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Combating misinformation through a collaborative symposium

Disinformation can undermine public trust in emerging technologies

Key points:

  • 5G and COVID-19 myths: Social media fueled false correlations between 5G rollout and the pandemic.

  • Professional response: Lukasz Porwol helped coordinate an international symposium, where experts helped dispel misinformation.

The bottom line: Professionalism and expert collaboration are key to combating disinformation.

Confidence in Research: Lukasz Porwol - Combating misinformation

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Confidence in Research: Lukasz Porwol - Combating misinformation

Video transcript

"During the pandemics, I was the coordinator of one of the European projects on media convergence. And we have received a request from some of the European governments to investigate the potential correlation between the 5G technologies rollout and the spread of COVID-19. And that was clearly fueled by some of the disinformation spread on social media.

"And we remained professional and organized an International Symposium on 5G Technologies and we invited top experts to clear any doubts about those emerging technologies."