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    Nov. 28 - 30, 2022

    Hosted by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation


    You can now view the on-demand recordings of all the INFORMED sessions on the Knight Foundation website.

    About The Event

    INFORMED brings together key leaders and experts to engage around the biggest questions at the intersection of technology, media, and democracy. Presented by Knight Foundation, the gathering will be an important opportunity for policymakers, researchers and the private sector to discuss the latest trends and research in this emerging field, while strengthening relationships that lead to more informed policy in the public interest. Internet technologies have brought unprecedented social advantages and helped democratize access to information and ideas. However, in recent years, these same technologies have also been exploited to mislead, disenfranchise and undermine democracy. As the internet continues to evolve, the challenges to an informed citizenry are likely to intensify in years to come. INFORMED will be a critical forum to explore these challenges and viable solutions.

    Featured Speakers

    David Becker

    Center for Election Innovation and Research

    Nora Benavidez

    Senior Counsel and Director, Digital Justice & Civil Rights at Free Press

    The Honorable Jocelyn Benson

    Secretary of State, Michigan

    Danielle K. Brown

    John & Elizabeth Bates Cowles Professor of Journalism, Diversity and Equality at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

    Ben Collins

    Reporter, NBC News

    Brandi Collins-Dexter

    Associate Director of Research at the Technology and Social Change Project (TaSC),
    Harvard Kennedy School

    Renée DiResta

    Technical Research Manager,
    Stanford Internet Observatory

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    Cory Doctorow

    Author, Activist, and Journalist

    Joan Donovan

    Research Director, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School

    Andrew Ferguson

    Solicitor General, Virginia

    Mary Anne Franks

    Professor of Law and Michael R. Klein Distinguished Scholar Chair at the University of Miami

    Deen Freelon

    Associate Professor, UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, Principal Researcher, Center for Information Technology and Public Life

    Major Garrett

    Chief Washington Correspondent, CBS News

    Samsher (Sam) Singh Gill

    Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

    Carrie Goldberg

    Attorney, C.A.Goldberg, PLLC

    The Honorable Nellie Gorbea

    Secretary of State, Rhode Island

    Katie Harbath

    Chief Executive, Anchor Chicago

    Frances Haugen

    Data Engineer and Transparency Advocate

    Rosie Hidalgo

    Special Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor on Gender-Based Violence in the White House Gender Policy Council

    Jeff Horwitz

    Technology Reporter, Wall Street Journal

    Alberto Ibargüen 

    President, Knight Foundation

    Katelyn Jetelina

    Director of Population Health Analytics, Meadows Institute

    Dr. Ashish K. Jha

    White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator

    Christopher Krebs

    Founding Partner, Krebs Stamos Group, Former Director,
    U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

    Eli Lehrer

    President, R Street Institute

    Chris Lewis 

    President and CEO, Public Knowledge 

    Javier Marín

    Founder, El Planeta Media

    Alice Marwick

    Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and a Principal Researcher at the Center for Information, Technology and Public Life at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Sahar Massachi

    Co-founder and Executive Director, The Integrity Institute

    Frank McCourt

    Founder, Project Liberty

    Doha Mekki

    Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice

    Alondra Nelson

    Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director for Science and Society, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

    The Honorable Brad Raffensperger

     Secretary of State, Georgia

    Chris Riley

    Senior Fellow for Internet Governance at R Street Institute, Distinguished Research Fellow at the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. 

    Yoel Roth

    Former Global Head of Safety & Integrity at Twitter

    John Sands

    Senior Director, Media and Democracy, Knight Foundation

    Brandon Silverman

    Co-Founder, CrowdTangle

    Kate Starbird

    Associate Professor, Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington, Director,
    UW Center for an Informed Public

    Catherine Stihler

    CEO, Creative Commons

    Talia Stroud

    Director, Center for Media Engagement, University of Texas at Austin

    Latanya Sweeney

    Daniel Paul Professor of the Practice of Government and Technology, Harvard Kennedy School

    Kara Swisher

    Journalist, On with Kara Swisher

    Dhanaraj Thakur

    Research Director, Center for Democracy and Technology

    Anabelle Torek

    Officer, Media and Democracy, Knight Foundation

    Rebekah Tromble

    Director of the Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics at George Washington University

    Joshua A. Tucker

    Professor of Politics, Co-Director Center for Social Media and Politics, New York University

    Michael Wagner

    Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, Director of the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Claire Wardle

    Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Information Futures Lab, Professor of the Practice at the Brown School of Public Health

    Sam Woolley

    Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Media, University of Texas at Austin

    Tim Wu

    White House Technology and Competition Policy

    Christopher Yoo

    John H. Chestnut Professor of Law, Commnication, and Computer & Information Science, University of Pennsylvania

    Ashley Zohn

    VP, Learning and Impact, Knight Foundation

    Agenda

    Monday, November 28th

    WELCOME

    4:00 PM– 5:45 PM ET

    Alberto Ibargüen, Knight Foundation

    John Sands, Knight Foundation



    ELECTION AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY: DEMOCRACY IN A DIGITAL WORLD

    Elected leaders and experts discuss the latest efforts to protect the security and integrity of the democratic process.


    PART I
     
    Hon. Jocelyn Benson, State of Michigan 

    Hon. Brad Raffensperger, State of Georgia

    Major Garrett, CBS News

    Introduction: David Becker, Center for Election Innovation and Research

    PART II
     
    Renée DiResta, Stanford Internet Observatory

    Katie Harbath, Anchor Change

    Chris Krebs, Krebs Stamos Group and Former Director, U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

    Kate Starbird, University of Washington

    Major Garrett, CBS News

    Tuesday, November 29th

    RESEARCH AND POLICY:
    OPPORTUNITIES FOR A SHARED AGENDA

    8:45 AM – 9:35 AM ET          

    In her role at the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, Alondra Nelson leads efforts to ensure federal policy is informed by evidence. This conversation will explore how researchers and policymakers can work together to advance the public interest.


    Alondra Nelson, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

    Samsher (Sam) Singh Gill, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

    Introduction: Alberto Ibargüen, Knight Foundation

     

    IN CONVERSATION: FRANCES HAUGEN AND JEFF HORWITZ ON TECH WHISTLEBLOWING, JOURNALISM AND PUBLIC INTEREST

    9:35 AM – 10:25 AM ET

    A year after Wall Street Journal published The Facebook Files exposé, whistleblower Frances Haugen sits down with the reporter who broke the story to discuss what we’ve learned since then – and what we still don’t know. 


    Frances Haugen, Data Engineer and Transparency Advocate

    Jeff Horwitz, Wall Street Journal

    Introduction: Latanya Sweeney, Harvard Kennedy School


    HOW THE CULTURE WARS BECAME THE CONTENT WARS 

    11:00 AM – 11:50 AM ET

    Experts from the academy and journalism reflect on how online conspiracy became a mainstay in U.S. politics and civic life - and how to address it. 


    Ben Collins, NBC News

    Brandi Collins-Dexter, Harvard Kennedy School 

    Joan Donovan, Harvard Kennedy School 

    Alice Marwick, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 

    Introduction: Samuel Woolley, University of Texas at Austin



    LESSONS FROM THE FIRST INFODEMIC

    12:20 PM – 1:15 PM ET                       

    Noted experts discuss how disinformation online continues to affect public health and policy, and what lessons from the COVID response can be applied to the next infodemic.
     

    Dr. Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 Response 

    Katelyn Jetelina, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute

    Claire Wardle, Brown University School of Public Health

    Introduction: Ashley Zohn, Knight Foundation



    A NEW MODEL FOR PLATFORM RESEARCH? THE U.S. 2020 FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM ELECTION STUDY 

    1:30 PM – 2:20 PM ET

    This session will explore a novel collaboration between academics and researchers at Meta to understand the impact of Facebook and Instagram in the context of the 2020 U.S. elections.
     

    Talia Stroud, University of Texas at Austin

    Rebekah Tromble, Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics at George Washington University

    Joshua Tucker, New York University

    Michael Wagner, University of Wisconsin at Madison

    Introduction: Brandon Silverman, Formerly of CrowdTangle



    SAFETY IN THE DIGITAL PUBLIC SQUARE

    2:40 PM – 3:30 PM ET

    Thought leaders from academia, industry and government discuss the technology and policies that can reduce online hate and harassment and protect equal access to digital space.

    Mary Anne Franks, University of Miami

    Carrie Goldberg, C.A.Goldberg, PLLC

    Rosie Hidalgo, White House Gender Policy Council

    Sahar Massachi, Integrity Institute

    Introduction: Nora Benavidez, Free Press
     


    HOW BIG IS TOO BIG? COMPETITION IN THE TECH SECTOR

    3:30 PM – 4:20 PM ET              

    Experts evaluate the tools policymakers have to ensure competition in the tech sector, and whether and how they should be deployed.

    Andrew Ferguson, State of Virginia

    Doha Mekki, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice 

    Christopher Yoo, University of Pennsylvania

    Introduction: Eli Lehrer, R Street Institute



    ON WITH KARA SWISHER: YOEL ROTH AND THE CRISIS AT TWITTER

    4:40 PM – 5:30 PM ET          

    Yoel Roth, Twitter’s former Head of Trust and Safety, gives his first in-depth interview since resigning from the company. He speaks to tech journalist Kara Swisher about Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, why he chose to leave the company and how platforms moderate online speech. This conversation will be taped live for the New York Magazine podcast “On with Kara Swisher.”

    Yoel Roth, Formerly of Twitter

    Kara Swisher, Journalist, On with Kara Swisher

    Wednesday, November 30th

    CAN FIXING THE INTERNET SAVE DEMOCRACY?

    9:00 AM – 9:50 AM ET

    The internet technologies created to help connect us to information and each other increasingly are being used to drive communities apart and undermine democracy.  As society reflects and technologies evolve, how can we harness this moment to remake an internet that serves us all?

    Frank McCourt, Project Liberty

    Alberto Ibargüen, Knight Foundation

    Introduction: Catherine Stihler, Creative Commons, Chris Lewis, Public Knowledge


    ADDRESSING SPANISH-LANGUAGE DISINFORMATION

    9:50 AM – 10:35 AM ET

    According to the Pew Research Center, nearly three-quarters of U.S. Latinos now get their news online, where the exposure to false or dangerous narratives is more likely. With digital platforms struggling to fact-check and moderate Spanish-language content, what can be done to ensure that Spanish speakers have access to accurate civic information? 

    Hon. Nellie Gorbea, State of Rhode Island

    Javier Marín, El Planeta Media



    PERSPECTIVES AND PROVOCATIONS FROM THE FIELD 

    11:00 AM – 11:50 AM ET

    Scholars share insights from their research on tech, media, and democracy. 

    Danielle K. Brown, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

    Deen Freelon, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chris Riley, R Street Institute

    Dhanaraj Thakur, Center for Democracy & Technology 

    Introduction: Anabelle Torek, Knight Foundation



    IN CONVERSATION: CORY DOCTOROW WITH TIM WU

    12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET

    Can better competition in the tech sector solve democracy’s current challenges?

    Cory Doctorow, author, activist and journalist

    Tim Wu, White House Technology and Competition Policy

    Introduction: John Sands, Knight Foundation




    CLOSING REMARKS

    1:30 PM – 1:40 PM ET

    John Sands, Knight Foundation

    About knight foundation


    We are social investors who support democracy by funding free expression and journalism, arts and culture in community, research in areas of media and democracy, and in the success of American cities and towns where the Knight brothers once had newspapers.

    John S. and James L. Knight believed a well-informed community could best determine its own true interests and was essential to an effective democracy. Today, we are a leading investor in the field of research emerging around questions of information integrity, media, and democratic citizenship in the digital age. To date, we have committed more than $60 million to support this field through an expansive consortium of academic researchers and policy experts known as the Knight Research Network. Learn more at kf.org.

    INFORMED: Conversations on Democracy in the Digital Age

    November 28 - 30, 2022
    Hosted by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
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