Citizens' Dialogue with Robert Sołtyk, Adviser in DG COMM, European Commission Thursday 28 February 2019, 17:00 - 19:00 (CET)Warsaw, Poland Media 20190228_soltyk_warsaw_pl_01.jpg20190228_soltyk_warsaw_pl_01.jpgClose Speakers Practical information WhenThursday 28 February 2019, 17:00 - 19:00 (CET)WhereUTW Wawer/Międzylesie Wawerskie Centrum Kultury UTW Wawer/Międzylesie Wawerskie Centrum Kultury, Warsaw, Poland Report On February 25, a Citizens’ Dialogue took place at the University of the Third Age at the Wawer Culture Center 1A Żegańska Street in Warsaw.The following panellists took part in the dialogue: Mr Robert Sołtyk - European Commission, DG COMM, Prof Marta Witkowska - Head of the Department of Law and European Institutions of the University of Warsaw,Team Europe and Mr Marcin Antosiewicz - lecturer at the University of Warsaw and the Vistula Academy of Finance and Business, former TVP correspondent in Germany.As a moderator : Mr Andrzj Godlewski – journalist and lecturer at the SWPS. The discussion mainly concerned problems related to a large amount of distortion in the media. Experts pointed out that today's media recipients must keep far-reaching criticism of the content provided both by traditional media and online platforms.Disinformation is especially aimed at issues that arouse great emotions in societies, including issues related to immigration or, for example, vaccination of children.Mr Robert Sołtyk announced that in the autumn the European Commission will summarize the current cooperation with online platforms in the field of fighting disinformation.Depending on its effects, it will decide on further activities in this field - including the legal regulation of online platforms.In Mr Antosiewicz's opinion, Finland may serve as a model for other European countries, where public media have created a system of reacting to fake news sent by Russian media. It has been so effective that Russian media in Finnish have lost any influence in Finnish society.
On February 25, a Citizens’ Dialogue took place at the University of the Third Age at the Wawer Culture Center 1A Żegańska Street in Warsaw.The following panellists took part in the dialogue: Mr Robert Sołtyk - European Commission, DG COMM, Prof Marta Witkowska - Head of the Department of Law and European Institutions of the University of Warsaw,Team Europe and Mr Marcin Antosiewicz - lecturer at the University of Warsaw and the Vistula Academy of Finance and Business, former TVP correspondent in Germany.As a moderator : Mr Andrzj Godlewski – journalist and lecturer at the SWPS. The discussion mainly concerned problems related to a large amount of distortion in the media. Experts pointed out that today's media recipients must keep far-reaching criticism of the content provided both by traditional media and online platforms.Disinformation is especially aimed at issues that arouse great emotions in societies, including issues related to immigration or, for example, vaccination of children.Mr Robert Sołtyk announced that in the autumn the European Commission will summarize the current cooperation with online platforms in the field of fighting disinformation.Depending on its effects, it will decide on further activities in this field - including the legal regulation of online platforms.In Mr Antosiewicz's opinion, Finland may serve as a model for other European countries, where public media have created a system of reacting to fake news sent by Russian media. It has been so effective that Russian media in Finnish have lost any influence in Finnish society.
