Screening & Talk: Misinformation In The Time Of Revolutions

This event will feature a screening and a panel focusing on the role of misinformation campaigns in revolutions and elections.

The event will screen “Operation Infektion” a three-episode documentary produced by the New York Times covering the modern history of information campaigns with a focus on Russia’s misinformation campaign during the 2016 US elections.

After the screening, a discussion will take place bringing in speakers who have tracked misinformation campaigns from Lebanon and Tunis. The speakers will discuss the role of social media platforms, governments and non-governmental players in misinformation campaigns happening in the region today.

The panel speakers are:
Emma Sayada (Access Now)
Azza El Masri (SMEX/ Megaphone)
Mahmoud Ghazayel
Moderated by: Dalia Othman (Jeem.me)