SXSW 2024
Light in a Darkened Square: Regaining Trust on Social Media
Description:
The world’s online communities - our internet 'public squares' - have been ravaged by disinformation and abuse. Can we restore civility and elevate truth, even in the face of disagreement? Doing so will require shared responsibility among users, media, and platforms (and maybe a gentle nudge from AI). That’s according to four experts - Yoel Roth, ex-Trust & Safety for Twitter; Katherine Maher, former Wikimedia CEO; Arielle Pardes, tech journalist for WIRED and The Information; and Gabor Cselle, co-founder of the Trust & Safety-first social platform, T2.
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Takeaways
- Platforms must step up - Even after Elon, trolls, & Congress, Roth believes in platforms’ peacekeeping powers. Cselle’s T2 aims to go even further.
- Entrust the community - As CEO of Wikimedia, Maher helped millions of users work together and do the impossible in the pursuit of global knowledge.
- Support Journalism - As a tech journalist, Pardes knows firsthand how the platform + media relationship is crucial to uncovering and sharing truth.
Speakers
- Yoel Roth, Tech Policy Fellow @ UC Berkeley, Former Head of Trust & Safety @ Twitter, UC Berkeley (x-Twitter)
- Gabor Cselle, Co-founder, T2
- Arielle Pardes, Journalist, Prologue Projects. Previously WIRED and The Information, VICE.
- Katherine Maher, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
Organizer
Heath Fradkoff, Principal, Ward 6 Marketing
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