> the Aspen Institute, where I am a Crown Fellow, has a Commission on Information Disorder.
https://www.aspeninstitute.org/programs/commission-on-information-disorder/
The effort aims to identify and prioritize the most critical sources and causes of information disorder and deliver a set of short-term actions and longer-term goals to help government, the private sector, and civil society respond to this modern-day crisis of faith in key institutions.
About the Commission
State and non-state actors are undermining trust and sowing discord in civil society and modern democratic institutions by spreading, or encouraging the sharing of, false information across traditional and non-traditional media platforms. Government, industry, academia, and the public sector are struggling to understand the roles and responsibilities for countering malicious or otherwise harmful activities.
The Commission on Information Disorder aims to identify and prioritize the most critical sources and causes of information disorder and deliver a set of short-term actions and longer-term goals to help government, the private sector, and civil society respond to this modern-day crisis of faith in key institutions.
Through a series of expert briefings, structured conversations and roundtables, and surveys of existing research, the Commission will determine:
The most effective policy solutions and stakeholders to address those most damaging near-term disinformation threats
The lawful and ethical means by which the federal government can promote fact-based information to counter the most dangerous disinformation campaigns
How government, private industry, and civil society can work together in the short term to help protect underrepresented groups, and engage disaffected populations who have lost faith in evidence-based reality
The longer-term, more foundational challenges that will require deeper societal engagement to address
The Commission will also lay out a longer-term research, study, or action agenda for the field to undertake in the years ahead. Throughout its work, it will also consider issues of equity and community representation when it comes both to the negative effects of disinformation as well as efforts to counter such problems.
Rather than reinventing ideas or starting from scratch, an explicit facet of the Commission’s undertaking will be to elevate and amplify the excellent work already being done inside government, academia, research centers, and the private sector on these topics, as well as to convene and connect key voices across disciplines. Meet the commissioners and read our FAQ to learn more.
The Commission on Information Disorder is a project of Aspen Digital.
Aspen Digital empowers policy-makers, civic organizations, companies, and the public to be responsible stewards of technology and media in the service of an informed, just, and equitable world. A program of the Aspen Institute, we shine a light on urgent global issues across cybersecurity, the information ecosystem, emerging technology, the industry talent pipeline, tech and communications policy, and innovation. We then turn ideas to action and develop human solutions to these digital challenges.