Virtual event | The Rise of Artificial Intelligence and How it will Reshape the Future of Free Speech

? 8 July 2020 ? 14:30 – 17:30 (CET)
Virtual event

In the online information ecosystem, AI is often deployed for detecting, evaluating, and moderating content at scale, in view of identifying and filtering out illegal and potentially harmful content online. At the same time, AI is used for ranking, promoting, and demoting as well as monetizing massive amounts of content available.

The monetizing business models of internet intermediaries rely on the collection and processing of vast amounts of data about internet users and often amplify sensational content. While most of these processes and AI-powered tools lack transparency and accountability, as well as effective remedies, their increasing use accelerates existing challenges to freedom of expression, access to information, and media pluralism.

The event organized by OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) on “The rise of artificial intelligence and how it will reshape the future of free speech” will provide a platform to discuss the role of AI in shaping and arbitrating online information, and the impact this has on freedom of expression. The event will focus on the possible way forward to safeguard free speech when deploying automation and AI. An RFoM Strategy Paper with preliminary recommendations, which will provide the foundation for these discussions, will be published ahead of the event.

The event will bring together a broad audience, including experts from participating States, civil society, academia, the tech industry, and other international stakeholders in order to enable interactive discussions.

• First session: The use of AI in content moderation: challenges and risks for freedom of expression.
• Second session: How does the use of AI to rank, monetize and curate content impact free speech?

Original source: OSCE
Published on 03 July 2020