The power of viral misinformation and fake news in COVID-19
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About the event
As coronavirus continues to infect an increasing amount of people worldwide, experts are fighting the spread of another contagion, misinformation. It can lead to dangerous health outcomes when there’s no trusted source of truth, from increased infections to bleach ingestion. In this webinar you will learn how false claims about COVID can impact us, what are the main challenges with fact-checking, and why there is a need for a universal fact-checking knowledge base.
About the speaker
Daveed Benjamin is an American technologist and children’s writer. But his most important identifier is Papa. Since BS and MS in Engineering at Stanford, he has had leadership roles in startups, nonprofits, and social enterprises in emergent fields. As a “Shift Shaper,” his work focuses on collective wisdom and altering systems of consciousness for positive impact. Now as founder and CEO of WisdomTech startup Bridgit, Daveed’s focus is decentralizing knowledge & building collective intelligence.
This event is free and open to the public.