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SUMMARY:Who Gets to Decide How AI Enters Our Schools? With Data & Society
DESCRIPTION:Explore how AI’s role in classrooms is being shaped in New York City and beyond with Coding Kids author Natasha Singer and other panelists at this discussion presented by the research and policy institute Data & Society. \nThis event will take place in person and online at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library on the 7th Floor. \nThis is a pivotal year for shaping the role AI will play in American classrooms. Around the country\, states have already begun distributing AI products across school districts\, and New York City’s DOE recently released its own preliminary guidance on AI. This event will explore what’s at stake for the city’s more than 1\,700 schools and the millions of students and families they serve. \nCoding Kids: Big Tech’s Battle to Remake Public Schools\, the new book by New York Times reporter and Data & Society alum Natasha Singer\, explores how tech companies are using schools to mainstream their AI tools. Singer will discuss her reporting and the broader issues at stake in a discussion with other panelists (to be announced) moderated by Meredith Broussard\, Data & Society advisor and professor at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute\, and author of More Than a Glitch. The event will be introduced by Data & Society Executive Director Janet Haven.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/who-gets-to-decide-how-ai-enters-our-schools-with-data-society/
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SUMMARY:Protecting Democracy's Data | Book Talk
DESCRIPTION:The United States census\, conducted every ten years\, is one of the world’s oldest and biggest data-making endeavors\, and one of the country’s most consequential. In her urgent new book Data Are Made\, Not Found: A Story of Politics\, Power\, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census\, professor\, researcher\, and Data & Society founder danah boyd explores what it took for the Census Bureau to make the 2020 census\, amid a global pandemic and natural disasters\, and while navigating political forces that constrained the budget\, micro-managed the schedule\, and attacked statisticians’ methods. Despite these challenges\, civil servants saved the 2020 census\, but future censuses — and other data-making efforts related to elections\, health\, and the economy — are precarious. \nBy documenting the perspectives of government workers in Data Are Made\, Not Found\, boyd provides a rare glimpse into what it takes to make democracy’s data and shows clearly why protecting democracy means protecting the people and institutions that produce that data. Join us on September 23 at 1 pm ET as boyd delves into her research and its implications with historian and author Dan Bouk\, in a conversation moderated by Data & Society Executive Director Janet Haven.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/protecting-democracys-data/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260520T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260520T133000
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SUMMARY:Inside the 2026 AI Index Report | Stanford HAI
DESCRIPTION:The AI Index\, currently in its ninth year\, tracks\, collates\, distills\, and visualizes data relating to artificial intelligence. What is changing in the field of AI? Join Stanford HAI’s AI Index Lead Sha Sajadieh for an exclusive look into this trusted source of AI intelligence. \nLearn about the year’s major AI breakthroughs\, changes in the workplace\, policy shifts\, and an evolving public sentiment for this technology. From technical advances to ethical considerations\, education trends to economic impact—get the unbiased\, data-driven insights that executives\, policymakers\, and global researchers rely on. \nClick here to learn more and register to attend online or in-person. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNote: Event details are listed in PST/PDT (UTC-8).
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/inside-the-2026-ai-index-report-stanford-hai/
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SUMMARY:AI and the Concentration of Power
DESCRIPTION:Zoë Hitzig\, known for her research and writing on the political economy of AI\, including a widely discussed op-ed reflecting on her decision to leave OpenAI\, will examine how AI systems may reshape where knowledge resides and how decisions are made. As these systems begin to capture and operationalize forms of tacit\, experience-based knowledge long embedded in workers and local contexts\, information itself may become more concentrated—and with it\, power. This shift raises broader questions about how institutions act as information powerbrokers\, and what happens when expertise and decision-making move from individuals and local settings into centralized systems. Hitzig will be joined in conversation with HLS Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies Yochai Benkler to discuss how AI systems may reshape where knowledge resides in the economy. \nClick here to learn more and register to attend. \nNote: Event details are listed in ET (UTC-5). 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/ai-and-the-concentration-of-power/
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Algorithm: From Research to Action for Democratic Renewal
DESCRIPTION:Beyond the Algorithm: From Research to Action for Democratic Renewal is a hybrid event jointly organised by the Horizon Europe KT4D\, ORBIS\, ITHACA and AI4GOV projects. The event puts under the spotlight the rapid deployment of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data technologies and how these these technologies hold the promise of fostering civic participation\, transparency\, and efficiency in democratic governance. Yet\, they also introduce new risks related to algorithmic bias\, privacy infringements\, disinformation\, cultural polarisation\, and the erosion of democratic values. \nRecognising the urgency and complexity of these issues\, four Horizon Europe-funded projects\, AI4GOV\, KT4D\, ITHACA\, and ORBIS\, joined forces to establish the AI\, Big Data & Democracy Task Force. Since March 2025 INNOVADE is part of the Task Force. Together\, these projects represent a broad\, interdisciplinary effort to understand the benefits and risks of AI and Big Data for democracy and civic participation\, and to develop solutions for their responsible and democratic use. This event represents the climax of this collaborative journey\, bringing together the research results\, methodologies\, and exhibiting tools produced by the Task Force\, with the ambition to foster dialogue\, impact policy\, and contribute to the future of digital democracy. \nRead more about the event and register to attend here. 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/beyond-the-algorithm-from-research-to-action-for-democratic-renewal/
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SUMMARY:The Double Black Box: National Security\, AI\, and the Struggle for Democratic Accountability\, with Ashley Deeks\, November 12 The Double Black Box: National Security\, Artificial Intelligence\, and the Struggle for Democratic Accountability
DESCRIPTION:Rapid advances in artificial intelligence are increasingly vital to national security operations.  The United States\, China\, and other states seek to harness these tools to bolster their own military and intelligence superiority. Yet their advent exacerbates an existing paradox within our democracy: some of the most consequential decisions made in the name of national security are often the least transparent and accountable – and the use of AI makes this problem worse. \nIn her new book\, The Double Black Box\, Ashley Deeks unpacks this pressing challenge. She examines how we can ensure democratic accountability\, legality\, and effectiveness in the use of artificial intelligence tools within national security processes\, and which traditional and nontraditional checks on the executive branch might be brought to bear on the use of national security AI. \nHarvard Law School Professor Kristen Eichensehr will hold a conversation with Deeks about the book\, unpacking its arguments and inviting the audience into the discussion. \nRead more about this event and register to attend here. 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-double-black-box-national-security-ai-and-the-struggle-for-democratic-accountability-with-ashley-deeks-november-12-the-double-black-box-national-security-artificial-intelligence-and-the-st/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T183000
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SUMMARY:Understanding AI with Data & Society | Reorienting AI for the Public Interest
DESCRIPTION:​The New York Public Library and Data & Society present “Understanding AI\,” a four-part live event series exploring the social implications of artificial intelligence and its impacts on democracy\, the environment\, and human labor. Featuring key figures in the AI ethics field\, these events will take place in person at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) in New York City as part of the library’s 7 Stories Up program\, and will also be available to watch via livestream. This series of conversations will demystify the AI discourse and equip library patrons and the public with practical ways of understanding the current landscape. \nFor the October 29 event\, Data & Society Executive Director Janet Haven hosts a critical discussion about AI accountability and the public interest\, featuring professor Charlton McIlwain\, journalist Julia Angwin\, and civic technologist Catherine Bracy. \nThe concentration of power and lack of regulation in the technology industry directly shapes how AI is designed and deployed\, and whose interests it serves. That means decisions about these tools often reflect corporate priorities over public benefits. While AI is often held up as a tool to increase “efficiency\,” it is essential to ask: efficiency for whom\, and at what cost? What would it mean to create and oversee AI in the public’s best interest? How could these technologies be made more accountable to the people and communities they affect? And what is needed to create a future where AI works for everyone? \nTo join the event in person | Doors will open 30 minutes before the program begins. For free events\, we generally overbook to ensure a full house. Priority will be given to those who have registered in advance\, but registration does not guarantee admission. All registered seats are released shortly before start time\, and seats may become available at that time. A standby line will form 30 minutes before the program. \nTo join the event online | Whether you’re attending in person or online\, you must register with your email address.The Zoom link will be sent to you by email approximately one day before the event. You will need a device with audio and/or video and an internet/cellular connection to join. \n\n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKERS\nJanet Haven is the executive director of Data & Society. She has worked at the intersection of technology policy\, governance\, and accountability for more than twenty years\, both domestically and internationally. From 2022 to 2025\, Janet served on the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC)\, which advises the National AI Initiative Office and the executive branch on a range of issues related to artificial intelligence\, and chaired the Rights\, Trust\, and Safety working group. \nJulia Angwin is an award-winning investigative journalist\, a bestselling author\, a New York Times contributing Opinion writer and a Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media\, Politics\, and Public Policy. She is the founder of Proof News\, a nonprofit journalism studio that launched in 2024. \nCatherine Bracy is a civic technologist and community organizer whose work focuses on the intersection of technology and political and economic inequality. She is the founder and CEO of TechEquity and the author of World Eaters: How Venture Capital is Cannibalizing the Economy. She was previously Code for America’s Senior Director of Partnerships and Ecosystem and Director of Obama for America’s Technology Field Office in San Francisco. She is on the board of directors at the Data & Society Research Institute and the Terner Housing Lab. \nDr. Charlton McIlwain is Vice Provost for Faculty Development\, Pathways & Public Interest Technology at New York University\, where he is also Professor of Media\, Culture\, and Communication. He is the author of Black Software: The Internet & Racial Justice\, From the Afronet to Black Lives Matter and the recent PolicyLink report Algorithmic Discrimination: A Framework and Approach to Auditing & Measuring the Impact of Race-Targeted Digital Advertising. McIlwain is the founder of the Center for Critical Race & Digital Studies\, and is Board President at Data & Society Research Institute.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/understanding-ai-with-data-society-reorienting-ai-for-the-public-interest/
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SUMMARY:The Future of Free Speech Online | The Age of Constitutional Evasion: Jawboning and Other Forms of Government Pressure to Control Private Speech
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by the Center for Democracy & Technology and Stand Together Trust\, the Future of Speech Online conference is an annual event that brings together policymakers\, media\, academics\, corporations\, advocates\, and thought leaders to discuss today’s most pressing issues around free speech online. \n\n\nGovernments have always worked to shape the speech of private parties and these efforts have always threatened overcensorship of dissent and governmentally disfavored viewpoints. The current Administration in the United States is taking this common phenomenon to new and dangerous heights\, and the impacts are reverberating globally. Join us as we examine government pressure on speech intermediaries (also known as “jawboning”)\, particularly the Trump Administration’s efforts to shape online speech environments at universities\, news outlets\, online\, and in other contexts. \nThis year’s Future of Speech Online event will explore recent court decisions that increase protections against jawboning and how we can use them and other tools to reduce inappropriate government pressure on speech platforms while maintaining essential communications. Additionally\, speakers will examine the ways in which Section 230 might work to protect against censorship of vulnerable groups including immigrants\, trans youth\, and public health practitioners. We will also take a look at efforts to regulate speech produced by generative AI. \nSessions will also look at agency efforts to dictate editorial choices\, examining First Amendment limits on FCC and FTC authority to control or encourage particular editorial policies and the ways in which the agencies are trying to evade those limits. Finally\, we will talk about the unprecedented attacks against the speech of non-citizens and the various ways the government is using social media monitoring tools to silence dissent. And we will spotlight experts who have directly experienced (or work on behalf of those who have experienced) government pressure aimed at undermining free expression. \n\nThroughout the event\, we’ll hear from legal experts\, technologists\, and policymakers about what’s at stake in this important year for democracy and free speech.\n\nRead more and register to attend here. If you have questions\, concerns\, or access needs\, please contact events@cdt.org before the event.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-future-of-free-speech-online-the-age-of-constitutional-evasion-jawboning-and-other-forms-of-government-pressure-to-control-private-speech/
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SUMMARY:Friend\, Flatterer\, or Foe? The Psychology and Liability of Chatbots
DESCRIPTION:As AI systems become more conversational\, the lines between tool\, companion\, and manipulator are blurring. What happens when machines start telling us what we want to hear—and when users start depending on them for emotional connection? \nIn this conversation\, journalist and author Kashmir Hill joins the Berkman Klein Center’s Meg Marco (Senior Director\, Applied Social Media Lab) and Jordi Weinstock (Senior Advisor and expert in tort law) to explore the psychological ripple effects of AI on users\, platforms\, and the legal landscape that’s still struggling to keep pace. \nThe panel will examine emerging research on AI “sycophancy\,” models that flatter\, mirror\, and reinforce users’ beliefs\, as well as the mounting evidence that frequent interaction with text-based chatbots can influence mood and behavior. As more stories of these psychologically damaging relationships emerge (especially impacting young people)\, the conversation turns to liability: when emotional harm or manipulation occurs\, who bears responsibility? Are AI systems becoming a dangerous consumer product akin to gambling or social media\, and what ethical or legal frameworks should protect users from their unintended consequences? \nRead more and register to attend here. 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/friend-flatterer-or-foe-the-psychology-and-liability-of-chatbots/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251022T003000
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SUMMARY:Automating Content Policy
DESCRIPTION:AI is no longer just moderating individual posts — it is learning how to interpret and enforce policy itself. Dave Willner — who has led trust and safety teams at Facebook\, Airbnb\, and OpenAI — joins journalist Meg Marco for a conversation about the shifting terrain of moderation in the age of generative AI. \nFrom the tipping points of past technologies\, like the cell phone\, to today’s new “policy-rewriting machines” that can run millions of classifications in an hour\, Willner and Marco will explore how automation is changing the scale\, speed\, and stakes of online governance. \nNew systems can ingest a company’s policy documents\, apply them to vast datasets\, and make millions of classifications in hours. In doing so\, they both replicate the human task of drawing boundaries — deciding what falls inside or outside the rules — and extend that task far beyond traditional concerns like hate speech or misinformation. \nRead more about this event and register to attend here. 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/automating-content-policy/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250929T110000
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SUMMARY:Gender & Tech Online Talk Series: Technocapitalism & Environmental Justice
DESCRIPTION:The Gender and Tech Talk Series brings together leading scholars\, advocates\, and practitioners to discuss the intersections of gender\, technology\, democracy and human rights. It critically examines how digital platforms and technologies impact women\, queer and gender-diverse individuals while exploring pathways for more inclusive\, rights-focused digital governance frameworks. \nThe fourth talk\, “Technocapitalism and Environmental Justice\,” will examine the intersection of technocapitalism\, environmental justice\, and gender\, exploring how the global dominance of tech corporations exacerbates environmental inequalities and impacts marginalized communities. We expect to discuss the environmental and social costs of digital technologies\, focusing on how technocapitalism contributes to resource extraction\, waste\, and exploitation\, particularly in the Global South. The conversation also aims at addressing the gendered dimensions of tech-environmental harm\, highlighting how marginalized communities bear the brunt of these impacts. \nThis online series\, co-organized by Yasmin Curzi and Jess Reia\, runs monthly featuring two speakers and international perspectives. It began in April 2025 and will end in December 2025\, with the following dates and topics: \n4/25 | Digital Colonialism\n5/27 | Data Governance\n8/28 | Platform Governance\n9/29 | Technocapitalism and environmental justice\n10/27 | Data Work and Political Participation\n11/24 | Trans-inclusive AI Governance \nThe discussions will become a report published in early spring 2026. \nAbout the panelists \nTamara Kneese directs Data & Society Research Institute’s Climate\, Justice\, and Technology program and previously led the Algorithmic Impact Methods Lab (AIMLab). Before joining D&S\, she was lead researcher at Green Software Foundation\, director of developer engagement on the Green Software team at Intel\, and assistant professor of Media Studies and director of Gender and Sexualities Studies at the University of San Francisco. She is the author of Death Glitch: How Techno-Solutionism Fails Us in This Life and Beyond (Yale University Press\, 2023) and co-author of Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry (Common Notions Press\, 2025). Her work has been published in academic journals including Social Text\, Social Media + Society\, and the International Journal of Communication and in popular outlets such as Wired\, The Verge\, and The Baffler. Tamara holds a PhD in Media\, Culture and Communication from NYU. \nPaz Peña is a Mozilla Senior Fellow for 2025\, dedicated to studying the socio-environmental impacts of AI data centers in Latin America. With over 15 years of experience\, she explores the intersection of technology\, social justice\, and feminism\, working with governments\, civil society\, and international agencies. For the past seven years\, Paz has focused her research on the socio-environmental consequences of digital technologies in Latin America. In 2021\, she established the Latin American Institute of Terraforming (terraforminglatam.net)\, a unique space for reflecting on the relationship between technology and the ecological and climate crises we face. In 2023\, she published a summary of her research in the book “Tecnologías para un planeta en llamas” (Paidós). Paz is based in Santiago\, Chile. \nJess Reia (moderator) is an Assistant Professor of Data Science and a Faculty co-lead at the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab at the University of Virginia. In 2025\, Reia was selected as an Andrew Carnegie Fellow by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. They are also a Visiting Scholar at Fudan University in Shanghai and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Democracy & Technology in Washington\, D.C. Reia works primarily on topics of technology policy and human rights transnationally\, being interested in the untold stories in our datasets\, citizen-generated data and how artificial intelligence is transforming the way we think about evidence and representation. \nA policymaker by training\, Reia’s research and advocacy agenda has focused on building collaborations with government and civil society organizations in Brazil\, Canada and the US for over a decade\, resulting in numerous resources to support policy- and decision-making and academic publications in four languages. Reia is also a public scholar whose writing and interviews were featured in various outlets\, including Estadão\, Le Devoir and BBC. Before joining UVA\, they were appointed Mellon Postdoctoral Researcher at McGill University\, studying the impact of smart-washing and datafication in nocturnal urban spaces and their communities. Reia held a two-year mandate as a member of MTL 24/24’s first Night Council in Montreal. Prior to that\, they worked at the Center for Technology & Society at FGV Law School in Rio de Janeiro. \nReia’s latest book\, “Urban Music Governance: What Busking Can Teach Us about Data\, Policy and Our Cities” (Intellect/University of Chicago Press\, 2025)\, explores what happens when precarious urban cultural laborers take data collection\, laws\, and policymaking into their own hands. A transnational exploration of often unseen aspects of urban governance\, it examines the intricate limits of legality\, data visibility\, and resistance from the perspective of those working at the social and regulatory margins of society. \nCurrently\, Reia teaches courses for future data scientists on ethics\, governance\, and policy. Past courses have included a focus on urban data\, digital rights\, intellectual property\, and research methods.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/gender-tech-online-talk-series-technocapitalism-environmental-justice/
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SUMMARY:Understanding AI with Data & Society | The Environmental Costs of AI Are Surging – What Now?
DESCRIPTION:Researcher Tamara Kneese speaks with environmental justice researcher Sanjana Paul and critical social scientist Jasmine McNealy about the environmental toll AI development is taking on local water supplies\, energy systems\, and communities around the world. \nThis event will take place online and in person at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library on the 7th Floor \nArtificial intelligence technologies run on powerful computers that require vast amounts of energy\, water\, and critical minerals. As AI use grows\, so does its environmental footprint. Yet there is little consensus on how to assess and address the technology’s toll on the climate before irreparable damage is done. How can we understand the impact AI data centers have on communities and the environment? How can we ensure that communities are able to use empirical data about those impacts to fight back? \nTo join the event in person | Doors will open 30 minutes before the program begins. For free events\, we generally overbook to ensure a full house. Priority will be given to those who have registered in advance\, but registration does not guarantee admission. All registered seats are released shortly before start time\, and seats may become available at that time. A standby line will form 30 minutes before the program. \nTo join the event online | Whether you’re attending in person or online\, you must register with your email address. You will need a device with audio and/or video and an internet/cellular connection to view the livestream. \n\nABOUT THE SPEAKERS\nTamara Kneese is the director of Data & Society’s Climate\, Technology\, and Justice program. Previously\, she led Data & Society’s Algorithmic Impacts Lab (AIMLab). Tamara’s research juxtaposes histories of computing and automation with ethnographies of platform labor. Her first book\, Death Glitch: How Techno-Solutionism Fails Us in This Life and Beyond\, was published by Yale University Press in 2023. \nJasmine McNealy is an attorney\, critical public interest technologist\, and social scientist who studies emerging media & technology with a view toward influencing law and policy. An internationally recognized scholar\, her research is interdisciplinary\, centered at the intersection of media\, technology\, policy\, and law. Of particular focus are the areas of privacy\, surveillance\, and data governance and emphasizing technological and the impacts on marginalized and vulnerable communities. She is a professor at the University of Florida where she directs the Infrastructure for Communities\, Ecology for Data Hub (ICED Hub)\, which annually hosts the Rural x AI + Policy Workshop. She is also Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. \nSanjana Paul is an engineer\, environmental justice researcher\, and systems thinker working at the intersection of infrastructure\, climate\, and technology. She is a PhD student at MIT\, where her research focuses on renewable energy\, energy justice\, and the electric grid. She is the co-founder of Rooted Futures Lab\, a research and action collective advancing environmental justice in technology\, and Earth Hacks\, a nonprofit harnessing hackathons as a form of climate action. Her work has ranged from atmospheric science software engineering at NASA to passing decarbonization policy at the local level. She holds a BS in electrical engineering and physics\, and a Master’s in City Planning from MIT.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/understanding-ai-with-data-society-the-environmental-costs-of-ai-are-surging-what-now/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: The Double-Edged Sword of AI in Peacebuilding |  International Panel on the Information Environment
DESCRIPTION:On 22 September\, the International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE) invites you to the launch of its landmark report\, Artificial Intelligence and Peacebuilding: Opportunities and Challenges. \nAI is increasingly shaping peacebuilding efforts – helping monitor conflict risks\, support humanitarian coordination\, and foster dialogue. Yet\, the same technologies can also fuel repression\, surveillance\, disinformation\, and polarization. This webinar will explore the double-edged nature of AI in fragile contexts and highlight why human rights must be at the core of its design and deployment. \nDrawing on analysis of over 600 global sources\, the report provides the most comprehensive scientific assessment to date of AI’s potential in peacebuilding. It sets out five key recommendations for policymakers\, the private sector\, and civil society to ensure that AI contributes to peace rather than instability. \nThrough keynote insights\, expert discussion\, and audience engagement\, this session will examine: \n\nThe promise and perils of AI in conflict and post-conflict settings\nThe growing role of generative AI in peacebuilding\nThe importance of local knowledge\, data sovereignty\, and smaller language models\nHow to align AI innovation with human rights principles\, from privacy to freedom of expression\nPractical steps for building cross-sector partnerships that safeguards peace\n\nSpeakers include: \n\nProf. Fredrick Ogenga\, Chair of the IPIE’s Scientific Panel on AI and Peacebuilding\nDr. Evelyne Tauchnitz\, Vice Chair\nDr. Lisa Schirch\, Panel Member\nDr. Craig Zelizer\, Consulting Scientist\n\nThis event will be chaired by Prof. Sebastian Valenzuela\, Chief Science Officer at the IPIE. \nRegister to attend here. 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/webinar-the-double-edged-sword-of-ai-in-peacebuilding-international-panel-on-the-information-environment/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE)":MAILTO:Contact@IPIE.info
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T130000
DTSTAMP:20261009T110432
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SUMMARY:Live Podcast Recording | Setting a ‘Tech Agenda’ for Climate Week with Tech Policy Press
DESCRIPTION:From September 21–28\, New York City will host Climate Week. Leaders from business\, politics\, academia\, and civil society will gather to share ideas and develop strategies to address the climate crisis. \n​The tech industry intersects with climate concerns in a number of ways\, not least of which is through its own growing demand for natural resources and energy\, particularly to power data centers. What should a “tech agenda” for Climate Week include? What are the most important issues that need attention\, and how should challenges and opportunities be framed? \n​Join Tech Policy Press and expert guests for a live recording of The Tech Policy Press Podcast. Speakers include: \n\n\n​Justin Hendrix\, CEO and Editor\, Tech Policy Press \n\n\n​Alix Dunn\, Founder and CEO of The Maybe \n\n\n​Tamara Kneese\, Director of Data & Society‘s Climate\, Technology\, and Justice Program \n\n\n​Holly Alpine\, Co-Founder\, Enabled Emissions Campaign \n\n\n\nRead more and register to attend here. 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/live-podcast-recording-setting-a-tech-agenda-for-climate-week-with-tech-policy-press/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T100000
DTSTAMP:20261009T110432
CREATED:20250909T205537Z
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SUMMARY:The EU Code of Practice on disinformation: evaluating VLOPSE compliance and effectiveness
DESCRIPTION:In this webinar\, Trisha Meyer (co-author) will present the findings of the recently published EDMO report on the compliance and effectiveness of Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines’ (VLOPSE) actions to implement the Code of Practice (now Code of Conduct) on Disinformation\, focusing on Meta (Facebook and Instagram)\, Google (Search and YouTube)\, Microsoft (Bing and LinkedIn)\, and TikTok. Large online platforms submit transparency reports twice a year\, detailing their efforts to meet commitments under the Code. The report focuses on key areas such as supporting media literacy\, enhancing fact-checking partnerships\, improving transparency\, and enabling research\, as reported in 2024. The assessment examines the extent to which these seven VLOPSE services have met core commitments under the CoPD and evaluates the real-world impact of selected actions and initiatives taken under the Code. \n  \nSpeaker \nTrisha Meyer | Professor in Digital Governance and Participation; Co-Lead·Vrije Universiteit Brussel; EDMO BELUX \n\nTrisha Meyer is an Associate Professor in Digital Governance and Participation at the Brussels School of Governance of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel\, where she leads the Research Centre for Digitalisation\, Democracy and Innovation. Trisha is also principal investigator of EDMO BELUX\, a co-funded hub on research\, fact-checking and media literacy on online disinformation in Belgium and Luxembourg. Trisha researches the regulatory push toward and societal consequences of tech platforms taking proactive (automated) measures to moderate online content. A second closely related research strand pertains to participatory governance in digital policy. In recent years\, her research has focused on the balancing act necessary when developing responses to tackle disinformation online.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-eu-code-of-practice-on-disinformation-evaluating-vlopse-compliance-and-effectiveness/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T140000
DTSTAMP:20261009T110432
CREATED:20250909T200257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250909T200257Z
UID:513565-1757509200-1757512800@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Federal Efforts to Expand Access to State Administrative Data
DESCRIPTION:Join the Center for Democracy & Technology\, the Leadership Conference’s Center for Civil Rights and Technology\, and Protect Democracy for a webinar on Federal Efforts to Expand Access to State Administrative Data. This event\, the third in a series related to government data privacy\, follows a recently-released explainer on Federal Efforts to Expand Access to Data from State-Run Programs and Individual Privacy. This discussion will focus on:\n\n \n\n 	The types of administrative data held by state-run programs\,\n \n 	Examples of historic and current efforts by the federal government to access state data\,\n \n 	The legal protections for federal attempts to access state administrative data\, and\n \n 	The potential future changes to and impacts of the federal government’s growing access\, use\, and sharing of state administrative data.\n\n \n\nThis event and its collaborative resources are the latest effort from our organizations to track this rapidly evolving issue and unpack implications for privacy\, civil liberties\, and civil rights\, including the potential violations of legal privacy protections and negative impacts to millions of people.\n\n\nFeatured Speakers:\n\n 	Quinn Anex-Ries\, Center for Democracy & Technology\n 	Frank Torres\, the Leadership Conference’s Center for Civil Rights and Technology\n 	Nicole Schneidman\, Protect Democracy\n 	Matthew Dunlap\, Maine State Auditor\n 	Angela Arsenault\, Vermont State Representative\n\nFor additional information\, please reach out to civictech@cdt.org\, techcenter@civilrights.org\, and techanddata@protectdemocracy.org.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/federal-efforts-to-expand-access-to-state-administrative-data/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Democracy & Technology":MAILTO:civictech@cdt.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T234500
DTSTAMP:20261009T110432
CREATED:20250909T202115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250909T202115Z
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SUMMARY:Anger\, fear\, domination: Dark passions and the power of political speech
DESCRIPTION:As liberal democracies around the world are faltering\, William Galston’s new book\, “Anger\, Fear\, Domination: Dark Passions and the Power of Political Speech\,” explores the sources of this decline that stem from the internal vulnerabilities of liberal democracy\, particularly the ability of ambitious leaders to mobilize public anger and fear in the service of domination. \nOn September 10\, Brookings Senior Fellows Jonathan Rauch and Galston will discuss the power of political speech in democracies to stoke the dark side of human nature and the need for a new liberal realism to counter anti-democratic forces. \nRegister to attend in person | Register to watch online
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/anger-fear-domination-dark-passions-and-the-power-of-political-speech/
LOCATION:The Brookings Institute\, 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW\, Washington\, D.C.\, 20036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250514T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250514T133000
DTSTAMP:20261009T110432
CREATED:20250513T162353Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250529T162817Z
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SUMMARY:The Future of Social Media Transparency
DESCRIPTION:Social media platforms have become increasingly opaque at precisely the moment their influence on society has reached unprecedented levels. Over the long-term\, we need to conceptualize true independent transparency as an infrastructure project built on four pillars—government requirements & legal protections\, international standards\, shared tooling\, and sustainable funding. We are making slow but steady progress on all four. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-future-of-social-media-transparency/
LOCATION:Harvard University\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250303T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250303T190000
DTSTAMP:20261009T110432
CREATED:20250303T200450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250303T200450Z
UID:510627-1741024800-1741028400@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:The Future of Trustworthy Information: Learning from Online Content Creators
DESCRIPTION:In this panel\, we talk to three online content creators who do journalistic work about how their work is both alike and different than mainstream journalism\, how they engage with audiences and what traditional journalists can learn from them.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-future-of-trustworthy-information-learning-from-online-content-creators/
LOCATION:Hybrid
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241205T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241206T180000
DTSTAMP:20261009T110432
CREATED:20241106T150324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241106T150324Z
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SUMMARY:Academe in the Age of Social Media: Scholarly Inquiry at Risk? | Annenberg School for Communication
DESCRIPTION:Join 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.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/academe-in-the-age-of-social-media-scholarly-inquiry-at-risk-annenberg-school-for-communication/
LOCATION:Annenberg School
CATEGORIES:Conference,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241126T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241126T160000
DTSTAMP:20261009T110432
CREATED:20241204T203331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241204T203331Z
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SUMMARY:Session 13: Robyn Caplan: Studying Networked Platform Governance: A Multi-Perspective Approach | PGMT
DESCRIPTION:This talk will be a reflection on Robyn Caplan’s multi-perspective approach to studying platforms\, and will highlight the importance of triangulation when it comes to studying networked actors. This talk will give an overview of Caplan’s research (touching on research on platform personnel\, media associations\, online creators\, civil society actors) and will explore the theoretical grounding of using multiple perspectives to study platforms. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/session-13-robyn-caplan-studying-networked-platform-governance-a-multi-perspective-approach-pgmt/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241028T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241028T153000
DTSTAMP:20261009T110432
CREATED:20241028T191642Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241028T191642Z
UID:509287-1730102400-1730129400@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:The Future of Third-Party AI Evaluation | CRFM & CITP
DESCRIPTION:General-purpose AI systems are now deployed to billions of users\, but they pose risks related to bias\, fraud\, privacy\, copyright\, CBRN\, NCII\, and more. To assess these risks\, we need independent and community-driven evaluations\, audits and red teaming\, and responsible disclosure.  \nOur workshop on the future of third-party AI evaluation dives into these topics with experts on: \n\n\nThird-party evaluations\, red teaming\, and disclosure in the real world \n\n\nHow to design technical infrastructure for identifying and reporting flaws in AI systems \n\n\nThe legal and policy infrastructure for advancing a healthy AI evaluation ecosystem
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-future-of-third-party-ai-evaluation-crfm-citp/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T183000
DTSTAMP:20261009T110432
CREATED:20241022T232029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241022T232029Z
UID:509260-1729789200-1729794600@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Threats to Democracies: A Transatlantic Workshop on Media and the 2024 Elections
DESCRIPTION:Join us for “Media Coverage of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election: The View from Germany and the United States\,” a Fireside Chat hosted by the UNC Center for Information\, Technology\, and Public Life\, in partnership with UNC Global Affairs\, Thomas Mann House Los Angeles\, and the UNC Center for European Studies\, and co-sponsored by the UNC School of Information and Library Science. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/threats-to-democracies-a-transatlantic-workshop-on-media-and-the-2024-elections/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241009T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241009T160000
DTSTAMP:20261009T110432
CREATED:20241007T152008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241007T152008Z
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SUMMARY:The Campaign to Curb Misinformation Research | Boston University
DESCRIPTION:The alarming rise of mis- and disinformation influencing recent elections spurred a flurry of new research to understand the trend. But work among academics\, nonprofits and the technology sector made some activists suspicious that a conspiracy was developing to muzzle conservative and right-wing ideas – leading to a campaign to curb research. In these polarized times\, is the future of the field threatened?
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-campaign-to-curb-misinformation-research-boston-university/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241009T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241009T130000
DTSTAMP:20261009T110432
CREATED:20240923T162633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240923T162633Z
UID:509113-1728475200-1728478800@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Can We Rebuild Trust in the Information Environment? | NYU's Center for Social Media and Politics and the Center for News\, Technology & Innovation
DESCRIPTION:For decades\, America has seen a steady decline in trust in institutions — in government\, science\, media\, and even the very idea of democracy. The problem stems from several places\, such as rising political polarization and declining civic participation. But many place the blame on our increasingly siloed and partisan information environment\, which is exacerbated by social media and recent advances in generative AI. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/can-we-rebuild-trust-in-the-information-environment-nyus-center-for-social-media-and-politics-and-the-center-for-news-technology-innovation/
LOCATION:New York University\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241002T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241002T110000
DTSTAMP:20261009T110432
CREATED:20240930T143555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240930T143555Z
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SUMMARY:Report launch: Offensive speech and hate speech targeted at Congressional Candidates in the 2024 Election | Center for Democracy & Technology
DESCRIPTION:Women of color candidates continue to be underrepresented in Congress while also facing significant challenges in running for office. One of these challenges includes the kinds of offensive and hate speech they are subject to on social media platforms. In this research briefing\, we will share findings from a new study conducted by the Online Violence Against Women in Politics Working Group at the Ford Institute for Human Security at the University of Pittsburgh\, the Politus Project\, and the Center for Democracy & Technology. The analysis focuses on posts on X/Twitter targeting all candidates running for a Congressional seat in the 2024 U.S. elections\, as well as Presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris. It builds on CDT’s previous report\, “An Unrepresentative Democracy: How Disinformation and Online Abuse Hinder Women of Color Political Candidates in the United States.“ \nPlease join us to discuss findings that point to the disproportionate impacts on women of color candidates in particular\, and the implications for our democracy.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/report-launch-offensive-speech-and-hate-speech-targeted-at-congressional-candidates-in-the-2024-election-center-for-democracy-technology/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241001T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241001T190000
DTSTAMP:20261009T110432
CREATED:20240923T161507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240923T161507Z
UID:509108-1727802000-1727809200@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Regulating Platforms & Speech in an Age of Fake News | Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute for Business\, Markets & Society
DESCRIPTION:Misinformation has been a problem for all of human history\, but is particularly challenging to control on today’s social media platforms. Under the current US Section 230 regulation\, internet companies are not held responsible for the content shared on their platforms. Other countries have taken different approaches to regulation. With a shared goal to maintain free speech\, this panel will explore how the advertisement funding model of internet platforms affects social media content and discuss potential market solutions to reduce misinformation. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/regulating-platforms-speech-in-an-age-of-fake-news-ravi-k-mehrotra-institute-for-business-markets-society/
LOCATION:Boston University\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240930T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240930T153000
DTSTAMP:20261009T110432
CREATED:20240918T151917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T152234Z
UID:509081-1727703000-1727710200@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:CrowdTangle Funeral | The Knight-Georgetown Institute
DESCRIPTION:The Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) and the Coalition for Independent Technology Research invite you to a memorial service for CrowdTangle\, a tool that offered thousands around the globe the ability to analyze real time trends in the information people were sharing. Meta eliminated CrowdTangle on August 14\, 2024\, in the middle of a year in which more people are voting worldwide than ever before. \nThis memorial will highlight the value of data access tools like CrowdTangle\, and lay out the way forward for establishing a new standard of public data access.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/crowdtangle-funeral/
LOCATION:Georgetown University\, Washington D.C\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240920T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240920T160000
DTSTAMP:20261009T110432
CREATED:20240918T152148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T152148Z
UID:509084-1726840800-1726848000@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Addressing Researcher Harassment | George Washington University
DESCRIPTION:The George Washington University’s Institute for Data\, Democracy & Politics and the Researcher Support Consortium invite you to join them for Addressing Researcher Harassment: A Fireside Chat and Panel Discussion to Launch New Research Support Tools.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/addressing-researcher-harassment-george-washington-university/
LOCATION:George Washington Univeristy\, Washington D.C\, District of Columbia
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240909T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240910T123000
DTSTAMP:20261009T110432
CREATED:20240918T154214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T154214Z
UID:509091-1725908400-1725971400@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:The promise and perils of AI: Issues at stake in the 2024 election | Brookings
DESCRIPTION:Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming every aspect of society\, from education and work to health care and finance.  Its widespread adoption also has started to impact global politics\, from elections to international conflict. The tradeoffs between AI’s positive and more harmful effects are still being debated. While AI could allow transformative advances in scientific discovery and democratize access to high quality\, personalized education\, it also has the potential to entrench explicit and implicit biases\, erode students’ privacy\, and create overdependence on AI tools.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-promise-and-perils-of-ai-issues-at-stake-in-the-2024-election-brookings/
LOCATION:Spelman College
CATEGORIES:Talk
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