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James Tager

PEN America
Senior Manager, Free Expression Programs
Greater New York City Area
Websitepen.org
- Free expression implications of fake news
- Digital rights and free expression
- Digital censorship and efforts to combat it
- The best place to get chocolate in Geneva
Monday, December 18
 

09:00 CET

China’s Internet Policy to Shape the Digital Future (OF15) Room XXIII - EBin Bin Wei

11:50 CET

NRIs Collaborative Session: Fake News, Disinformation, Misinformation: Challenges for Internet Governance Room XXIII - EMarjolijn Bonthuis • Julián Casasbuenas G.

15:00 CET

OPENING CEREMONY Assembly Hall - A

16:00 CET

HIGH LEVEL THEMATIC SESSION 'SHAPING OUR FUTURE DIGITAL GLOBAL GOVERNANCE' Assembly Hall - A
 
Tuesday, December 19
 

09:00 CET

DC on Platform Responsibility Room XXII - ELuca Belli • Nicolo Zingales

10:40 CET

DC on Net Neutrality Room XXIV - ELuca Belli

11:50 CET

Selective Persecution and the Mob: Hate and religion online (WS215) Room XII - ASmitha Krishna Prasad

12:50 CET

How Counter Narratives can help Pluralistic Democracy to florish online (WS109) Room XXVI - EMenno Ettema

14:40 CET

Remembering not to Forget: Worst and Best Case Scenarios for Digital Heritage Preservation IGF Village Area

15:00 CET

Fake News, AI Trolls & Disinformation: How Can the Internet Community Deal with Poison in the System (WS68) Room XXV - ESarah Moulton

16:40 CET

Fighting Fake News, Protecting Free Speech: Global Perspectives on Combatting Online Misinformation (WS197) Room XI - AJames Tager
 
Wednesday, December 20
 

TBA

IGF Newcomers and Youth Track: The role of the civil society at the IGF, working modalities and ways for engagement Room IX - A

09:00 CET

State-led interference in encrypted systems: a public debate on different policy approaches (WS201) Room XXI - ECarlos A. Afonso • Nathalia Sautchuk Patricio • Vinicius W. O. Santos • Jamila Venturini Fake news and possible solutions to access information, discussion led by Young IGF (WS134) Room XXIII - EVanessa Berning

10:40 CET

The Dark Side of Internet Policy:How flawed policy can lead to censorship,surveillance and shutdowns (WS250) Room IX - ADominic Bellone

11:30 CET

NRIs PERSPECTIVES: RIGHTS IN THE DIGITAL WORLD Main Hall - Room XVII - E

14:15 CET

Access Forbidden: Internet under the Crossfire of Jurisdictions IGF Village Area

15:00 CET

NRIs PERSPECTIVES: RIGHTS IN THE DIGITAL WORLD (2ND SEGMENT) Main Hall - Room XVII - E

17:20 CET

Protecting Human Rights Online: the Freedom Online Coalition (OF33) Room XXI - ESeth Bouvier
 
Thursday, December 21
 

10:10 CET

Internet Shutdowns taking a toll on Africa’s internet economy (WS117) Room XI - AYolanda Mlonzi

10:40 CET

Fake news, Content Regulation and Platformization of the Web: A Global South Perspective (WS301) Room XXII - EVidushi Marda

12:20 CET

A Net of Rights: Human Rights Impact Assessments for the Future of the Internet (WS69) Room XXVI - EMehwish Ansari

13:50 CET

Researching Digital Rights: Cross-Context Experiences IGF Village Area

14:40 CET

Digital Rights in Africa: A review of 2017 IGF Village Area

15:00 CET

OPEN MIC/TAKING STOCK Assembly Hall - A

17:00 CET

CLOSING CEREMONY Assembly Hall - A