misinformation

The Italian Digital Media Observatory and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs discussed the spreading of fake news and the challenges it poses Disinformation, international challenges and internal resilience were the main themes discussed during the conference at the Farnesina building in Rome, home of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Many were the people and the companies representing Italy. Everyone in the room shared the same desire to defeat the circulation of fake news. «Now is the time to act» said from the skype meeting Sinan Aral, Professor of Management, Marketing and Data Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. «When I began studying misinformation people came up to me saying… “oh this is not important”, but now they all understand the severe impact that disinformation has on the world». Debate on disinformation at Farnesina, the lesson of Professor Aral During the conference, Professor Aral explained the three essential elements of