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Global Fact 6
University of Cape Town’s New Lecture Theatre Cape Town, South Africa“For the sixth year running, the Global Fact-Checking Summit (Global Fact) will bring together fact-checkers, journalists, scholars, and representatives of tech platforms, as well as other professionals and students interested in this form of journalism. Global Fact is a practitioner’s conference: Participants come to share their experiences and learn about best practices to implement in their […]
10th International Conference on Social Media & Society
Ryerson University Toronto, Ontario, Canada“The International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMSociety) is an annual gathering of leading social media researchers from around the world. Now, in its 10th year, the 2019 conference is being held in Toronto, Canada from July 19 to 21. From its inception, the conference has focused on the best practices for studying the impact and […]
2nd Annual Conference on Politics and Computational Social Science (PaCSS)
McCourt School of Public Policy Washington D.C, United States“The data and methodologies available to social scientists have exploded with the emergence of vast archives of passive data collection, large scale online experimentation, and innovative uses of simulation. These data are of a larger magnitude and methods are of a greater computational complexity than approaches that have dominated political science for the last 50 […]
Political Communication APSA Pre-Conference 2019: Media and Democracy in Troubled Times
George Washington University: School of Media & Public Affairs Washington D.C, Washington D.C“Political Communication as a discipline has long been concerned with the interactions between media, citizens, and government. In 2019, both the media and democracy have fallen on hard times. We are facing hard questions about whether free speech can survive the rising tide of disinformation, whether a free press can sustain itself financially, and whether […]
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting
Washington Hilton Hotel Washington D.C., United States“Join us for the 115th American Political Science Association’s Annual Meeting & Exhibition, August 29 – September 1, 2019, in Washington, DC, to address the latest scholarship in political science while exploring the 2019 theme, “Populism and Privilege.” APSA and the 2019 Program Chairs Amel Ahmed, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Christopher Sebastian Parker, University of Washington, […]
AI@Oxford Conference
Said Business School Oxford, United Kingdom“The University of Oxford is hosting AI@Oxford, the institution’s first major international conference on Artificial Intelligence. A two-day 500-delegate event, AI@Oxford will showcase world-leading research, game changing technologies and the ground breaking innovative companies we’re creating here in the Oxford Cluster.”
Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FiFAfrica)
Ethiopian Skylight Hotel Addis Ababa, Ethiopia“On September 23-26, 2019 the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) will host the sixth Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica). This landmark event convenes a spectrum of stakeholders from across the internet governance and online rights arenas in Africa and beyond to deliberate on gaps, concerns and opportunities for advancing […]
Association of Internet Researchers Conference 2019 (#AoIR2019)
Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Australia“The Association of Internet Researchers is pleased to announce Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia as the site of #AoIR2019. For only the second time in its history, the AoIR conference will cross the equator and be held in the southern hemisphere, returning to Brisbane and QUT where it was hosted in 2006. The conference […]
Disinformation and Elections in East and South East Asia: Digital Futures and Fragile Democracies
Columbia School of Journalism New York City, NYEvent Listing Header “A recent series of elections in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and indeed across Asia has highlighted the salience of digital media in political campaigns and insidious modes of electoral manipulation. This two-day workshop aims to gather evidence into the operations and impact of digital disinformation in the context of recent […]
Using Tech For Good: A New Generation of Civic-Minded Technologists
Georgetown University Washington D.C, United StatesEvent Listing Header “Understanding technology and its implications is essential to creating a more just and equitable future. How do we ensure the public is better served by the design and implementation of policies and services which anticipate the implications of technology? How can we include the next generation of computer scientists, information architects, engineers, […]
Radical Networks
Prime Produce New York, New York“Founded in 2015, Radical Networks is an annual conference that promotes artistic, grassroots activist, and experimental work in telecommunications, including the internet and world wide web. As a summit for investigators and instigators from all disciplines, the event facilitates the open exchange of ideas and collaborations, centering marginalized and underrepresented communities. Our mission is to […]
Misinfocon London
London London, United Kingdom“Building on the strength and momentum of our highly popular MisinfoCon events which have taken place at MIT and in London, Kyiv, and Washington DC, we’re thrilled to announce that MisinfoCon 6.0 will be taking place on Wednesday, October 23 in London, UK at the Royal Society of the Arts. Hosted by the Mozilla and […]
The Color of Surveillance: Monitoring of Poor and Working People
Georgetown University Washington D.C, United StatesEvent Listing Header “The powerful have long agreed: Poor and working people must be watched. With the proliferation of digital monitoring and algorithmic management of gig economy and blue collar workers, it might seem like the expansion of workplace surveillance is a new trend. In reality, it is a centuries-old phenomenon that has shaped core […]
American Studies Association Annual Meeting
Hawai’i Convention Center Honolulu, HI, United States“The American Studies Association annual meeting is a place for scholars, teachers, students, activists, and artists to share interdisciplinary research on U.S. culture and history in a global context. It is a place for participants otherwise separated by disciplines, geographies, and professional barriers to come together, network, collaborate, and connect. Participants gather together to present […]
WikiConference North America
Cambridge, Mass. , United StatesWikiConference North America 2019 November 8-11 You’re invited to Cambridge, Massachusetts to join Wikipedia and Wikimedia enthusiasts for the annual continental conference. WikiConference North America is the annual conference of Wikimedia enthusiasts and volunteers from throughout North America, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. The 2019 conference will take place in Cambridge, […]
National Communication Association 105th Annual Convention
Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, MD, United States“The National Communication Association advances Communication as the discipline that studies all forms, modes, media, and consequences of communication through humanistic, social scientific, and aesthetic inquiry. NCA serves the scholars, teachers, and practitioners who are its members by enabling and supporting their professional interests in research and teaching. Dedicated to fostering and promoting free and […]
News Impact Summit: Covering Politics in the Misinformation Age
Lyon Lyon, France“How can journalists provide reliable information in a sea of information, misinformation and data? During this summit, experts will tell us how to make the most of digital tools to cover elections, by sharing experiences that range from creating new apps to deliver election results in real time to smartphones, to experimenting with platforms that […]
Citizens and Technology Summit 2019
Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice New York, United StatesEvent Listing Header “The Citizens and Technology Summit brings together communities, researchers, and advocates to share, imagine, and design citizen-led agendas for technology and society. How can citizens work for a world where digital power is guided by evidence and accountable to the public? Leaders in the field will share lightning talks of inspiring projects to […]
Brennan Center for Justice: Policing Race & Technology
NYU School of Law New York, United StatesEvent Listing Header “Please join the Brennan Center for Justice and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund for a full-day symposium on December 3, 2019, with a keynote address by Dr. Ruha Benjamin – Associate Professor of African American Studies, Princeton University. This convening aims to center the racial justice issues raised by modern […]
Media-Technology Nexus: Chinese Culture and Society | Boston College Events
Boston College Boston, NY, United States“China is a society of Netizens. National strategic plans have delivered advanced technology and new media applications to tens of millions of Chinese citizens. This conference explores developments in cinema, television, social media and technology flowing on China’s communication infrastructure. Cultural and social challenges abound!”
CJR and the Tow Center Present Disinfo 2020: Prepping the Press
Columbia School of Journalism New York City, NY“Next year’s presidential election will challenge journalists, technology platforms, and researchers with an unprecedented wave of disinformation. Is the press prepared? What is the role of foreign intervention in the new wave of disinformation? Are the measures platforms and newsrooms are taking adequate? What is current research telling us about the threats journalists and the […]
Bobcatsss 2020
Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée Marne-la-Vallée, France“BOBCATSSS is an international annual symposium which addresses hot topics for librarians and information professionals in a fast-changing environment. It is created by and for students, teachers, researchers and professionals in the information field. BOBCATSSS is held under the auspices of EUCLID (European Association for Library and Information Education and Research). It is a tradition […]
13th ACM International WSDM Conference
Hyatt Regency Houston Houston, United States“WSDM (pronounced “wisdom”) is one of the premier conferences on web-inspired research involving search and data mining. The 13th ACM International WSDM Conference will take place in Houston, Texas from February 3-7, 2020.WSDM is a highly selective conference that includes invited talks, as well as refereed full papers. WSDM publishes original, high-quality papers related to […]
Third AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society
New York Hilton Midtown Hotel New York, NY, United States“As AI (and associated AI-hype) grows more pervasive in our lives, its impact on society is ever more significant, raising ethical concerns and challenges regarding issues such as privacy, safety and security, surveillance, inequality, data handling and bias, personal agency, power relations, effective modes of regulation, accountability, sanctions, and workforce displacement. Only a multi-disciplinary effort […]
MisinfoCon 7.0
National Academy of Sciences Washington D.C, D.C, United States“We are very excited to announce registration is open for our next MisinfoCon event, MisinfoCon@NASEM, in Washington, DC, on February 22nd, 2020. After several successful collaborations with First Draft News, IREX (The International Research & Exchanges Board) and the Mozilla Foundation in Ukraine, the US and the UK, we’re bringing MisinfoCon back to DC for a collaboration […]
RSA Conference
Moscone Center San Francisco, CA, United States“What is the most powerful tool to prevent cyberattacks? It’s you. Your ideas, your creativity and your knowledge play a huge role in protecting the digital world. That’s why the theme of RSA Conference 2020 is Human Element. RSA Conference 2020 is here to support you in your mission—by bringing you together with thousands of […]
Media Ecosystems Conference — Media Ecosystems Analysis Group
Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge, Mass2nd Exploring Media Ecosystems Conference March 2nd & 3rd, 2020 Samberg Conference Center at MIT Cambridge, Massachusetts About There is a growing body of work that study digitally mediated communication, but we need to acknowledge that no single point of view, no single platform, tool or method, can account for the complexity of communication in […]
Conspiracies Conference: U of Miami
University of Miami Miami, FL, United States“This conference intendeds to bring together scholars studying conspiracy theories, fake news, and misinformation from across disciplinary and geographic boundaries. The goals of the conference are (1) to gain a comparative perspective in the study of conspiracy theories, fake news, and misinformation by bringing together researchers from across continents and from across disciplinary boundaries, and […]
Computation + Journalism Symposium 2020
“We invite the submission of contributions exploring the interface between data and computer science and journalism in three categories: research, practice, and technology. For the 2020 Symposium, we make a special call for papers that involve data visualization, with an emphasis on the communication of uncertainty. A special section of the conference and its program will be dedicated to […]
The Power of Narrative: Telling True Stories in Turbulent Times.
Boston University Boston, MA, United States“The Power of Narrative Conference has convened in several places under several names since its founding at Boston University in 1998. Our mission remains constant as storytelling journalism goes digital: helping narrative journalists to strengthen their craft skills, puzzle out the complex ethics of intimate journalism, and impart the down-to-earth humanity that is the genre’s […]
Information Ethics Roundtable 2020 “Scientific Misinformation in the Digital Era”
Northeastern University Boston, MA, United States“The Information Ethics Roundtable is a yearly conference that brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines, including but not limited to, philosophy, computer and information science, political science, library science, journalism, and law to discuss ethical issues such as information privacy, intellectual property, access to information, artificial intelligence, and big data. Scientific hoaxes (Feder […]
Information Ethics Roundtable 2020 “Scientific Misinformation in the Digital Era” | The Ethics Institute
Northeastern University Boston, MA, United States“The Information Ethics Roundtable is a yearly conference that brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines, including but not limited to, philosophy, computer and information science, political science, library science, journalism, and law to discuss ethical issues such as information privacy, intellectual property, access to information, artificial intelligence, and big data. Scientific hoaxes (Feder […]
MISDOOM 2020 : 2nd Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media
Leiden University Leiden, Netherlands“Fake news, social bots, disinformation, filter bubbles, virality, deep fakes & more! The 2nd Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media (MISDOOM) will take place from April 20-22 at Leiden University, The Netherlands Join us and participate in the symposium!”
ICWSM 2020
Webinar“The International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM) is a forum for researchers from multiple disciplines to come together to share knowledge, discuss ideas, exchange information, and learn about cutting-edge research in diverse fields with the common theme of online social media. This overall theme includes research in new perspectives in social theories, […]
SRCCON 2020
SRCCON 2020 will be fully online and in the midst of both a global crisis and a reckoning within journalism. We expect that in some ways, it will be unlike any event we’ve held before. What we do know, however, is that SRCCON 2020 will remain a unique, accessible, and inclusive event that hosts frank, […]
Allied Media Conference
The Allied Media Conference emerges out of 20 years of relationship-building across issues, identities, organizing practices and creative mediums. Since the first conference (then the Midwest Zine Conference) in 1999, people have been compelled by the concept of do-it-yourself media. The zine conference was rebranded as the “Underground Publishing Conference” for a couple years and […]
RightsCon Online 2020
RightsCon is the world’s leading event on human rights in the digital age. Originally called the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference, RightsCon rotated annually between San Francisco and another global city. Now, RightsCon visits new host cities each year that are power centers for technology and human rights. This year, to bring our community together […]
Joint Conference on Right-Wing Studies & Research on Male Supremacism Tickets | Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies & Institute for Research on Male Supremacism
Event Listing Header Register for the Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies/Institute for Research on Male Supremacism virtual conference to join other researchers focused on the right-wing and male supremacism for three days of panels, networking events, training sessions, and keynote speakers August 4th-6th. View the full schedule here. An add-on digital security preconference training tailored […]
2020 International Journal of Press/Politics Virtual Conference | IJPP
.entry-header I am delighted to share the program of the 2020 conference of The International Journal of Press/Politics. For the first time, the conference will be held virtually. The online videoconferencing system will be able to host up to 500 attendees at any time. The video feed of the proceedings will be recorded and made […]
Ethics of Big Data Symposium: Race, Representation & Justice | Marquette University
As we look at the events of 2020, we cannot ignore how issues of race, representation, and justice intersect with the growing reliance on data, algorithims, and computational approaches in nearly all aspects of our lives. Big data increasingly impacts how information flows across networks, how law enforcement and the criminal justice system operate in our […]
Data and Democracy Symposium | Knight First Amendment Institute
Today, governments and private actors can collect, store, and continuously update vast troves of data. Yet we have barely begun to understand the impact on our democracy of large-scale data collection and the use of such data sets to make decisions that can dramatically impact individual lives and entire communities. The Data and Democracy Symposium […]
Conference for Truth and Trust Online
What is Truth and Trust Online? While trustworthy online spaces benefit everyone, untrustworthy content and behaviour can divide, confuse, and cause real harm. The annual Conference for Truth and Trust Online is organised as a unique collaboration between practitioners, technologists, academics and platforms, to share, discuss, and collaborate on useful technical innovations and research in […]
Knight Public Spaces Forum 2020 | Knight Foundation
Knight Public Spaces Forum, hosted by Knight Foundation October 21-22, 2020 from 12:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET each day #publicspaces20 Knight believes that public spaces play an essential role in fostering more informed and engaged communities. This year’s Knight Public Spaces Forum will focus on how leaders from across the country are pivoting their […]
American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting
Cervantes Convention Center St. Louis, Missouri, United States> “We are thrilled to announce the theme of the 2020 AAA Annual Meeting to be held in St. Louis, MO: Truth and Responsibility. “Truth and Responsibility” is a call to reimagine anthropology to meet the demands of the present moment. The imperative to bear witness, take action, and be held accountable to the truths we […]
IDeaS Institute and Conference | Center for Informed Democracy & Social – cybersecurity (IDeaS) – Carnegie Mellon University
2020 has been a year marked by worldwide crises and changes, including a global pandemic, efforts to increase social justice, nation-shaping elections, massive wildfires and other environmental events, to name just a few. These crises and changes—in particular, their social dimensions—have been directly impacted and shaped by disinformation, influence campaigns, and other efforts to undermine […]
America’s Role in the World | Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies
The Hamilton Lugar School’s sixth conference on America’s Role in the World® will pay tribute to Rep. Lee H. Hamilton, one of the school’s namesakes and an exemplar of placing principle over politics for more than 50 years. The virtual, nonpartisan event — unique to higher education — takes place Tuesday, December 1 and Wednesday, December […]
Black Media-Makers and the Fierce Urgency of Now
A symposium on the powerful contributions of Black media-makers in this moment organized by Sarah J. Jackson, featuring Gene Demby, Maori Holmes, Stacy-Marie Ishmael, Jelani Cobb, Wesley Lowery, Chenjerai Kumanyika, Errin Haines and more. More detail forthcoming.
2020 IEEE International Conference on Big Data
The IEEE International Conference on Big Data 2020 (IEEE BigData 2020) provides a leading forum for disseminating the latest research in Big Data. IEEE Big Data brings together leading researchers and developers from academia, research and the industry from all over the world to facilitate innovation, knowledge transfer and technical progress in addressing the 5 […]
Technology and Governance: Exploring law and innovation in the absence of state governance | The Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP)
Innovation and technological advancements are continuous, evolving products of knowledge consolidation, human ingenuity, and adaptive capacity. New forms of communication, banking, farming, and transportation technology have transformed the physical and social landscape of a rapidly globalizing world. Innovation often emerges in the face of a challenge, when the status quo fails to adequately meet the […]
News, Empire and the Making of Global Information Industries | Media, Telecommunications, and Empire Conference
Panel 1: “News, Empire and the Making of Global Information Industries” Tuesday, February 16th Panel 2: “Telecommunications– Infrastructure, Capitalism, and Empire” Tuesday, March 9th Panel 3: “Global Governance– Regulating International Communications in Decolonization and Globalization” Tuesday, March 23rd Panel 4: “Knowledge Regimes– the Past, Present, and Future of Communications in/for Decolonization and Development” Tuesday, April […]
Computation + Journalism Symposium 2021
C+J 2021 — A virtual gathering From the outset, 2020 looked like it would be a year of data and computation in journalism. Think of the events that were planned — from the 2020 Presidential Election to the decennial census, to the Summer Olympics, to the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. Each of these stories […]
Media Forum Online | Knight Lab
Presented by Knight Foundation, the forum is the premier gathering of foundation, media and civic leaders working to strengthen local news, communities and our democracy. Replicable ideas for more informed and engaged communities Interactive sessions All online
NYC Open Data Week 2021: Educating Future Data Workers about Ethics, Bias | New America
The students and early career data professionals of today are the data curators and experts of tomorrow. It’s important that they have the right tools and knowledge so that their work — and the associated data — is as good and impactful as possible. In this discussion our experts will talk about why it’s important […]
MisinfoDay | Center for an Informed Public
MisinfoDay is an annual event hosted by the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public (CIP). Its purpose is to teach high school students, teachers and librarians how to identify and combat online misinformation and disinformation. Students walk away with knowledge and skills they can use in their everyday lives and educators are introduced […]
Black Feminist Health Science Studies Symposium | MIT & Northeastern University
Event Listing Header Edit notification Event Listing Body Listing Hero Details The first Black Feminist Health Science Studies Symposium is an introduction to the field and collective that claim the name. Join us as we talk about the need to integrate Black feminism into science, medicine, technology, and health.
Narratives of COVID-19 in China and the World: Technology, Society, and Nations | Annenberg School for Communication
This virtual, international symposium will examine narratives of COVID-19 in China and the world, considering topics like technology, society, and nations.
No Going Back: Global Communication & Post-Pandemic Politics | Annenberg School for Communication
On suddenly sparse streets, artists confront the grim reality of the moment. With a nod to the anti-globalization movement or the music notes seemingly playing off the guest that has overstayed its welcome, both messages diagnose the ailment and gesture toward a hope for and belief in change. In a moment shaped by closures — […]
Countering disinformation: strategies, policies, research | SOMA Disinfobservatory
As our H2020 project is close to its end-date, we would like to invite you to the event ‘Countering disinformation: strategies, policies, research’, that we are organising online, on Wednesday April 21st 2021, at 14.00-18.30 CET, in order to discuss the latest developments in the field of disinformation and the present activities that are geared […]
AI and Human Rights Forum | Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
From surveillance and misinformation to facial recognition and foreign influence, advances in Artificial Intelligence have been rapid, raising questions about potential and impact on the rights of people around the globe. Join the AI and Human Rights Forum to hear from some of the world’s top experts on disinformation, online hate and freedom of speech, […]
Section 230: Protections Can Legal Revisions or Novel Technologies Limit Online Misinformation and Abuse: A Workshop (Day 1) | National Academies
This is the first day of a virtual workshop to identify key issues for consideration in the reexamination of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. Section 230 provides Internet-based technology companies and social media platforms with immunity from civil liability for hosting user-generated content and in the removal or moderation of user-generated content. While […]
Section 230 Protections: Can Legal Revisions or Novel Technologies Limit Online Misinformation and Abuse A Workshop | National Academies
A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine will convene a workshop to discuss whether protections provided to Internet-based technology companies and social media platforms under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) of 1996 should be reconsidered in light of increasing online misinformation and abuse. The workshop will examine […]
United Facts of America: A Festival of Fact-Checking | Poynter
Facts took a bit of a beating in 2020. Let’s turn the page and celebrate the truth! United Facts of America, brought to you by PolitiFact and the Poynter Institute, is a celebration of fact-checking featuring some of the most important voices in media, health care, politics and technology. Over 10 hours of virtual programming, […]
Reimagine the Internet | Knight First Amendment Institute
Reimagine the Internet is a virtual conference co-hosted by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and the soon-to-be-launched Institute for Digital Public Infrastructure at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. In six sessions over five days, there will be more than a dozen speakers whose work hints at what the internet could become over […]
Assembly Project Fellowship Showcase | Berkman Klein Center
This January, to celebrate the fifth year of the Assembly program, we invited five ongoing alumni project teams to return (virtually) to the Berkman Klein Center to participate in the Assembly Project Fellowship. These projects address the variety of topics that Assembly has tackled since its inception in 2017, including the ethics and governance of […]
2021 Tech and Racial Equity Conference: Anti-Racist Technologies for a Just Future | Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
Rapidly developing technologies can be an unprecedented force for good, but too often codify and amplify existing forms of racial inequality, discrimination, and bias. This free, online conference brings together researchers, policymakers, technologists, and advocates to address technology’s new threats to racial equity and new tools for a more just future. The conference is sponsored […]
Deepfakes, Disinformation, and Democracy | ITIF
The media has long played an important role in a healthy democracy, providing citizens with access to accurate news and information that allows them to effectively participate in democratic processes. However, the growing threat from deepfakes and disinformation, from both foreign and domestic sources, threatens to overwhelm the ability of individuals to discern fact from […]
IDeaS Summer Institute | Center for Informed Democracy & Social – cybersecurity
The IDeaS Summer Institute is an intense, hands-on training camp that teaches participants about the theories, methods, and tools to identify and combat disinformation, hate speech, and extremism online. This institute is aimed at graduate students, faculty, and personnel from industry, education and government who want to learn more about social-cybersecurity, an emerging field of […]
Annual IDeaS Conference: Disinformation, Hate Speech, and Extremism Online | Center for Informed Democracy & Social – cybersecurity
Natural disasters, elections, climate changes, insurrections, pandemics, and new technologies are rocking the world. People talk about events, both these massive ones and much smaller ones, on line. Social media platforms, search engines and websites have become the window through which these events are viewed and interpreted. Those on social media seek and shape information, […]
Truth Decay: Discrimination & Disinformation | Columbia Regional Educator Network
The expansion of access to information through the internet, and the rise of almost unlimited sources of news and opinion has given rise to an unprecedented spread of disinformation and misrepresentation about marginalized and oppressed populations that negatively impacts young and old alike.
International Counterathon Workshop | AI4Dignity
Team AI4Dignity is organizing a two-day collaborative coding event with fact checkers, AI developers and academic researchers to improve machine learning models to flag and label online extreme speech with Public plenary and panels How can AI assisted systems contribute to online extreme speech moderation? How do we envision collaborative endeavors in AI assisted moderation […]
Knight Smart Cities Lab 2021 | Knight Foundation
As communities continue to rebuild and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, how can they harness the lessons they’ve learned in the past year to build resiliency and prepare for future challenges? At the 2021 Knight Smart Cities Lab, we’ll help community leaders and technologists explore how to leverage federal funding, data and digital technology to […]
Webinar: How the Indigenous Investigative Collective use public records to show dire gaps in COVID-19 data access | MuckRock
In May of 2020, the Navajo Nation reported one of the highest per-capita COVID-19 infection rates in the United States. But even the dire official numbers didn’t tell the full story. The Native American Journalists Association’s Indigenous Investigative Collective brought together three newsrooms to launch a public records campaign to dig into how a mix […]
Beyond Misinformation: Towards a Research Agenda for Information Ecosystems, Network Dynamics and Emergent Epistemologies | C4 lab
This workshop starts from the premise that the problem of online misinformation is a symptom, not a cause. While undeniably problematic, misinformation is the current cause célèbre of a larger class of pathological dynamics that have emerged in our evolving digital media ecosystems and cause harm at different systemic levels. These dynamics are exacerbated by […]
Politics and Computational Social Science (PaCSS) | Northeastern University
The fourth annual Politics and Computational Social Science (PaCSS) conference will take place virtually August 9 – 13 between 11 am – 3 pm EDT. Register now at http://pacss.eventbrite.com. The registration fee of $20 will help us cover conference expenses. We are dedicated to keeping this conference open and accessible and we ask that you […]
Wikimania | Wikimedia
Wikimania is the Wikimedia movement’s annual conference celebrating the free knowledge projects made possible by the volunteer community and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation – Commons, MediaWiki, Meta-Wiki, Wikibooks, Wikidata, Wikinews, Wikipedia, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikispecies, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wiktionary – with three days of conferences, discussions, meetups, training, and workshops. Hundreds of volunteers and Free Knowledge leaders from around the world gather to discuss issues, report on new projects and […]
Global Disinfo Summit
The events of 2020 have demonstrated the power of disinformation and its effect on the public’s perceptions. New technologies, such as the broad adoption and availability of Artificial Intelligence, will continue to blur the lines between what is real and what is fake. Instant access to global platforms has resulted in a proliferation of conspiracy […]
Responding to AI Enabled Surveillance and Digital Authoritarianism | Berkman Klein Center
This event is part of a three-part symposium on Security, Privacy, and Innovation: Reshaping Law for the AI Era. The first, Responding to AI Enabled Surveillance and Digital Authoritarianism is on September 17, 2021, the second, Constitutional Values and the Rule of Law in the AI Era: Confronting a Changing Threat Landscape is on September […]
Towards a Post-Pandemic World: Lessons from COVID-19 for Now and the Future | NASEM
Event Listing Header Join the Forum on Microbial Threats for an exciting virtual conversation about what we’ve learned from 15 months of living through a global pandemic. The workshop will broadly examine responses to COVID-19 in the U.S. and abroad, and will host retrospective and prospective discussions on the broad impacts of the pandemic on […]
Constitutional Values and the Rule of Law in the AI Era: Confronting a Changing Threat Landscape | Berkman Klein Center
This event is part of a three-part symposium on Security, Privacy, and Innovation: Reshaping Law for the AI Era. The first, Responding to AI Enabled Surveillance and Digital Authoritarianism is on September 17, 2021, the second, Constitutional Values and the Rule of Law in the AI Era: Confronting a Changing Threat Landscape is on September 24, 2021, and the […]
Protecting and Promoting AI Innovation: Patent Eligibility Reform as an Imperative for National Security and Innovation | Berkman Klein Center
This event is part of a three-part symposium on Security, Privacy, and Innovation: Reshaping Law for the AI Era. The first, Responding to AI Enabled Surveillance and Digital Authoritarianism is on September 17, 2021, the second, Constitutional Values and the Rule of Law in the AI Era: Confronting a Changing Threat Landscape is on September 24, 2021, and the […]
Conference for Truth and Trust Online | Truth and Trust Online
While trustworthy online spaces benefit everyone, untrustworthy content and behaviour can divide, confuse, and cause real harm. The annual Conference for Truth and Trust Online is organised as a unique collaboration between practitioners, technologists, academics and platforms, to share, discuss, and collaborate on useful technical innovations and research in the space. Our mission is to […]
AI in Healthcare: Mitigating Disparities, Biases & Misinformation | Hariri Institute
Event Listing Header Artificial Intelligence (AI) and social media are finding useful applications in health care, yet, their use may perpetuate or even accentuate inequities, disparities, and the critical role of social determinants of health, or even facilitate the spread of health-related misinformation. The symposium will convene AI experts, medical researchers and practitioners, and computer […]
Lessons From the First Internet Ages | Knight Foundation
What is the future of the internet? Thirty years after the creation of the first web page, what have we learned about the impact of the internet on communication, connection, and democracy? Join the Knight Foundation for Lessons from the First Internet Ages, a virtual symposium that will explore and evaluate what key figures in […]
Lessons from the First Internet Ages Symposium | Knight Foundation
What is the future of the Internet? Thirty years after the creation of the first web page, what have we learned about the impact of the Internet on communication, connection, and democracy? Join the Knight Foundation for Lessons from the First Internet Ages, a virtual symposium that will explore and evaluate what key figures in the development […]
Center for Media at Risk Symposium: Image-Based Abuse | Annenberg
Image-based abuse is a public health crisis that silences marginalized groups and degrades public discourse. Ranging across the COVID-19 pandemic, political campaigns and social network reform, image-based abuse finds its way into nearly every pressing public issue today. This symposium will identify patterning in its occurrence, strategize research agendas for its clarification and develop policy […]
Knight Media Forum 2022 | Knight Foundation
On Feb. 22-24, join us virtually for the 15th Annual Knight Media Forum (KMF), where we will examine current trends impacting our democracy. Top thought leaders in philanthropy, journalism, education, tech and policy will share their insights and answer your questions about the hot topics across communities and the nation. KMF is the premiere event […]
True Costs of Misinformation Workshop | Harvard Shorenstein Center
Harvard University Cambridge, MassachusettsWhat are the financial, social, and human costs of misinformation? What is the price that businesses, hospitals, civil society groups, and schools pay for false or misleading information online? How can researchers support public officials and especially the communities targeted by disinformation campaigns when costing out “fake news funds” and building capacity for digital resilience? […]
Trust in News: Fighting Disinformation | BBC Academy
Welcome to Trust In News 2022: a two day virtual conference, which returns for a second year running – packed with insightful learnings, practical presentations and workshops. We’ll explore the fresh challenges in tackling disinformation and give you some of the tools you need to join the fight. Speakers will include representatives from the Trusted News Initiative: a […]
The Social Media Summit | MIT
The Social Media Summit @ MIT (SMS @ MIT) brings together the world’s leaders in social technology to examine one of the most critical and compelling issues of our time – the impact of social media on our democracies, our economies, and our public health — with a vision to craft meaningful solutions to the […]
Symposium on Disinformation Studies | Swarthmore College
A central feature of the Disinformation Studies program is the annual Symposium on Disinformation Studies. The Symposium is a multiday, interdisciplinary, cross-sector conference featuring practitioners and scholars who diagnose the mechanisms and effects of information warfare, foster nuanced understanding of contemporary processes of disinformation, prognosticate on the probable evolution of disinformation, and generate interdisciplinary solutions […]
Disinformation and the Erosion of Democracy | University of Chicago
With democracies across the globe under assault,The University of Chicago’s nonpartisan Institute of Politics and The Atlantic are hosting Disinformation and the Erosion of Democracy, a groundbreaking three-day event exploring the organized spread of disinformation and strategies to respond to it. The conference, April 6 to 8, will explore the roots and scope of the […]
Lies, Free Speech, and the Law | Knight First Amendment Institute
On April 8, 2022, the Knight Institute will host a symposium to explore how the law regulates or should regulate false and misleading speech. The symposium, titled “Lies, Free Speech, and the Law,” is being overseen by the Institute’s Senior Visiting Research Scholar Genevieve Lakier and will take place at Columbia University. The symposium will focus on five themes […]
The Future of Social Media: Covering, Researching, and Regulating Platforms | NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics
Social media platforms generate mountains of data — about what we like, what news we read, and who we talk to. This information, for the most part, is only available to the companies themselves, meaning journalists, researchers, policymakers, and the public lack a clear understanding of how social media impacts our society. The Facebook Papers […]
CSMaP Second Annual Conference | NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics
We convened 50 leading scholars for a two-day virtual conference to present research on a range of topics at the intersection of social media and politics, with particular focus paid to the relationship between social media and polarization. *Presented virtually on Zoom due to coronavirus health precautions All times listed in Eastern Standard Time (EST)
New COVID States Project Report: The Dobbs Decision, Support for Abortion, and 2022 Voting
VirtualA team of researchers from the COVID States Project will discuss the findings from their latest report comparing public attitudes regarding abortion before and after the Dobbs decision was announced, and the implications of the decision for the upcoming midterm elections.
Trust & Safety Research Conference | SIO & TSF
Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center 326 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA, United StatesHosted at Stanford University’s Frances. C. Arrillaga Alumni Center, the Trust and Safety Research Conference will convene trust and safety practitioners, people in government and civil society, and academics in fields like computer science, sociology, law, and political science to think deeply about trust and safety issues.
Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media (MISDOOM)
VirtualAfter three successful editions, the Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media (MISDOOM) returns for a 4th edition, this time hosted as a fully virtual conference by Boise State University on October 11-12, 2022. The symposium brings together researchers from multiple disciplines, including communication science, computer science, computational social science, political science, psychology, journalism, and media studies, […]
The Joint Computation + Journalism European Data & Computational Journalism Conference
ETH Zurich Zurich, SwitzerlandThe Joint Computation+Journalism and European Data & Computational Journalism Conference aims to bring together industry, practitioners and academics in the fields of journalism and news production. It will be hosted on June 23-24 at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. This unique conference will focus on information, data, social and computer sciences, facilitating a multidisciplinary discussion on these […]
Meet the future of AI (and us!): registration for the event now open | vera.ai VERification Assisted by Artificial Intelligence
HybridMaarten Schenk is co-founder of Belgian fact-checking outlet Lead Stories. He is very active in the field of debunking. At the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, DW’s Jochen Spangenberg asked him about his views on how Artificial Intelligence will impact the production as well as spreading of disinformation, and what this means for fact-checkers like […]
Conferences | SUNY Council on Writing
Stony Brooke UniversityCall for Proposals, 2023 “Writing, Thinking, and Learning with AI: Exploring Relationships of Rhetoric and Artificial Intelligence” Join us October 13–14, 2023, for a virtual conference hosted by the SUNY Council on Writing and the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stony Brook University The recent attention given to the topic of artificial intelligence has […]
The Post-API Conference: Social media data acquisition after Twitter | Annenberg Public Policy Center
Annenberg Public Policy Center 202 S 36th St, Philadelphia, PAIf you use social media data in your research, you’re going to want to listen up, because we’ve reached a crisis point. Digital data access has survived in an uncomfortable and unpredictable flux for years, but the most recent wave of policy changes may well be existential.
AI for Humanity and Society 2023 | WASP-HS
As we face an increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in everyday practices, it becomes more critical than ever to examine how AI affects our lives and society. Researchers in the social sciences and humanities have made essential observations and analyses on this topic. Yet, we still need grounded, situated, and relational understandings of how AI […]
Emerging directions in news use research: Project launch event and open conference | University of Surrey
VirtualThis event marks the launch of the Leverhulme Trust funded parents’ news use project – which runs from the fall of 2023 to the fall of 2025. The Leverhulme News Use project aims to examine how parents engage with and respond to news at critical moments of crisis. The project team includes Professor Ranjana Das, Dr Thomas Roberts, […]
Good Systems Symposium HUB | UT Austin
Join Good Systems at UT Austin for its fourth annual symposium exploring the future of human-centered, values-driven artificial intelligence. Connect with an interdisciplinary and cross-sector community of faculty leaders, researchers, students, professionals, and civic leaders to discuss the most pressing opportunities and challenges in Ethical AI. The Good Systems Symposium is the signature annual event […]
Disinfo Day
University of Texas at Austin , United StatesHosted by The University of Texas at Austin’s Good Systems’ “Designing Responsible AI Technologies to Protect Information Integrity” research team, this virtual event brings together researchers and thought leaders working across disciplines and sectors, focusing on developing AI tools for use by journalists, fact-checkers, and researchers. The event will feature three keynote talks and a panel […]
2nd Annual Smart Cities and Generative AI Symposium | Good Systems
University of Texas at Austin , United StatesThe Smart Cities and Generative AI Symposium is a day-long gathering of interdisciplinary professionals across academia and industry to inform, examine, and discuss how generative artificial intelligence impacts our cities. Happening in the Avaya Auditorium on the University of Texas at Austin main campus, this robust program will feature presenters from multiple universities across Texas […]
Internet & Society: The Trans-Atlantic Research Future | Internet Democracy Initiative
Northeastern University LondonIn May 2024, the Internet Democracy Initiative will host an Internet and Society Conference at the Northeastern University-London campus. Like the IDI, the conference will focus on the role of the internet in structuring democracy, society, and markets with emphasis on areas that have widespread information and social media implications. Conference sessions will feature academic, […]
The Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy | TPRC
American University Washington College of Law Washington D.C, District of ColumbiaThe Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy SEPTEMBER 20-21, 2024 WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, D.C. TPRC promotes interdisciplinary thinking on current and emerging issues in communications and the Internet by disseminating and discussing new research relevant to policy questions in the U.S. and around the world. It serves researchers, policymakers, […]
Academe in the Age of Social Media: Scholarly Inquiry at Risk? | Annenberg School for Communication
Annenberg SchoolJoin the Center for Media at Risk and the Center on Digital Culture and Society for a symposium examining the relationship between social media and the academy.