On Monday 20 September at 11.00 am, the session on “The Power of Truth during the Age of Misinformation” will be held. The guests are Luigi Gubitosi, CEO of TIM, Carlo Fuortes, CEO of Rai, Paola Severino, Vice-president of Luiss, Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for Economic Affairs, Luigi Di Maio, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Giuseppe Moles, Undersecretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Stefania Aloia, Deputy Director of La Repubblica Gruppo Gedi and Giuseppe Abbamonte, Media&Data Directorate European Commission. The meeting will be coordinated by Gianni Riotta, Director of Luiss DataLab and Master’s in Journalism and Multimedia Communication.
The European Digital Media Observatory-framed by the European Commission aiming to become a point of reference for the analysis and the fight against disinformation-created a network of national hubs on the analysis of Social Media.
Funded in this start-up phase with eleven million euros, the national hubs will fight against disinformation in eight EU countries, by studying its impact on societies in order to spread positive practices in the use of digital media through e-literacy and fact-checking.
The Italian Hub, IDMO - Italian Digital Media Observatory, is coordinated by Luiss Guido Carli University together with RAI, TIM, Gruppo GEDI La Repubblica, University of Tor Vergata, T6 Ecosystems, Newsguard, Pagella Politics and with the collaboration of the Alliance of Democracies Foundation, Corriere della Sera, Enel Foundation, Reporters Sans Frontières, and The European House Ambrosetti.