BISA 2023 Conference

Digital technology, social media and its politics

22 Jun 2023, 10:45

1h 30m

Carron, Hilton

International Studies of the Mediterranean, Middle East & Asia Working Group

Description

This panel focuses on technology, social media, and the digital society including questions relating to Russia's censorship, social media and mass surveillance, the Ukraine's engagement in reshaping digital society, as well as highlighting the impact of hate speech and racism in the digital space.

Subcontributions

• Russia’s Platform Bans and Wartime Censorship: Comparing State-Platform Conflict Dynamics
• Ukraine’s Digital Improvisation and the Reshaping of the Digital Society
• Social media, mass surveillance and the legislative loopholes of (in)action
• Combating Cyber Hate Speech Criminality: How Algorithms Are Changing Judicial Action against Violence
• The Inherent Racism of Information Operations