{"id":3440,"date":"2022-08-16T16:15:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T15:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/?p=3440"},"modified":"2022-12-16T16:16:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T16:16:50","slug":"truth-trust-and-harm-online-london-international-youth-science-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/2022\/08\/16\/truth-trust-and-harm-online-london-international-youth-science-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Truth, Trust and Harm Online: London International Youth Science Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"s3\">London International Youth Science Forum <\/span><span class=\"s3\">(<\/span><span class=\"s3\">LIYSF<\/span><span class=\"s3\">)<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> is an impartial, accredited not-for-profit social enterprise <\/span><span class=\"s3\">that <\/span><span class=\"s3\">provide<\/span><span class=\"s3\">s<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> students with a deeper insight into science and how <\/span><span class=\"s3\">science <\/span><span class=\"s3\">can <\/span><span class=\"s3\">be used <\/span><span class=\"s3\">to <\/span><span class=\"s3\">benefit <\/span><span class=\"s3\">humanity<\/span><span class=\"s3\">. LIYSF <\/span><span class=\"s3\">aims to <\/span><span class=\"s3\">bring <\/span><span class=\"s3\">together <\/span><span class=\"s3\">young people from different nations to learn about each other through a shared passion for science.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s3\">Earlier this year, <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Dr Jason Nurse<\/span><span class=\"s3\">, <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Senior Lecturer<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> and <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Public Engagement Lead <\/span><span class=\"s3\">for<\/span><span class=\"s3\">iCSS<\/span><span class=\"s3\">,<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> led the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/liysf\/status\/1553685824348332033?s=46&amp;t=W0KVd7I-BD6UFsQVwT73pw\"><span class=\"s4\">student deba<\/span><span class=\"s4\">t<\/span><span class=\"s4\">e at LIYSF 2022<\/span><\/a><span class=\"s3\">, titled <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Truth, Trust and Harm Online<\/span><span class=\"s5\">: Who is responsible<\/span><span class=\"s5\">?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s3\">Dr Nurse led the discussion by examining <\/span><span class=\"s3\">a<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">statement<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">becoming more prevalent in current society, <\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u201cdata is the new oil\u201d<\/span><span class=\"s3\">, as well the dangers of utilising data to spread misinformation or \u2018fake news\u2019.<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> We have already seen how misinformation can spread quickly and to damaging impact on an international level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s3\">The debate centred around <\/span><span class=\"s3\">a few key questions:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"s7\"><span class=\"s6\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s3\">W<\/span><span class=\"s3\">ho is responsible for verifying and ensuring the accuracy of online information<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"s7\"><span class=\"s6\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Is there a conflict regarding monitoring what is posted and taking it down that may infringe on people\u2019s freedom of speech?<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"s7\"><span class=\"s6\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Governments often call for online companies to take responsibility and tackle the issue of misinformation, what can science\/tech do to help us with this problem (i.e., identifying clearly fake or misleading information)?<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"s7\"><span class=\"s6\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Do you believe that deepfakes are a serious threat, and how would you look to solve this new problem<\/span><span class=\"s3\">?<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"s3\">Over 400 students in STEM attended this debate and took part in a fascinating and informative discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s3\">LIYSF 2023 will take place from 26 July \u2013 9 August 2023, and you can read more about the programme <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liysf.org.uk\/\"><span class=\"s4\">here<\/span><\/a><span class=\"s3\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) is an impartial, accredited not-for-profit social enterprise that provides students with a deeper insight into science and how science &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/2022\/08\/16\/truth-trust-and-harm-online-london-international-youth-science-forum\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74034,"featured_media":3443,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124,70,122],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3440"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74034"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3442,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3440\/revisions\/3442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}