Fatih Yilmaz
Director of Projects and Partnerships
Brussels
Biography
Fatih Yilmaz has masters degrees of interdisciplinary studies from the University of Oklahoma and European Politics and Policies from the Catholic University of Leuven. He worked as a plans and policy officer at NATO. He worked as a project manager and researcher at Beyond the Horizon. He managed different projects at European and national level. He has been managing IMMUNE 2 INFODEMIC project which aims to immunise citizens against mis/disinformation for the resilience of upcoming elections. He recently made a research on mis/disinformation narratives on migration in Belgium and Finland and designing an e-learning for increasing the resilience of people against these narratives.
Organisation
Beyond the Horizon ISSG
Speaker session
Session 7 : Safeguarding the information environment around elections and countering disinformation
- Closed session
- Closed session
TOPIC: Online and offline manipulative interference in the democratic debate and electoral process can be relatively cheap to carry out. Everyone has a role to play in combatting disinformation and other interference which can manipulate the electoral process. This session will discuss challenges and best practices in this area.
SPEAKERS:
- Marisa Jimenez Martín, Public Policy Director and Deputy Head of EU Affairs at Meta
- Giovanni Zagni, Executive Board of European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO)
- Fatih Yilmaz, Director of Projects & Partnerships at Beyond the Horizon
MODERATOR: Julien Mousnier, Director for Rule of Law, Fundamental Rights and Democracy, DG Justice and Consumers
Interventions by Members of the European Cooperation Network on Elections
Giovanni Zagni
Executive Board
Milan
Biography
Giovanni Zagni, PhD, is a journalist based in Milan, Italy, and the Director of the fact-checking projects Pagella Politica and Facta.news. He is a member of the Executive board of the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) and Chair of its Task Force for the 2024 European Elections, as well as a member of the MSI-INF Committee of Experts on the Integrity of Online Information established in 2022 by the Council of Europe. He took part as expert in the Monitoring Unit on Disinformation around Covid-19 established by the Italian government in 2020.
Organisation
EDMO
Speaker session
Session 7 : Safeguarding the information environment around elections and countering disinformation
- Closed session
- Closed session
TOPIC: Online and offline manipulative interference in the democratic debate and electoral process can be relatively cheap to carry out. Everyone has a role to play in combatting disinformation and other interference which can manipulate the electoral process. This session will discuss challenges and best practices in this area.
SPEAKERS:
- Marisa Jimenez Martín, Public Policy Director and Deputy Head of EU Affairs at Meta
- Giovanni Zagni, Executive Board of European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO)
- Fatih Yilmaz, Director of Projects & Partnerships at Beyond the Horizon
MODERATOR: Julien Mousnier, Director for Rule of Law, Fundamental Rights and Democracy, DG Justice and Consumers
Interventions by Members of the European Cooperation Network on Elections
Andreas Accardo
Head of Institutional Cooperation & Networks Unit
VIENNA
Biography
Organisation
EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
Speaker session
Session 7 : Safeguarding the information environment around elections and countering disinformation
- Closed session
- Closed session
TOPIC: Online and offline manipulative interference in the democratic debate and electoral process can be relatively cheap to carry out. Everyone has a role to play in combatting disinformation and other interference which can manipulate the electoral process. This session will discuss challenges and best practices in this area.
SPEAKERS:
- Marisa Jimenez Martín, Public Policy Director and Deputy Head of EU Affairs at Meta
- Giovanni Zagni, Executive Board of European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO)
- Fatih Yilmaz, Director of Projects & Partnerships at Beyond the Horizon
MODERATOR: Julien Mousnier, Director for Rule of Law, Fundamental Rights and Democracy, DG Justice and Consumers
Interventions by Members of the European Cooperation Network on Elections