BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//https://cdt.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.28// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Center for Democracy and Technology Events X-WR-CALDESC:Events found on https://cdt.org X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240419T202839UTC-3043976fa2@https://cdt.org DTSTAMP:20240419T202839Z DESCRIPTION:** Recording here. **\n“\;A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.”\;\n— Jonath an Swift (commonly misattributed to Mark Twain)\nAround the world\, electi on disinformation appears to be taking hold. In 2016\, Russian hackers rel eased emails obtained from leading U.S. Democratic officials\, rocking the U.S. presidential election. A similar hack-and-leak operation in 2017 rel eased thousands of documents on French presidential candidate Emmanuel Mac ron\, just hours before the country’s pre-election media blackout began. I n Brazil\, during the 2018 presidential election\, candidate Jair Bolsonar o’s son circulated a misleading video falsely implying that voting machine s were converting votes from Bolsonaro to his rival. The day after the 202 0 U.S. presidential election\, protesters — driven by false claims about f elt-tip markers (“Sharpies”) used to mark ballots — descended on an electi on office in Arizona waving markers and guns.\nA newly released report fro m the Center for Democracy &\; Technology (CDT) – A Lie Can Travel: Ele ction Disinformation in the United States\, Brazil\, and France – publishe d by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)\, explores recent case studies of elec tion disinformation in the U.S.\, Brazil\, and France. It also examines ta ctics for mitigating the problem\, including interventions by governments\ , platforms\, and civil society.\nOn December 15\, from 11 am-12 pm ET\, C DT and KAS will host a webinar event to introduce the report and its findi ngs. Three of the report’s authors—one from each country—and a leading res earcher on online disinformation will participate in a panel discussion\, followed by Q&\;A.\nPortuguese interpretation will be available.\nSpeak ers:\n\nAlicia Wanless\, Director\, Partnership for Countering Influence O perations\, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (moderator)\nWillia m T. Adler\, Senior Technologist in Elections &\; Democracy\, Center fo r Democracy &\; Technology\nPaulo José Lara\, Head of Digital Rights\, ARTICLE19 Brazil and South America\nJean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer\, Direct or\, Institute for Strategic Research (IRSEM)\, French Ministry of the Arm ed Forces\nKate Starbird\, Associate Professor\, Department of Human Cente red Design &\; Engineering\, University of Washington\n\nZoom informati on will be provided to registrants via email.\nFor questions\, or to reque st an accommodation relating to a disability\, please contact events@cdt.o rg.\n \; DTSTART:20211215T160000Z DTEND:20211215T170000Z LOCATION:Virtual SUMMARY:A Lie Can Travel: Election Disinformation in the United States\, Br azil\, and France URL:https://cdt.org/event/a-lie-can-travel-election-disinformation-in-the-u nited-states-brazil-and-france/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR