On Thursday, 21st of Jan 2020 we invite all of you to join The Broken Internet Symposium. The event will start at 4PM CET and conclude at 6:30 PM.

In this event we shall answer fundamental questions about the future of the internet that has been challenged significantly in the face of the pandemics and late politics so severely in 2020. We shall tackle the issue of Big-Tech Gatekeepers of communication and information distribution as well as the issue of native advertising in news. We shall also discuss the hot topic of Freedom of speech vs. censorship & moderation.

Some of the latest issues related to major cancellations of social accounts and shutting down social media platforms will be also tackled.

TBIS will be structured as follows:

4:00 PM – Introduction and Agenda Setting

4:05 PM – Presentations by Speakers

4:15 PM – Panel 1: Information Gatekeepers and Democracy – Freedom of Speech vs Moderation, Extreme News and Online Manipulation

5:00 PM – Panel 2: Are Media Dead Yet? The impact of advertising, algorithmic ranking and misinformation on media and journalism

5:45 PM – Panel 3: How to disrupt the Status Quo in the Internet Media Convergence

6:30 PM The Event Concludes

The Zoom link will be sent to the registered participants.

The event will be also streamed on Compact project Facebook page.

More information about Compact project: https://compact-media.eu/

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