Within the framework of the project "Fighting fake news in cyberspace" organized by the Association of Cybersecurity Organizations of Azerbaijan, trainings for media representatives are being successfully continued. The aim of the trainings is to raise awareness among media representatives about the concept of fake news and the fight against them, as well as raising awareness of the ways and mechanisms of fighting disinformation and fake news.
The trainings, carried out with the financial support of the State Support Agency for Non-Governmental Organizations of the Republic of Azerbaijan started on September 8. In the first training held at the "INNOLAND" Incubation and Acceleration Center, project leader Tabriz Jafarov welcomed the participants and informed them about the project. Later, the chairman of ACOA, Elvin Balajanov, informed the training participants about the relevance of the topics to be presented during the training period and a presentation called "Definition and types of responsibility of fake news and disinformation in Azerbaijan legislation and international law" was carried out. On the first day of the training, ACOA deputy chairman and ICT expert Rauf Jabarov held a training on "Transformation of Media: Digital technologies and social media platforms, widespread of "Fake News".
Presentations on the next training topics of the project took place on September 15 of this year at "Code Academy". First, a presentation was made by the spokesperson of the West Azerbaijan Community, Ulviyya Zulfiqar, on the topic of "Fighting fake news and disinformation in cyberspace and ways to solve them." Later journalist, social media expert Sanan Najafov conducted an interactive training for media representatives on the topic "Checking information sources in social media, fact checking tools, checking visual media content".
In general, the trainings attended by more than 30 representatives of the media and various institutions will continue throughout September.
