The last panel of the second day of POINT 8.0 was special as the name and face of the Egyptian speaker was hidden for security reasons and for that purpose we called Azra Tatarevic. Photos by: Vanja Čerimagić The speaker started her intervention with telling the audience about victims from different sex, age, and nationality that … Continued
Tijana Cvjetićanin, from CA Why not, and a moderator of this session opened this panel discussion emphasizing the full support for the first Pride parade to be held in September in Sarajevo. Photos by: Vanja Čerimagić Tijana talked about how orchestrated campaigns funded by “dark money” are working tirelessly to roll back the rights of … Continued
The session was started by Franak Viačorka showing two videos which were demonstrating the natural, cultural and other beauties and attractions of Belarus, as well as unusual advertisements showing how unique and unusual the organization of society is in the country. However, he continued with a series of pictures that seem entirely innocent, but are … Continued
Filip Dobranić, of “Danes je nov dan” from Slovenia talked about the AI and its applications in the real world in a panel moderated by Danira Karović (Zašto ne). Filip opened up the panel with the story about Talos, the first mythological AI. Although he just threw rocks, one could argue that because he had … Continued
Tamar Wilner opened the session by talking about the growing problem of science misinformation online, specifically regarding things like climate change and vaccinations. As a US media and science communication researcher, she researched misinformation about cancer and alternative medicine that might cause people to abandon scientifically confirmed medication. There are good and bad ways to … Continued
The session was opened by Veronika Vichova who works at European Values Think-Tank located in the Czech Republic which organizes the Kremlin Watch. Photos by: Vanja Čerimagić She introduced the audience to the Kremlin Watch program which was started in 2015, shortly after the annexation of Crimea in eastern Ukraine. The program was started to … Continued
What is the impact of tech events and conferences? Are they worth the money and the time? What are the best ways to do them? Photos by: Vanja Čerimagić Data Fest Tbilisi in Georgia is a conference organized by ForSet, a communications organization located in Georgia. Nino Macharashvili, the Director of the organization, opened the … Continued
The last panel of the first day of Point was on Data Science which, according to Damir Dajanović from UG Zašto ne, became the buzz word nowadays. The panel gathered both Imer Muhović from SINGEK ITN and Nino Macharashvili from Forset to share their experience with the audience. Photos by: Vanja Čerimagić Imer Muhović discussed his … Continued
Digital influencer is the buzzword of the moment – everyone is talking about them, listening to them, or reading their content. But can they help or harm journalism and mass media? Are they spreading or debunking disinformation? Photos by: Vanja Čerimagić This panel presented findings of a digital influencers study made by the Digital Communication Network. … Continued
Haytham Mones from Akhbarmeter, Egypt, has been focusing the majority of his work on tackling manipulation, fake news and disinformation in Egyptian news articles. He opened the session with a story about recent release of a new AI algorithm called the GPT. One can feed it with one sentence saying for instance the tragic accident … Continued
Łukasz Krol from College of Europe and Polaris gave us an insight into how do we perceive AI, and talked about relationships of humans and digital assistants such as Siri, Alexa, etc. Photos by: Vanja Čerimagić Łukasz gave the introduction into humanity’s interaction with technology by referring to 70s air travel when it was a huge … Continued
Maarten Schenk is expert on fake news, and as he said it, he hunts fake news for a living. On Point 8.0 he told a story on how a photo of tattoo on a twitter profile picture led to uncovering network of fake news websites from Macedonia who published fake news on English language. Investigation … Continued
Everyone who has implemented civic tech projects has probably failed at some point. But have we learned from those failures? Can we learn from failed projects and how can we turn failures into successes? Are there any rules to failures or is everything different every time? Photos by: Vanja Čerimagić Fuckup Nights is a global movement … Continued
What is the best way to combat fake news? While this question is difficult to answer, a possible approach is using all of the tools online and social media to reach larger masses of people. Photos by: Vanja Čerimagić This panel discussion gather representatives of fact-checking initiatives from the Balkans, activists and also the representative of … Continued