Session
Organizer 1: Garg Dhananjay, HackGain
Organizer 2: Katya Garg, Janardhan
Organizer 3: Shadrach Ankrah, Ghana Youth IGF
Speaker 1: Kaundal Rohit, Technical Community, Asia-Pacific Group
Speaker 2: Innocent Adriko, Civil Society, African Group
Speaker 3: Saikrishna Venkata Sathya Budamgunta, Private Sector, Asia-Pacific Group
Shadrach Ankrah, Technical Community, African Group
Garg Dhananjay, Private Sector, Asia-Pacific Group
Katya Garg, Private Sector, Asia-Pacific Group
Round Table - Circle - 90 Min
1) Why one should be concerned about social media algorithm transparency and algorithmic radicalization?
2) How can we develop the public policy for the betterment of the social media users by improving and promoting the global guidelines for these platforms?
3) What steps do antisocial entities take to create chaos in society by using digital media?
Connection with previous Messages:
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Targets: Our workshop covers the following Sustainable Development Goals:
16.1: Social Media manipulation can take a picture of violence and death at the ground level. We can see various cases of violence sparked through social media manipulation.
16.7: This workshop discusses how a proper set of commands and leadership have to be established in solving the following issues.
16.a: This workshop discusses how we can strengthen the institutes around the globe in forming policies and frameworks to tackle this problem.
Description:
The evolution of social media to establish a communication medium to fulfil the desire of humans to connect and socialize around the globe is itself a wonder. The power social media has given individuals in sharing their thoughts and problems with the world has been the greatest gift to human society. With the growing influence of social media on the population, manipulators can misguide a large section of society in promoting their agendas. Social Media Manipulation is an emerging concern in today's world. The use of social media to manipulate a large part of the population is giving grave repercussions. The tactics which cyber-terrorists use to spread their propaganda and misguide a group of people is one example. This session provides a platform to discuss the information workflow on social media platforms and how to enhance the current policies regarding the issue.
Through the session, the community will understand how social media manipulation is the major reason behind the terrorism and riots occurring around the globe. Discussion of the technologies used by various antisocial entities in conducting the research and targetting the vulnerable groups on social media.
Putting light on how we can come together and produce a solution for the world regarding this issue and how to overcome the effects of cyber terrorism in the world. Seeing the opportunities for collaborating with the various institutes around the globe in creating the policies for the issue. Focusing on making a detailed research paper on the topic with the outputs produced through this session.
Hybrid Format: With the help of the onsite and online Moderator, the session will be well-coordinated using the Zoom room (or other tool provided by IGF2022 organizers). Also, inputs from both the onsite speakers and online speakers will be well planned so we could get engagements into the programme. Furthermore, the online Moderator will monitor the chat sessions and the questions sessions in the online platform to be used so we could get their input and answer all necessary questions from them.
Usage of IGF Official Tool.