The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is delighted to invite you to the first in
a series of webinars with CEP Senior Advisor and UC Berkeley Professor


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CEP Webinar With Dr. Hany Farid: How Algorithmic Amplification Pushes Users
Towards Divisive Content On Social Media Platforms

 

(New York, N.Y./Brussels) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is delighted
to invite you to the first in a series of webinars with CEP Senior Advisor and
UC Berkeley Professor Dr. Hany Farid.

 

Misinformation and polarizing views have always existed, but the Internet and
social media have accelerated the speed and reach with which lies and
conspiracies spread.

 

This webinar will explore the nature and extent of the global phenomenon of
misinformation, the role of algorithmic amplification in spreading it, the
consequences, as well as possible technological and regulatory interventions,
including the upcoming EU Digital Services Act.

 

Our webinar will also examine: 

* The business model behind social media algorithms that has been designed to
push forward extreme and divisive content;
* The extent to which these algorithms have contributed to the propagation of
misinformation and radicalization;
* Policymaker responses to this phenomenon which intend to establish
transparency measures for recommendation algorithms; and
* Possible other solutions and further steps to overcome unaddressed
challenges related to social media algorithms.
 How Algorithmic Amplification Pushes Users Towards Divisive Content On Social
Media Platforms

 

Wednesday, June 30

08.00 PST / 11.00 EST / 16.00 GMT / 17.00 CET

 via Zoom

 

Speakers:

 

Tiemo Wölken, MEP, Socialists & Democrats. Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
coordinator

 

Prabhat Agarwal, Head of ‘Digital Services and Platforms’ Unit, DG Connect at
the European Commission

 

Dr. Hany Farid, Professor at UC Berkeley and CEP Senior Advisor

 

Moderated by:

 

Lucinda Creighton, CEP Europe Advisor and former Irish Minister for European
Affairs 

 

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