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Transforming our spammer uncles into fact checkers #160

Open mozfest-bot opened 6 years ago

mozfest-bot commented 6 years ago

[ UUID ] c8f2a646-b83a-40ec-b520-c89a61520aaf

[ Session Name ] Transforming our spammer uncles into fact checkers [ Primary Space ] Web Literacy [ Secondary Space ] Openness

[ Submitter's Name ] Elizabeth Rivera [ Submitter's Affiliated Organisation ] IFEX

[ Other Facilitator 1's Name ] Laura Vidal

[ Language ] Spanish

[ Localisation Support Requested ] No, I can host the session myself

What will happen in your session?

We want to explore ways on how to deal with and counteract unintended misinformation sharing on digital platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp.

We understand technology solutions are not enough. We are aware not all people know how to spot a malicious piece or have good fact-checking experience. We also know, there won't be a single, magic solution. Given all these, we want to come up with practical, personal strategies to strengthen the critical thinking skills within our networks.

To get the session started, we will present a few cases with their appropriate context, based on research done before the Fest. We'll then ask the participants to join us in exploring ways on how to deal our spamming uncles.

What is the goal or outcome of your session?

We want to land on concrete actions that we can take to help our networks become more critical of the information they receive and share, become savvier on techniques to spot misinformation and be more empowered to stop a bad piece when they see it.

We’re not coming with a set of answers. We have ideas, but we want to look for many more solutions together.

If your session requires additional materials or electronic equipment, please outline your needs.

For the time being, only glasses for each participant. We'll reach out to the organizers in case we need anything else other than the basic office supplies for the group dynamics.

Only facilitator Laura Vida would like to apply for a travel stipend. She lives in Paris.

Time needed

60 mins

ryanwarsaw commented 6 years ago

Contacted the facilitator via email for questions.

ryanwarsaw commented 6 years ago

It is the co-facilitator that requires a stipend request, not the main facilitator.