The Blame Game: Are fake news & disinformation your fault? "False facts" challenge peace, security?

Описание: Guest speaker: Gabe Billones Jr., Filipino co-founder of Break the Fake Movement, digital marketing consultant, development specialist, media literacy trainer, and entrepreneur.

Gab has led several digital projects and initiatives across the Philippines and in the ASEAN region. He is the Founder of Y-loop Digital Solutions, a digital marketing and innovation agency primarily for social causes and advocacies, and co-founder and chief organizer of the Break the Fake Movement.
He is also the founding member of the Digital Rights Community (DRC) and Digital Makers Asia-Pacific (DMAP).

Gabriel Billones Jr. is a digital entrepreneur, storyteller, and educator. At his highest value, he provides experience-based insights on the areas of digital marketing, e-commerce, software development, and multimedia content production through mentoring, training, and project management. Gab is a marketing manager at Greater Property Group (GPG), founder and sole proprietor of Y-loop Digital Solutions -- a Manila-based virtual agency mobilizing youth talents to create value in digital marketing and innovation for social causes and advocacies, and entrepreneur. With more than 8 years of experience in digital marketing, e-commerce, and multimedia, and a Certificate in New Media and Journalism from Ball State University, Indiana, as a recipient of the Study of United States Summer Institutes (SUSI) Fellowship in New Media and Journalism, Gab has helped 100+ international and local brands establish their online presence and optimize their digital channels for conversion. Gab is very involved in the local and international digital sphere. He has led several digital projects across the Philippines and in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations region. He is currently the co-founder and chief organizer of the Break the Fake Movement, which focuses on projects on critical thinking, fake news and disinformation, and media awareness and literacy. Break the Fake is a recipient of the YSEALI Seeds of Future 2019 and the organizer of Break the Fake Hackathon 2019, Break the Fake Blogathon 2017, and Break the Fake Vlogathon 2020. In his role in Break the Fake, he has contributed to several efforts to combat disinformation, including providing the framework for Facebook’s Digital Citizenship program; launching the Department of Education (DepEd) Philippines’ online training on fact-checking which amplified to thousands of teachers all the country; and centralizing and fact-checking data on Covid-19 response, which served as a backbone database for several COVID-related technology initiatives in the Philippines. He is also one of the project managers of Go Social: A Digital Marketing Tour Bootcamp, the Philippines’ winning entry to the 7th Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF), a Trainer of the digital jobsPH program of the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) - the Philippines, a certified lead learner of DevCon Philippines, former vice president of Iligan Bloggers Society (IBS),and a founding member of Digital Rights Coalition (DRC) of the Philippines and Digital Makers Asia Pacific (DMAP).

Website: https://gabbillones.com/
Blog: https://gabbillones.blogspot.com/
Essays: https://travelsandlaments.wordpress.com/
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Gab is a serial entrepreneur. His business ventures run from mobile app development (COINscious JUAN and One Tap Buddy), e-commerce shop for organic products (Organic Pump) and travel agency (The Traveler’s Lifestyle)to gaming (Thinkneon &Allies), real estate (SMDC Premium Condominiums),and health and fitness(Your Maximum Potential).

Gab loves to travel in his free time. He usually schedules out-of-the-country trips or travels to a remote island in the Philippines every three months. He is also an aspiring filmmaker who loves to capture moments using his camera. He also loves watching movies and TV shows a lot. He plays the guitar and enjoys singing his heart out to his go-to karaoke songs.

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