Tom Barraclough and Curtis Barnes have been researching legal and institutional responses to the potential impact of disinformation. In May 2019 they released the New Zealand Law Foundation report “Perception Inception: Preparing for deepfakes and the synthetic media of tomorrow".

Particularly in an election year, agencies may find that information is circulating that is misleading. It may purport to be official government information. Join a discussion about how this might occur, and gain some insight into how government might respond.

Light finger food will be available. Please note that the venue this time is at ACC, not MBIE.