Global Governance for Information Integrity in Riga

Sep 24, 2018News

A roundtable on Global Governance for Information Integrity hosted by the WLA – Club de Madrid will take place on the 27th of September addressing the information’s disruption on social media.

There has been an increasing concern about the spread of fake news through social media, in addition, people are using social networks to manipulate citizens’ opinion as well as spreading hate speech, one-sidedness. To protect the growth of democratic societies, it is essential for policy makers to come up with the solution for the problem.

Hence, WLA- CdM has gathered scholars, citizens, politician and other leaders to join the roundtable on Global Governance for Information Integrity in Riga, together with the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and with the support of NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence.

On September 27, a day ahead of the Riga Security Conference (28th-29th September), WLA- CdM will host a discussion on the issue of information integrity.