Event Details
Tue, October 14, 2025
18:00 – 20:15
Martti Ahtisaari Peace Hall, Buontalenti - Casino Mediceo
Via Camillo Cavour, 65,
Firenze
A roundtable discussion organised by the Florence School of Transnational Governance in collaboration with NYU Florence
Tuesday, October 14, 6:00 – 8:15 p.m.
Martti Ahtisaari Peace Hall, Buontalenti – Casino Mediceo
(Via Camillo Cavour, 65, Firenze)
The pace of transformation in the information landscape, including new trends in the use of disinformation and the weaponisation of AI, brings a host of new challenges for the media and democracy as we know it. At the same time renewed controversies surrounding disinformation and freedom of expression and the regulation of global players in the information environment remind us of the risks deriving from the manipulation of the disinformation label and human rights language.
The roundtable discussion organised by the European University Institute’s Florence School of Transnational Governance in collaboration with NYU Florence, aims to shed light on some of these rapidly evolving areas, including: the transformation in role of the media in democratic societies, the multifaceted disinformation landscape in the context of political processes, including in the case of Hungary and the EU’s approach to human rights protection in the regulation of very large online platforms and search engines.
Program
6:15 – 6:20 p.m. Welcome and introduction
Fabrizio Tassinari | Executive Director Florence School of Transnational Governance
Rogan Kersh | NYU Florence
6:20 – 7:15 Roundtable
Moderated by Paula Gori, EDMO Secretary General
Florian Felix Eder | Florence School of Transnational Governance, Part-time Professor
Péter Krekó | Policy Leader Fellow
Lisa Ginsborg | EDMO Research Fellow
7:15 – 7:45 Q&A and discussion