Join Quartz, Tech City UK, and General Assembly as we look at the history of fake news in science and how social networks, filter bubbles and selection bias have created a media ecosystem where the facts start to blur into shades of grey.
We'll debate the role of algorithms in spreading the news, talk to the people making tools to stop fake news from proliferating, and discuss the future of the news business.
Introduction
Jason Karaian, Quartz Global Finance and Economics Editor
Panel 1
Fake news is, in fact, old news
Tracey Brown OBE, Director - Sense about Science
Akshat Rathi - Quartz reporter
Panel 2
Social networks over sized role in the dissemination of fake news, and how filter bubbles and selection bias have created a media ecosystem
Alastair Reid - Social Media Journalist Press Association
Cassie Werber - Quartz reporter
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Panel 3
Algorithms and tools vs fake news and the future of the news business
Dhruv Ghulati, CEO and Research Scientist - Factmata
John Lubbock, Communications Coordinator - Wikimedia UK
Joon Ian Wong - Quartz reporter