Fake news and the assault on truth | The Guardian
The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, part of The University of Manchester, holds the entire archive of the Manchester Guardian. In this series of events to mark our bicentenary, […]
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Grief x Healing x Innovation | Rights x Tech
Event Listing Header Rights x Tech is a space is for leaders in technology, movement and philanthropy who understand the importance of hearing from practitioners and leaders who understand how […]
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 […]
Fight the Infodemic: Digital Skills to Tackle Misinformation | Montclair Public Library
Over the last few years, misinformation has dominated our digital landscape. From email to social media to “news sites,” adults are inundated with images and information that have been manipulated, […]
Lunch & Learn: Guide to MisInformation | Bergen Volunteers
Join Bergen LEADER, Maria Deptula for a seminar on misinformation, disinformation, bias and “fake news”. Maria Deptula will help attendees uncover how we can categorize information based on its provenance, […]
Disinformation: The Challenges to Democracy | American Bar Association
As long as politics and elections have existed, there have always been false claims and exaggerations by leaders, candidates, their backers and even commentators. But the explosion of Internet access […]
Troubling Matters: Disinformation and the challenges of more ‘critical thinking’ | Fulbright Poland
The webinar offers a nuanced look into disinformation campaigns and presents a researcher’s perspective on these phenomena. Join us for a presentation followed by a Q&A session, in which Dr. […]
Mis/Disinformation on Platforms: Can Federal Policy Reduce the Harm? | NetGain Partnership
This discussion will explore the scope of US federal policy solutions available to mitigate the spread of mis/disinformation online. This will include a discussion of the viability of Section 230 […]
Making fact-checking a global practice: towards a common approach to countering disinformation and misinformation | Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations
Disinformation and misinformation have been broadly recognized among major modern threats. They affect societies and the functioning of democracies all over the world and, with the profusion of communication channels […]
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 […]
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 […]
Data & Democracy Symposium: Media & Misinformation | Data4Democracy
How is social media changing democracy? How are computer algorithms employed to tailor messaging for narrow groups of voters? What are the effects of disinformation campaigns? This session examines ways […]
Confronting Health Misinformation: A Discussion with the Surgeon General on Building a Healthy Information Environment | Stanford Internet Observatory
Join the Stanford Internet Observatory for a conversation with US Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, where he will discuss slowing the spread of health misinformation, both during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. […]
Real Talk: Pop the Disinformation Bubble | Building Bridges for America
Do you feel like you and those around you are swimming in a soup of disinformation and lies? Why is this happening? How can anyone believe this stuff? What can […]
The Future of Platform Accountability: Research, Ethics, and Racial Justice | NetGain Partnership
A discussion on how platform research to address mis/disinformation should be approached through a race-based lens, new platform research solutions and methods being pioneered and utilized by researchers of color, […]
China’s Long-Term Investments in AI Growth: Bringing the Public and Private Sectors Together | Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology
The Chinese leadership has put artificial intelligence front and center in China’s industrial development. As part of this strategy, they have established: 1. Industry alliances—collaboration platforms involving local governments, academic […]
Conspiracy Theories with Jen Roberts | Oregon Humanities
The Flat Earth Society. The Illuminati. QAnon. Sometimes it seems like conspiracy theories have been multiplying exponentially, especially in this time of global pandemic. Why do we gravitate toward conspiracy […]
Nothing is Free: The Cost to Civil Society of Online Inequity, Disinformation, Hate, and Surveillance | Charlemont Forum
Jessica J. González is Co-CEO of Free Press, an organization dedicated to “saving net neutrality, achieving affordable internet access for all, uplifting the voices of people of color in the […]
Transatlantic data flows: What’s next after the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield? | The Brookings Institution
As digitization increasingly shapes the scope of U.S. international trade, regulations and policies regarding cross-border data transfers carry significant economic implications. Yet—as the recent invalidation of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield […]
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 […]