2021 GCTF Virtual Conference on Defending Democracy Through Media Literacy III
2021 GCTF Virtual Conference on Defending Democracy Through Media Literacy III
Date: Nov, 09-10, 2021
Co-host: Taiwan, the United States, Japan, United Kingdom and Slovakia
Content of Workshop:
On November 9-10, AIT Director Sandra Oudkirk joined MOFA Deputy Minister Harry Tseng, JTEA Chief Representative Hiroyasu Izumi, British Office Representative John Dennis, and Slovak Representative Martin Podstavek, and Taiwan Foundation for Democracy Chairman and Legislative Speaker You Si-kun co-hosted a virtual GCTF workshop on “Defending Democracy through Media Literacy.”
In her opening remarks, Director Oudkirk highlighted, “As open, democratic societies, the United States, Taiwan, and many others are particularly vulnerable to the pernicious effects of intentionally misleading and harmful misinformation… By sharing lessons learned from past disinformation efforts against our electoral processes and counter-disinformation strategies from both a legal and civil society standpoint, we can together improve media literacy in our societies and strengthen our ability to defend democracy.”
Key Attendees: Chairman of Taiwan Foundation for Democracy Si-kun You, MOFA TAIWAN Deputy Minister Harry Ho-Jen Tseng, American Institute in Taiwan Director Sandra Oudkirk, Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association Taipei Office Chief Representative IZUMI Hiroyasu, British Office Taipei Representative John Dennis and Slovak Economic and Cultural Office Representative Martin Podstavek.
Number of Participating Countries: 30
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