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We are now taking a break for lunch. Join us back at 1:15 for our afternoon sessions #UKIGF24.

Up next is our panel session with Katherine Yesilirmak from Responsible Tech Adoption Unit, Anna Lindsay from VoiceBox, Jakob Mokander from Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and Tommy Shaffer Shane from The Centre for Long-Term Resilience, discussing the governance and regulation of AI. #UKIGF24

The influence of AI ads on social media, chatbots, and personified AI - how can policy and regulation safeguard people as they navigate this new online reality? Our current panel tackles this big issue. #UKIGF #AIgovernance

A good in person attendance at the #UKIGF2024 UK IGF ISOC UK England #NetGov speaking about the governance and regulation of AI

Tommy Shaffer Shane from The Centre for Long-Term Resilience discusses a need for more “transparency of data sets" to identify issues to further improve tackling regulation going forwards: "It could be around incident reporting, so we know when things are going wrong with these companies.” #UKIGF24

"What does a future world with AI look like?," asks Katherine Yesilirmak from Responsible Tech Adoption Unit. "It's a whole new range of professions. Explaining what this can look like and what those jobs are is the business of the Government, and that's what we're trying to do."

Our current panel speakers James Ball, Henry Parker from Logically, Chris Morris CEO of Full Fact and Hannah Perry from Demos, are discussing the impact of misinformation and disinformation and what we can do to prevent it. #UKIGF24

Chris Morris CEO of Full Fact, speaking on the impact of misinformation and disinformation, states: “misinformation creates mistrust, and disinformation encourages doubt, and it starts to undermine the credibility of the entire [election] process.” #UKIGF

James Ball says; "We must regulate big tech on the policy... the law might go so far, but compliance and policy, especially if the law's got teeth, will go further." James Ball #disinfomation #misinformation #UKIGF24

Hannah Perry highlights when balancing freedom of expression and misinformation that “…freedom of expression is tied up with access to information," emphasising the importance of a thriving journalism and news sector in the UK - especially at a local level. #UKIGF Demos

Henry Parker from Logically highlights the importance of addressing state-sponsored disinformation and the need for a coordinated response to prevent its spread. #UKIGF24

Starting soon is our panel discussion on ‘20 years on from WSIS – where should we go next?’ with speakers: David Souter - ictDA, Georgia Osborn from Oxford Information Labs, Laura O’Brien from Access Now and Pari Esfandiari President and Co-founder of Global TechnoPolitics Forum. #UKIGF24

Laura O’Brien from Access Now emphasises that “connectivity still remains a fundamental issue to be addressed, because at least 1/3 of humanity still remains offline. We will not reach the [2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development] unless the situation improves.” #UKIGF #WSIS+20

Georgia Osborn from Oxford Information Labs reflects on the #GlobalDigitalCompact, commenting that "AI is estimated to create 133m new jobs by 2030... there is a lot of opportunity there and a lot of risks. With the power to innovate it brings, this risk needs to be really looked at.”

Pari Esfandiari, President and Co-founder of Global TechnoPolitics Forum talks about the UN's 10th Sustainable Development Goal, and identifies the discussion on bridging the digital divide and the importance to focus on affordability. #UKIGF24

Yi-Choung Yeh, Group Director for Strategy and Research, Ofcom, says “the last 20 years has shown the transformational power of the internet as a means of distributing information, leaving almost no corner of the economy untouched including the distribution of news.” (1/2)

"For example, 82% of 16 to 24 year olds - compared to only 28% of those 55 and over - use social media for news. But TV and radio news...are rated much more favourably for accuracy, trust and impartiality." (2/2) #UKIGF24

Closing remarks from Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and techUK means #UKIGF24 is coming to an end. A big thank you to the speakers and everyone who joined us in-person or tuned in remotely today. And if you want to catch up on the sessions, head to UK IGF for more.

Thank you to the speakers and everyone who joined us in-person or tuned in remotely today. We will be in touch to share highlights and the report soon. #UKIGF24

We’re delighted to publish the report from last month’s UK IGF meeting. We’re looking forward to hearing the outputs of the #IGF2024 meeting in Riyadh this week, as discussion on Building our Multistakeholder Digital Future continues. hubs.la/Q02_Vx4p0 #multistakeholderism