BTA: Disinformation, Ways to Fight It Discussed during Sofia Tech Talks Forum
BFMI Director Antoinette Nikolova shared her thoughts on disinformation and the fight against it while speaking at the fourth edition of the Tech Park Talks forum in Sofia, Bulgaria on Thursday, 31st October, 2024.
Cybersecurity, information and communication technology specialists, journalists spoke on the topic of the forum - The Guardians: Science and Technology Protecting the Truth.
"When you have to analyze the health of the media or the media environment, when you have to give an honest answer about what exactly the state of the media is, you have to see the symptoms. And one of the first symptoms was how the news is being manipulated and how professionally it's being presented. Because especially for our region, the professional level of information processing and handling is quite compromised for a number of reasons," said Antoaneta Nikolova, a communications expert and journalist with experience in international and European affairs, media law and online regulations.