a powerful platform for the freedom of expression around the world, but it is also abused by people who chose to use it to spread lies, misinformation, and personal threats targeted at individuals or groups. These individuals are “trolling.” Many news and social networking sites struggle to keep “trolls” from posting on their sites. Employees at some news sites have even o removed their comment sections. Staff at others spend a great deal of time and effort deleting inappropriate comments. New online, invitation-only discussion forums like Parlio are forming in order to foster online communities and debate by excluding disruptive users. Some foreign governments (e.g. Korea) and some social media sites have adopted a “real name policy” requiring Web users to verify their online identity with a government-issued passport or drivers’ license. Are there better ways to preserve freedom of speech and civility online? Are there ways to use the Internet to fact-check posts and to ostracize or shame trolls? How could hate speech laws end up limiting free speech online?

ABOUT THE IGF-USA
The Internet Governance Forum was created to support the United Nations Secretary-General in carrying out the mandate from the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) with regard to convening a new forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue. Each year, leading up to the IGF, various national and regional IGFs tee up multi-stakeholder dialogues on a broad range of Internet policy issues. These discussions help to shape the ongoing policy discussions at the global IGF. Each region brings with it unique perspectives on how they have dealt with important policy concerns and can offer best practices on how to approach these issues to the global community. The Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC-DC) serves as the IGF Secretariat. ISOC-DC strives to promote open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of people worldwide. ISOC-DC brings together individuals from within the DC area, as well as abroad, to engage in events, discussions, and information exchanges to advance these goals.

http://www.igf-usa.org

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