Guardians of the truth

“Guardians of the Truth” – live and in front of an audience, journalists from global media and leaders of technology companies presented scenarios for successfully overcoming propaganda and disinformation at the fourth edition of Sofia Tech Talks – “Guardians – Science and Technology in Defense of the Truth,” organized in partnership with Out Loud Foundation.

The host of the event, Svetoslav Ivanov, bTV, spoke with:
Nikolay Nikolov, Senior Video Editor at The New York Times Antoinette Nikolova, Journalist and Founder of BFMI, Dr. Georgi Sharkov, Head of the Cybersecurity Laboratory of Sofia Tech Park and Director of the European Software Institute , Dobroslav Dimitrov, Chairman of BRAIT, Member of the Advisory Board of BASCOM, Vladislav Venev, Head of Information and Communication Technology Security, bTV Media Group, Polya Alexandrova, Head of Corporate Communications, Philip Morris International, Krasimir Kotsev, Founder and CEO of SoCyber and kikimora.io.

“The Guardians – Science and Technology in Defense of the Truth” – gave the audience in the John Atanasov Hall the opportunity to understand up close how content is created in some of the most prestigious world media, how regulations are developed in Europe to protect us from malicious information and propaganda, what are the most serious technological achievements that will protect journalists and content users from the traps of disinformation. The main topic of the discussion was the need for education in the direction of critical thinking. A topic that is a cause for the Out Loud Foundation.