Thread by @daithaigilbert

First up at #MozFest is @szymielewicz a lawyer specialising in human rights and technology for a talk on data and exploitation

@szymielewicz "Our data is used as a tool of power against us,” @szymielewicz says. #MozFest

@szymielewicz Szymielewicz says she is not a fan of breaking up big tech companies like FB, Google etc. Instead she envisions building something new ;emerging the existing platforms and stores of data, building something more humane, something of more value to us. #MozFest

Now talking algorithms is former YouTube engineer @gchaslot and directors of AI Ethics Lab @ccansu

Speaking about product managers trying to fix the algorithmic issues at YouTube, @gchaslot says: "It’s not that they fail to solve the problem, it’s that they don’t even try.” #MozFest

@gchaslot How do you make AI more fair? “We need much more transparency," @gchaslot says. @ccansu says ethical problem solving should be made part of the development right from the beginning. #Mozfest19

Just bought some Kombucha from a robot called SAM....even got s receipt #MozFest

Lots of interesting things to see at Mozfest

Next up is @cward1e and @camillefrancois talking about the future of disinformation.

Which is the worst platform for disinformation? @camillefrancois says VK, the Russian version of Facebook. @cward1e says its YouTube #MozFest

@camillefrancois @cward1e "There are lots of YouTubes that we don’t spend time in, and it’s very difficult to monitor. They are getting away with murder,” @cward1e says of Alphabet #MozFest

@cward1e says she was brought in to talk to ABC about the threat from deepfakes during 2020 election a couple of weeks ago. She told them the bigger threat was them posting footage of one thing and labelling it as something else. Then this happened: snopes.com/fact-check/abc…

Rather than worrying about deepfakes, we should be much more worried about fake audio and fake text according to Wardle and Francois #MozFest

Wardle: “There is no way they can stand over it” regarding Facebook’s policy over false political ads #MozFest

"I wish all polices would say they are not taking political advertising.” Wardle #MozFest

What never gets talked about in relation to disinformation? “A lot of the troll campaigns use private messaging and emails to target journalists and activists. It was much more insidious campaign where journalists were fed material. That’s a hell of a blindspot.” @camillefrancois

Disinformation is a very complex issue with different issues that have different solutions. “We shouldn’t have disinformation panels any more.” @camillefrancois