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With the 2025 elections coming up, what can be done to protect information integrity and truth tellers? Join the discussion by registering for Social Good Summit 2024 and its breakout session with the Foundation for Media Alternatives and Google News Initiative.
MANILA, Philippines – What can Filipinos do to ensure facts will thrive in the 2025 elections?
In the Philippines and globally, truth tellers have been relentlessly targeted by hostile actors with the goal of poisoning the information landscape and making the public doubt those who speak inconvenient truths. This has come in the form of hacking of social media accounts, disinformation campaigns against journalists and activists, and more.
Organized by Rappler, the 2024 Social Good Summit will be happening on October 19, a Saturday, at the Teresa Yuchengco Auditorium of De La Salle University Manila, from 9 am to 6 pm.
It will feature breakout sessions focused on select key issues, as well as panel discussions on how we can use technology to tell impactful stories and make a difference especially with the 2025 Philippine elections coming up. Among its breakout sessions is one focused on what can be done to combat new online threats to civil society, activists, journalists, and other truth tellers.
With the theme “Protecting information integrity and truth tellers amid elections,” the breakout session is led by anti-disinformation coalition #FactsFirstPH with Google News Initiative and the Foundation for Media Alternatives.
The breakout session will tackle what can be done to fight disinformation and the misuse of artificial intelligence during election season, as well as discuss how we can better protect ourselves against new online threats like hacking and scams, among others. This will also touch on existing policy gaps and potential for improvement.
In the session, Rappler aims to hold a conversation with various stakeholders, from journalists and fact-checking advocates to government officials and lawyers.
These are the panelists of the breakout session:
- George Garcia, chairman of the Commission on Elections
- Jeffrey Ian Dy, undersecretary for infostructure management, cybersecurity, and upskilling of the Department of Information and Communications Technology
- Mike Tanapon Raomanachai – lead trainer of Cofact (partnered with Google News Initiative)
- Rico Domingo – founding chairman and lead convenor of the Movement Against Disinformation
- Ruth Cabal – TV5 news anchor
The breakout session will feature a short panel discussion, and question and answer portion. This will then be followed by an activity where participants will be grouped and encouraged to share their insights on what can be done to protect information integrity and truth tellers.
The session aims to produce a compilation of recommendations on improving one’s digital security, tailor-fitted to their sector’s needs and contexts.
How to join this breakout session
Advocates, journalists, government employees and agencies, students, academe, and those coming from other sectors are welcome to join this breakout session at the Social Good Summit.
Given the breakout session’s interactive nature, only limited slots are available. Apart from this breakout session, there are two others for people to choose from:
Participants will be asked to choose their breakout session after purchasing a ticket to the Social Good Summit. To attend as a participant, you can obtain your tickets below, or through this EventBrite page:
Tickets must be obtained by October 18. Walk-ins are not allowed.
There are two ticket options: P599 for a regular ticket, and P999 for a ticket with a 3-month subscription to Rappler+, our premium membership program.
For both paid ticket options above, you will also need to download the Rappler Communities app and show the app on your phone at the entrance to the summit venue. The app is free on both the Play Store and App Store.
For any questions about the Social Good Summit, email [email protected]. – Rappler.com
