IBA Annual Conference Seoul 2019
22 Sep - 27 Sep 2019
Room 317 C, Floor 3
Session information
Information, transparency and fake news in the algorithmic society: public and private governance after Cambridge Analytica
Thursday 26 September (1430 - 1545)
Room 317 C, Floor 3
Committee(s)
Technology Law Committee
(Lead)
Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law Committee
Communications Law Committee
Human Rights Law Committee
Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee
Intellectual Property, Communications and Technology Section
Media Law Committee
Space Law Committee
Description
The legal debate is shifting from the robots to the people and companies behind them, wondering whether governments or companies should control and monitor the functioning of social media and of the web to avoid fake news, manipulation of opinions and distortions in the use of big data. This session will ask whether governmental regulation or self-regulation, together or separately, can be truly effective in addressing these issues. It will examine how digital technologies have influenced social behaviours and have been used to distort and weaken the workings of established democracies. The session will also look forward and consider whether technological evolution will bring new concerns, or whether it can provide opportunities to address the issues without the need for governmental intervention.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Daniela De Pasquale | Ughi e Nunziante, Milan, Italy |
| Andrew Tingley | Tingley Dalanay, London, England |
Speakers
| Daniel Appelman | -, Oakland, California, USA; Membership Officer, Human Rights Law Committee |
| Angela Flannery | Quay Law Partners, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Website Officer, Communications Law Committee |
| Jaspal Singh | HELP University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |