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Tackling online misinformation and AI-generated content in the Middle East
February 12, 20257:00 p.m.
MADRID
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62).
7:00 p.m.
Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
In English, with simultaneous live translation into Spanish.
Ninth (encore) session in the Aula Árabe Universitaria series, given by Shayan Sardarizadeh, a journalist with BBC Verify. The event will be taking place in Madrid on Wednesday, February 12. Come see it in person, or watch our live broadcast on YouTube.
Within the context of a Middle East shaken by conflict and tension between major regional powers, Shayan Sardarizadeh, a senior journalist at BBC Verify, will be taking a look at how news and politics can be affected by viral misinformation on the Internet and in social media, as well as investigating the origin of AI-generated content.
Organized with the cooperation of IEMed Aula Mediterrania and the degree programs in Cybersecurity Engineering and International Relations at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. The session will be introduced by Álvaro Vicente, a professor of Public Law and Political Science at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, with an initial commentary/reaction provided by Katrina Kurtelius, a researcher in Public Law and Political Science at the same university. The debate will be moderated by Olivia Orozco, Casa Árabe’s Training and Economics Coordinator.
Shayan Sardarizadeh
Shayan Shayan Sardarizadeh is the head journalist at BBC’s Verify section. He specializes in online misinformation, fact-checking, open source investigations, extremism and AI. BBC Verify is a BBC department created in 2023 to showcase in a transparent manner how BBC journalists cover information, as well as the advanced tools and techniques which its journalists use to investigate, source and verify information, videos and images.
Organized with the cooperation of IEMed Aula Mediterrania and the degree programs in Cybersecurity Engineering and International Relations at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. The session will be introduced by Álvaro Vicente, a professor of Public Law and Political Science at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, with an initial commentary/reaction provided by Katrina Kurtelius, a researcher in Public Law and Political Science at the same university. The debate will be moderated by Olivia Orozco, Casa Árabe’s Training and Economics Coordinator.
Shayan Sardarizadeh
Shayan Shayan Sardarizadeh is the head journalist at BBC’s Verify section. He specializes in online misinformation, fact-checking, open source investigations, extremism and AI. BBC Verify is a BBC department created in 2023 to showcase in a transparent manner how BBC journalists cover information, as well as the advanced tools and techniques which its journalists use to investigate, source and verify information, videos and images.
