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Lightning Talks on the impact of AI on freedom of expression

This series of Lightning Talk presentations with AI experts promotes a clearer understanding of the effects on free speech and media pluralism stemming from the use of AI. The videos focus on the use of AI to identify and filter out speech that presents “security threats” as well as “hate speech”; on how the use of AI impacts media pluralism and diversity; how automated bots and AI-powered tools influence public discourse and pluralism online; and on how surveillance and data capitalism are intertwined and impact free speech and access to information. Moreover, one talk specifically focuses on the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the use of AI and automation, and how this affects freedom of expression online.
  • Carly Kind explains how surveillance and data capitalism - especially when using AI - can impact freedom of expression
    Carly Kind is a human rights lawyer holding the position of Director of the Ada Lovelace Institute, a research institute and deliberative body with a remit to ensure data and artificial intelligence (AI) work for people and society. Carly has worked on promoting data rights and governance for many years, and on advocating against corporate and State surveillance. She is one of the experts in the RFoM project on the impact of AI on freedom of expression. In this video, she explains how the use of AI and data collection, surveillance capitalism and State surveillance are closely intertwined, and can impact access to information and freedom of speech.
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  • Ingrid Brodnig explains how automated bots and the use of algorithms and AI can influence public discourse and pluralism online, and emphasizes the need for more transparency
    Ingrid Brodnig is a digital expert and author of several books focusing on public debate online and how digital platforms are shaping it; misinformation and manipulation online; and online abuse and how to fight it. Ingrid is Austria’s Digital Champion for the European Commission and is one of the experts in the RFoM project on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on freedom of expression. In this video, she explains how automated bots and the use of algorithms and AI can influence public discourse and pluralism online, and emphasizes the need for more transparency.
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  • Eliška Pírková explains the growing impact of AI on free speech during the COVID-19 pandemic
    Eliška Pírková, Europe Policy Analyst at Access Now, is a human rights and policy expert. In her work, she focuses on online free speech and content regulation, as well as intermediary liability and the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on fundamental rights. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she has worked on recommendations on how to defend free expression while fighting misinformation. Ms. Pírková is one of the experts of the RFoM project on the impact of AI on freedom of expression. In this video, she explains how the impact of AI on free speech becomes even more visible during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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  • Krisztina Rozgonyi explains how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can impact media pluralism
    Krisztina Rozgonyi, Assistant Professor at the University of Vienna, is a legal and regulatory expert on media governance. She focuses on policy development, the representation of public interest, and democratic values in the media. Ms. Rozgonyi chairs the expert group focusing on “media pluralism” of the RFoM project on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on freedom of expression. In this video, she explains the main impact that the use of AI and automation have on access to information and media diversity online.
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  • Lorena Jaume-Palasí introduces one of the main challenges to freedom of expression in the use of AI to identify and remove hate speech online
    Lorena Jaume-Palasí (founder of The Ethical Tech Society, and co-founder of AlgorithmWatch and the Internet Governance Forum Academy) is a renowned expert on internet governance. She focuses on the social relevance and human rights impact of automation and digitization. Ms. Jaume-Palasí chairs the expert group focusing on “hate speech” of the RFoM project on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on freedom of expression. In this video, she introduces one of the main challenges to freedom of expression in the use of AI to identify and remove hate speech online.
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  • Dr. Djordje Krivokapić introducing the main challenges to freedom of expression of using artificial intelligence (AI) for removing terrorist and extremist content online
    Dr. Djordje Krivokapić LL.M. is a lawyer, co-founder of the SHARE Foundation and Professor at the University of Belgrade, where he focuses on the intersection of emerging technologies and society, particularly free speech, privacy, security and open access. In this video, he introduces the main challenges to freedom of expression of using artificial intelligence (AI) for removing terrorist and extremist content online. Dr. Krivokapić is the main editor of the Representative on Freedom of the Media non-paper on the impact of AI on freedom of expression (accessible here: https://www.osce.org/representative-on-freedom-of-media/447829).
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