Panellist Dr Maria Murphy presented at MU/RTE Brainstorm 'The Future of Fake News' Event

Thursday, April 19, 2018 - 11:30

Maynooth University and RTÉ Brainstorm collaborated on an event that delved feet-first into one of the most complex challenges to democracy in this modern, digital age: Fake News.

Dr Maria Murphy was on the panel of experts that explored questions like: Are the media giants responding adequately to reassess their technologies, their business models, and their ethical responsibilities around the potential of their platforms to be exploited, and even weaponised?​

Panellists also included:
Dervilla Mullan: Chief Product Officer at NewsWhip
Prof Rob Kitchin: Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute
Dr Gavan Titley: Department of Media Studies

The 'Maynooth University Know No Bounds Lecture' was presented in partnership with RTÉ Brainstorm

Dr Maria Murphy lectures in Information Privacy Law and Civil Liberties on the LLB and in Information Technology Law on the LLM (Global Legal Studies) and LLM (International Business Law) programmes at the Department of Law.
 

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