DATACTIVE co-organizes, jointly with Vidushi Marda of the Centre for Internet & Society (Bangalore, India), a session on fake news and regulation at RightsCon titled “Resisting content regulation in the post-truth world: How to fix fake news and the algorithmic curation of social media?”. RightsCon will take place March 29-31 2017 in Brussels.

In addition, three DATACTIVE team members (Stefania, Becky, Davide and Guillen) will be in attendance for fieldwork purposes.

See the draft program of RightsCon here.

RightsCon is the world’s leading event on the future of the internet. Convening civil society leaders, business visionaries, government representatives, activists, legal experts, technologists, and more from across the globe. This year, RightsCon Brussels will include three full days of programming to tackle some of today’s most challenging issues. With over 200 sessions and more than 1,000 participants anticipated, RightsCon 2017 will provide unparalleled opportunities to engage with community leaders in sessions, private meetings and discussions, satellite events, parties, movie screenings, and social events.