Thread by @MikeOghia, Another #disinformation session that constantly talks about media failures, but doesn't include [...]

Michael J. Oghia

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Another #disinformation session that constantly talks about media failures, but doesn't include any journalism and news media voices.

Journalism and news media CANNOT continue to be relegated to an afterthought when it comes to #netgov

#IGF2019 #MediaDev

It's so frustrating that so much of the #disinformation conversation is centered around content regulation, yet it's rare to hear anyone mention media market failure and the severe lack of market regulation

#IGF2019 #MediaDev

Where are the journalists? Where is the news media? It's unacceptable, but also simply illogical: high-quality, professional journalism is undoubtedly one of the strongest antidotes to misinformation and disinformation available

#IGF2019 #MediaDev

We're launching the newest DC, the DC on the Sustainability of Journalism and News Media later today (16:40) exactly to address this: we need more journalists to be part of digital policymaking, and set the agenda

#IGF2019 #MediaDev

And this is not meant to be self-promotional. It's an urgent and dire rallying cry to ensure that journalism in the digital age is included and sustainable.

#IGF2019 #MediaDev

Media capture, local news deserts, the advertising duopoly of Google & Facebook, content takedowns, trolls and bots, the list of challenges today is becoming insurmountable, and #MediaDev is not nearly funded enough or supported enough to address it

#IGF2019

We need to work together, to collaborate together, otherwise we'll continue to run around in circles chasing easy fixes and unaccountable solutions

#IGF2019 #MediaDev

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