Expert talk webinar recording: confronting Disinformation campaigns
On the occasion of the launch of Sogicampaigns new free online course on how to fight disinformation, we organised a webinar with experts from different world regions to share insights into challenges and responses in dealing with disinformation campaigns.
We are sharing the recording of this webinar here. It brought together:
Mariam Kvaratskhelia – co-director Tbilisi Pride
Mariami Kvaratskhelia (she/her) is a passionate advocate for LGBTQI rights and equality and is recognized as a prominent leader in the community. As a co-founder and director of Tbilisi Pride, Mariam has been tirelessly campaigning and advocating for the rights of LGBTQI individuals in Georgia since 2015.
Umut Pajaro – Researcher and consultant on AI ethics, Colombia
Umut (they/them) is a Black Caribbean non-binary person from Cartagena, Colombia working as a researcher and consultant on topics related to AI ethics, and AI Governance focusing on finding solutions to the biases towards gender expressions, race, and other forms of diversity usually excluded or marginalized. They are part of the Internet Society as Chair of the Gender Standing Group. They were speaker and moderator on the Internet Governance Forum, Mozilla Festival, RightsCon, and other tech and digital rights conventions, mainly focusing on sessions related to AI. They also were Mozilla Festival Wrangler 2022 and Ambassador 2022 – 2023, and Queer in AI core organizer from 2020 to 2021.
Robert Akoto Amofao – Advocacy Manager Pan Africa ILGA, Johannesburg, South Africa
Robert Akoto Amoafo (he/him) is human rights advocate, organisational development coach and certified trainer. He was the Country Director of Amnesty International Ghana from 2018 to 2021, Communications Advisor to the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection in Ghana, and Technical Advisor on the HIV Continuum of Care Project at FHI 360. Robert was a member of the International Advisory Committee of the Power of PRIDE Project run by COC Netherlands, Pan-African International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Trans Intersex Association (ILGA) and ILGA Asia.
Damjan Denkovski – Deputy Executive Director of the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy, Berlin
Damjan (he/him) is the Deputy Executive Director of the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy in Berlin, leading the Centre’s work on human rights and international cooperation. He has been with the Centre since 2020 and is mostly curious about how we can strengthen cross-movement alliances and solidarity to counter exclusionary actors and narratives. He comes from a background in civil society capacity strengthening, peace building, and research.
Moderator:
Alistair Alexander – Reclaimed.Systems, Berlin
Alistair Alexander (he/him) leads projects that explore technology and its impact on the information and physical environment, From 2016 to 2020 Alistair led The Glass Room project (www.theglassroom.org) – with exhibitions worldwide, reaching over 150,000 people worldwide.
At https://reclaimed.systems, recent projects have included: Resonant Signals sonification workshops with ZLB Libraries, Facing Disinformation online training programme, Green4Europe Hackathon for tech sustainability projects in Georgia and Ukraine, digital sustainability for the Gallery Climate Coalition
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