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SUMMARY:Rule of Law Symposium: misinformation - what can the United State
 s\, and others\, do to counter misinformation and its potentially destru
 ctive consequences?
DESCRIPTION:RuleOfLawThis session is part of the IBA Foundation's Rule of
  Law Town Hall series\n\nOur distinguished guests will discuss the pheno
 mena of misinformation\, disinformation\, and their widespread acceptanc
 e\; the risks that they can pose to democratic societies and the rule of
  law\; and how inaccurate information can most effectively be countered 
 and its destructive potential avoided.\n\nWhile propaganda is not new\, 
 our generation has seen what can happen to the rule of law when misinfor
 mation and disinformation are combined with the power of social media. W
 e have seen a grand false narrative in Russia\, the hacking and weaponiz
 ation of information for political purposes\, and the widespread dissemi
 nation of false information in the United States that has further polari
 zed that country. Not only can disinformation threaten the rule of law\,
  but\, as the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has shown us\, it can
  threaten and de-stabilize democratic societies.\n\nThis session will di
 scuss how the United States\, and other countries\, might deal with this
  new phenomenon. Various approaches have been discussed\, among them:\n\
 n\n	credible investigations that document facts and expose disinformatio
 n\;\n	prosecutions of those who\, based on misinformation\, violate the 
 law\;\n	regulation of dissemination of disinformation on social media\;\
 n	a re-examination of traditional free speech standards and protections\
 ;\n	updated journalistic standards and techniques for reaching the publi
 c\;\n	election of candidates who are problem-solvers rather than ideolog
 ues\;\n	and improved civic education and a better-informed citizenry.\n\
 n\nIn this town hall style session knowledgeable speakers with relevant 
 first-hand experience from the United States and around the world will e
 xplore these topics in a non-partisan debate that encourages audience pa
 rticipation.\n\nNeil Brown\, president of the Poynter Institute for Medi
 a Studies\, co-chair of the Pulitzer Prize Committee\, host of Politifac
 t’s United Facts of America: a festival of fact-checking\; formerly edit
 or and vice-president of the Tampa Bay Times and of the Congressional Qu
 arterly.\n\nLyrissa Lidsky\, Erlich Chair in Constitutional Law\, Univer
 sity of Florida Levin College of Law\; a co-author of texts on Media Law
  and the First Amendment\, commentator on threats of social media\; form
 er dean of the University of Missouri School of Law.\n\nAlan Raul\, head
  of Sidley &amp\; Austin’s Cybersecurity practice\; vice-chair of White 
 House Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board\; Harvard Law lecturer
  on “Digital Governance: Privacy and Technology Tradeoffs”\; former Asso
 ciate Counsel to President Ronald Reagan.\n\nLubna Shuja\, president of 
 the Law Society of England and Wales (the first Asian and first Muslim t
 o hold that position)\; given her current leadership position and cross-
 cultural background\, Ms. Shuja will bring an international perspective 
 to these important issues.\n\nModerator\, Homer Moyer\, Senior Counsel\,
  Miller &amp\; Chevalier\; former chair\, IBA Rule of Law Forum\; former
  General Counsel\, U.S. Department of Commerce\; founder\, CEELI Institu
 te\, a post-graduate rule of law training center in Prague.\n\nModerator
 \, Stephen Denyer\, Director of Strategic Relationships at The Law Socie
 ty of England and Wales\, Co-Chair of the Rule of Law Forum\, member of 
 the IBA Nominations Committee and of the Advisory Board of the IBA Women
  Lawyers Committee.\n
LOCATION:Rooms 203-205\, Level 2
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