Join us Friday March 4th at 2 PM Pacific for State Media, Social Media, and the Conflict in Ukraine, a conversation on the role of state and social media in the conflict in Ukraine. 

As the war intensifies, the propaganda battles related to the conflict are already in full force. European governments have attempted to ban RT and Sputnik from platforms operating in the region. Facebook and Twitter have taken an array of actions to demote, label, and demonetize content from these sources. As is so often the case, precedents are being created in wartime that could have dramatic implications for the ways state-sponsored media will be regulated even outside these extreme contexts. To discuss what is happening and what the challenges are, this webinar brings together scholars and experts from the Stanford Cyber Policy Center, social media platforms, and elsewhere in the field.

SPEAKERS:

• Mike McFaul, Director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and former U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation.
• Nate Persily, Co-director, Cyber Policy Center and James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford Law School.
• Marietje Schaake, International Policy Director at the Cyber Policy Center and former Member of European Parliament.
• Renee DiResta, Research Manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory.
• Alex Stamos, Director of the Stanford Internet Observatory and former Chief Security Officer of Facebook.
• Nathaniel Gleicher, Head of Security Policy at Meta.
• Alicia Wanless, Director of the Partnership for Countering Influence Operations at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
• Yoel Roth, Head of Site Integrity at Twitter.