Hate speech, disinformation and the role of online intermediaries
Location:
Virtual Event
Date/time
Wed 10 February 2021
15:00-16:30
The Global Justice Academy presents
Hate speech, disinformation and the role of online intermediaries
About the speakers
Michael Russ is a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh researching internet platform content curation as “interferences” with legal but harmful misinformation and disinformation in European Human and Fundamental Rights law
Dr Rachael Craufurd Smith is a Reader at the University of Edinburgh, specialising in media law, the regulation of culture and European Union law. She is a qualified solicitor and has worked in the International and Policy and Planning Departments of the BBC, focussing on the impact of European Community Law on the public broadcasting sector.
Dr. Paolo Cavaliere is a lecturer in Digital Media & IT Law at the University of Edinburgh Law School. He researches and teaches courses on freedom of expression, media law and communications law.
Dr Jamil Ammar is an Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School (York University) and Ontario Tech University. His research is in international intellectual property, machine learning and cybersecurity with a focus on al-Qaeda and IS groups. Jamil is a Senior Research Affiliate at the Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society (TSAS).
Description of the event
The spread of hate speech and disinformation online has become the subject of significant debate in recent years. The two categories have often been discussed separately as distinct problems that perhaps require different regulatory approaches. In recent years hate speech has increasingly manifested through disinformation such as spreading false allegations that refugees and ethnic minorities are involved in criminal conduct.
This event aims to explore cases where these categories blend together and how such content ought to be treated. The role that online intermediaries play in regulating this content will also be discussed.
Chair
Hashim Mude is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh researching whether regulating hate speech in the print media is compatible with press freedom and freedom of expression.
This event is free and open to all but registration is required (link below).
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