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100 Head of Public Relations and Communications for Google MENA. Launched in 2015 as a hobby from her bedroom, when she was 17 years old, Ms Al-Khatahtbeh’s website MuslimGirl.com was designed to provide an alternative space for young Muslim women, their interests and concerns, and to combat Islamophobia in the United States after 9/11. Since then it has grown to become the largest online platform of its kind in the English language, covering subjects from beauty and fashion to pop culture, politics and identity. VICE, which started as a print magazine in Montreal, Canada, would not have grown around the world had it not been for online platforms. Although social media is blamed for creating echo chambers and filter bubbles and for proliferating fake news, for Mr Leavy, it can also spread positive messages to millions worldwide. “Like any tool, it’s how you use it and it’s an amazing platform to tell what we consider to be the right stories.” Ms Baz outlined Google’s responsibilities and its recent efforts to ensure that information in its search results is not only relevant but that it is more reliable and accurate. Ms Al-Khatahtbeh referenced YouTube’s Creators for Change initiative as an example of this activity. Launched in 2016, the initiative highlights the efforts of creators who use YouTube to positively address pressing social issues while spreading messages of peace and tolerance. “It is really important for us to have open, independent media platforms, so that we are able to tell our own stories on our own terms,” said Ms Al-Khatahtbeh, choosing to see online media less in terms of silos than a global conversation that helps to dispel stereotypes. “MuslimGirl has also become a resource for people from outside the community to really understand issues that are impacting us, and that’s truly transformative,” she said. “Previously, it was very easy to speak on behalf of others and to further oppress them in that way, to silence them, but now, with social media,