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SUMMARY:‘There’s an app for that: Tech governance during COVID-19’ | Oxford Internet Institute
DESCRIPTION:Following the publication of Data Justice and COVID-19: Global Perspectives\, the Oxford Internet Institute is hosting a discussion among leading experts to reflect on the enduring lessons for technological governance following from the pandemic. \nEdited by Linnet Taylor\, Gargi Sharma\, Aaron Martin and Shazade Jameson\, Data Justice and COVID-19 is a unique collection of 38 essays from international authors\, providing commentary and analysis on how countries around the world are turning to digital technology as a mode of governance. Since the book’s publication\, we’ve witnessed a wave of proposals and interventions based on the use of digital technology: apps for contact tracing\, immunity passports\, digital identity credentials\, biometrics\, and so forth. But what might their widespread adoption mean for our societies and polities? \nWe have invited Dr Seda Gürses\, Dr Michael Veale\, Nikita Aggarwal\, Dr Aaron Martin and Corinne Cath-Speth to join in a discussion about the implications of the pandemic for the future of technological governance. The experts will draw from their backgrounds in academia and activism\, to discuss the implications of contact-tracing apps\, data protection and privacy regulations\, as well as biometric surveillance. The effects of these technologies will remain\, even when the pandemic recedes. As such\, we invite you to join this crucial conversation on the (post) pandemic ‘new normal’ of technological governance. \nThe organizers are keen make the webinar as interactive as possible while engaging a plurality of topics. We therefore invite registrants to share their questions in advance about the use of digital technology to govern both during and after the pandemic. What are your greatest hopes or fears for the use of data and technology in this era? What do you think is still poorly understood that merits greater discussion? Please email questions to a.k.martin@uvt.nl
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/theres-an-app-for-that-tech-governance-during-covid-19-oxford-internet-institute/
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SUMMARY:Organizing Online Foreign Influence Efforts: Lessons from Topic Models and Content-Based Detection | Shorenstein Center
DESCRIPTION:Since 2014 there have been at least 74 nation-state led online influence campaigns targeting other countries through deceptive social media\, with 21 of those in 2019 alone. How are such foreign influence efforts organized\, what sets their content apart from legitimate social media activity\, and what have we learned about their potential impact? Much as statistical forensics help illuminate the political economy of corruption\, application of machine-learning to tracking influence effort activity reveals underlying facts about how different countries execute such campaigns and suggest a wide range of possibilities for creating broader public awareness of how external powers are seeking to covertly shape domestic political discussions. \nJacob N. Shapiro is Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University and directs the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project\, a multi-university consortium that compiles and analyzes micro-level data on politically motivated violence in countries around the world. His research covers conflict\, economic development\, misinformation\, and security policy. He is author of The Terrorist’s Dilemma: Managing Violent Covert Organizations and co-author of Small Wars\, Big Data: The Information Revolution in Modern Conflict. His research has been published in broad range of academic and policy journals as well as a number of edited volumes. He has conducted field research and large-scale policy evaluations in Afghanistan\, Colombia\, India\, and Pakistan. Shapiro received the 2016 Karl Deutsch Award from the International Studies Association\, given to a scholar younger than 40\, or within 10 years of earning a Ph.D.\, who has made the most significant contribution to the study of international relations. Ph.D. Political Science\, M.A. Economics\, Stanford University. B.A. Political Science\, University of Michigan. Shapiro was previously President and Chief Scientist of Giant Oak\, a venture-funded software company. He is a veteran of the United States Navy. \nRegistration for this event is required\, details on how to join the webinar will be sent to registered participants before the event.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/organizing-online-foreign-influence-efforts-lessons-from-topic-models-and-content-based-detection-shorenstein-center/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:RxT: Algorithms and Accountability | Rights x Tech
DESCRIPTION:Event Listing Header  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlgorithms touch each and every aspect of modern democratic life. \n\n\nWhile technology has created some ease\, there has also been friction and harms\, often in discrete or invisible ways and most disproportionately impacted women and communities of color. Our hyper digital lives during this pandemic has only reinforced the urgency for algorithmic accountability. But how do we ensure companies and brands are held publicly accountable\, push for sustained transparency and reform moving forward? What strategies actually work to compel companies to enforce their existing policies and work toward more ethical products in the long run? How can we use our position as leaders in technology to advocate for accountability? \n[…] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/rxt-algorithms-and-accountability-rights-x-tech/
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SUMMARY:From Pizzagate to the Presidency: QAnon's Infiltration of Our Democracy | Center for Brooklyn History
DESCRIPTION:Once relegated to the fringes of only the most paranoid online communities\, today the QAnon conspiracy theory has followers and supporters on an international scale\, going so far as to be endorsed by a number of political candidates and one elected member of Congress. The fanatical far-right theory combines allegations of child sex-trafficking by Satan-worshipping pedophiles with a volatile cocktail of belief in shadow governments\, antisemetic tropes\, racism\, and outlandish assertions (JFK Jr. lives!). Why did QAnon take such deep hold in its short three-year existence? How is it undermining legitimate efforts to combat the sexual abuse of children? And what has its impact been on our democracy? Join Travis View\, host of the podcast QAnon Anonymous and an authority on conspiracy theories\, and Kevin Roose\, technology columnist for the New York Times who has written extensively on disinformation and online radicalization\, for a conversation exploring what the insidious prevalence of QAnon means for the future of the nation. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/from-pizzagate-to-the-presidency-qanons-infiltration-of-our-democracy-center-for-brooklyn-history/
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SUMMARY:CBH Talks: From Pizzagate to the Presidency | Center for Brooklyn History
DESCRIPTION:Once relegated to the fringes of only the most paranoid online communities\, today the QAnon conspiracy theory has followers and supporters on an international scale\, going so far as to be endorsed by a number of political candidates and one elected member of Congress. The fanatical far-right theory combines allegations of child sex-trafficking by Satan-worshipping pedophiles with a volatile cocktail of belief in shadow governments\, anti-Semitic tropes\, racism\, and outlandish assertions (JFK Jr. lives!). Why did QAnon take such deep hold in its short three-year existence? How is it undermining legitimate efforts to combat the sexual abuse of children? And what has its impact been on our democracy? Join Travis View\, host of the podcast QAnon Anonymous and an authority on conspiracy theories\, and Kevin Roose\, technology columnist for the New York Times who has written extensively on disinformation and online radicalization\, for a conversation exploring what the insidious prevalence of QAnon means for the future of the nation.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/cbh-talks-from-pizzagate-to-the-presidency-center-for-brooklyn-history/
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