Name
Are You For Real? Lessons From Social Networking Apps on Ensuring Authentic Digital Identities in 2024 & Beyond
Description

We live in a time that’s plagued by an epidemic of loneliness and isolation, wherein the need to form thriving, healthy, and sustainable connections is stronger than ever. Fulfilling this need is contingent on building trust, which begins to feel like a scarce commodity in the landscape of 2024 where scams, catfishing, and unethical usage of synthetically generated media proliferate. This lightning talk breaks down the unique challenges in ensuring authentic digital identities in the context of today and how we might expand the concept of authenticity beyond biometric verification. Aimed at all trust and safety practitioners, this talk offers nuanced approaches to authenticity, such that users aren’t left wondering whether what they see online is real.

Location Name
Seacliff AB
Date
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Time
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Session Type
Lightning Talk
Track
Product
Session Themes
Data & Metrics, Designing for Safety, Investigations & Intelligence, Product
Audience
No press
Will this session be recorded?
No