Session
The Tor Project
The Tor Project
Laura Zommer, Investigative Journalist (speaker) Monika Ermert, Investigative Reporter (speaker)Ruslan Myatiev, Editor (speaker) Pavel Zoneff, The Tor Project (moderator)
10. Reduced Inequalities
Targets: 10. Reduced Inequalities
Roundtable
This three-part workshop combines multiple modes of interaction and engagement with the participants. Following the expert presentations, we'd like to facilitate individual discussions in targeted breakout discussions before engaging in a large group discussion for collaborative knowledge-sharing. We will need a room with flex seating, and the extended duration will help compensate for the time spent to organize and get together in the breakout groups.
The Global Risks Report 2025 by the World Economic Forum[1] identifies misinformation and disinformation as the foremost global risk for the next two years. This challenge emerges amid a worldwide shift to online news consumption, where Big Tech monopolizes internet infrastructure, gaining unprecedented access to citizen data that governments eagerly exploit. Today's digital landscape features increasing societal polarization through platform interference, compromised access to verified information, targeting of journalists and sources, and online censorship blocking access to reliable content.Despite these challenges, journalists and content creators are adapting their tactics, while the free and open-source software ecosystem provides improving tools to circumvent censorship and protect privacy.This workshop convenes investigative reporters, activist content creators, and technologists to explore evolving strategies against censorship and platform interference. Experienced practitioners will share insights on combating mis/disinformation, addressing content censorship, and securing technology to protect themselves and their sources. The interactive format creates space for participants to engage with panelists and develop solutions for their own work.This session links to the IGF2025 issue areas of Universal Access and Digital Rights, specifically access as a right and expanding available and affordable access to the Internet, and addressing challenges to overcome digital inequalities related to age, gender, disability, geographic location, language, or economic situation.[1] https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-risks-report-2025/
While the in-person attendees will break out in groups on-site, the online facilitator will use the allotted time for this exercise to conduct a virtual breakout discussion with the online participants using the same prompts and taking notes of the questions and solutions discussed. When the entire group reconvenes for the knowledge-sharing third portion of the workshop, the online and offline moderator will take turns addressing issues from their respective workshop participants, so that there is a balance between online and offline contributions.