This years prize was awarded to the article “The Thin Line Between Conspiracy Theories and Opinion: Why Humans and AI Struggle to Differentiate Them”. The award ceremony will take place on December 9th from 11:00 AM to 1 PM Departamento de Línguas e Culturas, University de Aveiro, Sala 2.3.11. The ceremony will include the presentation of the work, the awarding of the prize, and a debate.
Recently, the discussion about the harmful effects of premature internet access for young people has been on the agenda. In Australia and the United Kingdom, laws have already been published that prevent access to social networks and other types of websites for those under 16 years of age. Several countries, such as Ireland and the USA, are debating similar laws. Recently, the EU is also preparing to make a decision very similar to that of Australia.
Regardless of whether this control is correct or not, the best-known solutions are based on image recognition of the user, which has many false positives and negatives, or by the analysis of identification documents. Both raise serious privacy issues. There are also attempts to use certificates issued by third parties, which may or may not also raise similar problems.
In this session, experts in various aspects of this topic will present their points of view. A debate with those present will follow.
Delivery of the ISOC 2025 Prize and
Debate on the Age Control Controversy
December 9th from 11:00 AM to 1 PM
Departamento de Línguas e Culturas, Universidade de Aveiro, Sala 2.3.11.
Location: Campus Universitário de Santiago
3810-193 Aveiro
Agenda
11h00 – Welcome by the Vice Dean of Research, Artur Manuel S. da Silva, professor, Universidade de Aveiro
11h05 – Welcome by the Presidente of the Portuguese Chapter of the Internet Society, Ana Cristina C. Aguiar, professor, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
11h10 – Presentation of the winner work: “The Thin Line Between Conspiracy Theories and Opinion: Why Humans and AI Struggle to Differentiate Them”, Paula Carvalho, professor, Universidade de Aveiro
11h30 – Prize delivery ceremony
11h35 – Introduction to the “Age Control” controversy, Ana Aguiar
11h40 – 12h40 – Invited speakers presentations (LIST OF EXPERTS IS PROVISIONAL)
- Maria Manuel Leitão Marques, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade de Coimbra, Membro do Parlamento Europeu (2019-2024), ex Ministra da Presidência (POR CONFIRMAR)
- Robin Wilton, Internet Society Director of Internet Trust
- Luís Vidigal, Specialist in Digital Governance
12h40 – Questions and answers
12h55 – Conclusions and closing