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SUMMARY:Making fact-checking a global practice: towards a common approach to countering disinformation and misinformation | Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations
DESCRIPTION: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 and advances in digital technology\, they spread rapidly and threaten public goods\, risk increased polarization in societies and limit the fundamental freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/making-fact-checking-a-global-practice-towards-a-common-approach-to-countering-disinformation-and-misinformation-delegation-of-the-european-union-to-the-united-nations/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210712T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210713T000000
DTSTAMP:20260928T131238
CREATED:20210526T161038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210526T165652Z
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SUMMARY:Annual IDeaS Conference: Disinformation\, Hate Speech\, and Extremism Online | Center for Informed Democracy & Social - cybersecurity
DESCRIPTION: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\, build and join communities\, often with impacts in the physical world. One consequence is an online breeding ground for growing and disseminating disinformation\, hate speech and extremism.  In this conference we ask: How is this done?  Who is doing it? Why is it being done? What are the social consequences? How can it be countered? \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/annual-ideas-conference-disinformation-hate-speech-and-extremism-online-center-for-informed-democracy-social-cybersecurity-ideas/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210713T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210713T160000
DTSTAMP:20260928T131238
CREATED:20210608T204150Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210608T204803Z
UID:67021-1626166800-1626192000@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Truth Decay: Discrimination & Disinformation | Columbia Regional Educator Network
DESCRIPTION: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. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/truth-decay-discrimination-disinformation-columbia-regional-educator-network/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210715T114500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210715T134500
DTSTAMP:20260928T131238
CREATED:20210715T142306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210715T180157Z
UID:67713-1626349500-1626356700@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Data & Democracy Symposium: Media & Misinformation | Data4Democracy
DESCRIPTION: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? \nThis session examines ways in which media is manipulated to control public conversation\, derail democracy\, and disrupt society. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/data-democracy-symposium-media-misinformation-sic-sequitur/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210715T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210715T140000
DTSTAMP:20260928T131238
CREATED:20210715T153345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210715T180322Z
UID:67720-1626355800-1626357600@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Confronting Health Misinformation: A Discussion with the Surgeon General on Building a Healthy Information Environment | Stanford Internet Observatory
DESCRIPTION: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. \nHealth misinformation is a major threat to public health because it can cause confusion\, sow mistrust\, harm people’s health\, and undermine public health efforts. Although health misinformation is not a recent phenomenon\, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated an already growing issue. While information has enabled people to stay safe and informed throughout the pandemic\, it has also led to confusion. The rising use of technology platforms\, such as social media companies\, online retailers\, and search engines\, can helped connect and inform people\, but at the same time\, many platforms can also drive misinformation to users. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/confronting-health-misinformation-a-discussion-with-the-surgeon-general-on-building-a-healthy-information-environment-sic-sequitur/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210721T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210721T210000
DTSTAMP:20260928T131238
CREATED:20210721T160146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210721T160958Z
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SUMMARY:Real Talk: Pop the Disinformation Bubble | Building Bridges for America
DESCRIPTION:Do you feel like you and those around you are swimming in a soup of disinformation and lies? \nWhy is this happening? How can anyone believe this stuff? \nWhat can you do to help pop the bubble and bring people back to reality? \nJoin us as we break down: \n– How to identify disinformation\n– Know why it is so common now\n– Really understand how people can believe the lies\n– How to use empathy to break through to them \nThere is an accompanying handbook that will help you learn about disinformation and the psychology and technology that makes it so common. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/real-talk-pop-the-disinformation-bubble-building-bridges-for-america/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210722T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210722T120000
DTSTAMP:20260928T131238
CREATED:20210706T175242Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210706T183114Z
UID:67479-1626951600-1626955200@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:The Future of Platform Accountability: Research\, Ethics\, and Racial Justice | NetGain Partnership
DESCRIPTION: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\, the unique challenges researches of color face\, and how philanthropy can better support and empower Black and Brown tech platform researchers to carry out their work. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-future-of-platform-accountability-research-ethics-and-racial-justice-netgain-partnership/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210722T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210722T170000
DTSTAMP:20260928T131238
CREATED:20210715T154848Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210715T180029Z
UID:67726-1626969600-1626973200@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:China’s Long-Term Investments in AI Growth: Bringing the Public and Private Sectors Together | Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology
DESCRIPTION:The Chinese leadership has put artificial intelligence front and center in China’s industrial development. As part of this strategy\, they have established: \n1. Industry alliances—collaboration platforms involving local governments\, academic institutions\, and companies; and \n2. Government guidance funds—public-private investment vehicles that mobilize massive amounts of capital in support of strategic and emerging technologies. \nCSET’s Ngor Luong and Ben Murphy have published research examining each of these components of China’s AI development strategy. In “China’s Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance\,” Luong examined the Chinese government’s AI industry alliance used to foster AI collaboration and\, occasionally\, to pick winners in the country’s AI sector. In “Chinese Government Guidance Funds\,” Luong and Murphy drew on hundreds of Chinese-language sources to perform an in-depth assessment of whether these guidance funds are delivering on their stated goal of accelerating progress in the development of emerging technologies. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/chinas-long-term-investments-in-ai-growth-bringing-the-public-and-private-sectors-together-sic-sequitur/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210722T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210722T170000
DTSTAMP:20260928T131238
CREATED:20210721T151607Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210721T154144Z
UID:67916-1626973200-1626973200@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Conspiracy Theories with Jen Roberts | Oregon Humanities
DESCRIPTION: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 theories to make sense of the world? What human need do these stories fill? In this program\, we’ll explore some conspiracy theories old and new\, famous and obscure. What common themes do they share? How do they operate as stories and how do they evolve? What’s the difference between a conspiracy theory and myth\, folklore\, and “fake news”? We’ll talk about the mechanics of conspiracy theories as we explore how to determine what’s true\, what’s false\, and whom to trust. \nEmail info@josephinelibrary.org to register for this program. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/conspiracy-theories-with-jen-roberts-oregon-humanities/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210722T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210722T190000
DTSTAMP:20260928T131238
CREATED:20210721T151846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210721T153339Z
UID:67918-1626980400-1626980400@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Nothing is Free: The Cost to Civil Society of Online Inequity\, Disinformation\, Hate\, and Surveillance | Charlemont Forum
DESCRIPTION: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 media\, challenging old and new media gatekeepers to serve the public interest\, ending unwarranted surveillance\, defending press freedom and reimagining local journalism.”\n\nGonzález has worked extensively to inhibit online hate\, confront anti-immigrant and racist media programming\, and ensure equal access to communication for all\, including testifying before Congress in support of Net Neutrality and affordable internet access. As such\, she brings to us a comprehensive view of the online media ecosystem and its effect on civil discourse and society.\n\n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/nothing-is-free-the-cost-to-civil-society-of-online-inequity-disinformation-hate-and-surveillance-charlemont-forum/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210723T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210723T133000
DTSTAMP:20260928T131238
CREATED:20210721T150702Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210721T155856Z
UID:67915-1627043400-1627047000@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Transatlantic data flows: What’s next after the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield? | The Brookings Institution
DESCRIPTION: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 by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) demonstrates—trade\, economic competitiveness\, and free flows of data can come into tension with privacy and security protections. As the European Commission and European Data Protection Board apply the CJEU’s decision to alternative mechanisms for data transfers\, countries around the world are working to update their data protection frameworks with eyes toward the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation. Meanwhile\, the European Commission and U.S. Department of Commerce are discussing a new framework to replace the Privacy Shield and ways to protect the privacy and security of personal information while deriving the economic and societal benefits of cross-border data flows. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/transatlantic-data-flows-whats-next-after-the-eu-u-s-privacy-shield-brookings/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210726
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210728
DTSTAMP:20260928T131238
CREATED:20210727T174004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210727T175301Z
UID:68111-1627257600-1627430399@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:International Counterathon Workshop | AI4Dignity
DESCRIPTION: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 \nPublic plenary and panels \nHow can AI assisted systems contribute to online extreme speech moderation? \nHow do we envision collaborative endeavors in AI assisted moderation to address the vast cultural variation and dynamic nature of hateful expressions online? \nHow can communities\, AI developers and ethnographers team up \nFeaturing \nFactcheckers: Clara Becker\, Chico Marés\, Thays Lavor\, Gilberto Scofield Jr.\, (Brazil); Anshita Bhatt\, Aylin Dogan\, Julia Ley\, Anna-Sophie Barbutev\, Eva Casper\, Marita Wehlus\, Aylin Dogan (Germany); Anmol Alphonso\, Govindraj Ethiraj\, Mayur Deokar\, Nidhi Jacob\, Vinod Rathi\, Rahul Namboodri (India); Geofrey Omondi\,  Erick Kashara (Kenya) \n[…]\n  \n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/international-counterathon-workshop-ai4dignity/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210726T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210726T170000
DTSTAMP:20260928T131238
CREATED:20210726T132857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210726T154336Z
UID:68044-1627308000-1627318800@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Call for Papers Workshop: Strengthening Democracy Challenge | Stanford University
DESCRIPTION:Do you have an idea about how to improve commitment to democratic principles that you would like us to test? \nJoin the challenge! \nAmerican democracy is under threat. Many Americans are willing to compromise on democratic principles for partisan goals. Some are even willing to resort to violence to help their side win. Extreme dislike for the other side has grown significantly in recent decades\, and may also erode commitments to democratic principles. \nAnti-democratic attitudes\, support for partisan violence\, and extreme levels of partisan animosity have troubling consequences for democracy\, and we want you to help! We invite you to submit an intervention to reduce one\, two\, or all three of these outcomes. If your intervention is selected\, we will test how well it works in a massive\, online experiment. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/call-for-papers-workshop-academics-strengthening-democracy-challenge-stanford-university/
CATEGORIES:Call for Paper or Proposal
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210729
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210731
DTSTAMP:20260928T131238
CREATED:20210707T153750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210707T155503Z
UID:67517-1627516800-1627689599@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Knight Smart Cities Lab 2021 | Knight Foundation
DESCRIPTION: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? \nAt the 2021 Knight Smart Cities Lab\, we’ll help community leaders and technologists explore how to leverage federal funding\, data and digital technology to help make strong decisions and improve quality of life for residents in 2021 and beyond. \n[…]\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/knight-smart-cities-lab-2021-knight-foundation/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210729T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210729T110000
DTSTAMP:20260928T131238
CREATED:20210728T171300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210728T171608Z
UID:68148-1627556400-1627556400@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Webinar: How the Indigenous Investigative Collective use public records to show dire gaps in COVID-19 data access | MuckRock
DESCRIPTION: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 of varying access rules and bureaucratic intransigence have made it impossible to get a complete picture of the pandemic\, hampering efforts at accountability and relief. \nCome hear the story behind the reporting as members of the cross-newsroom Indigenous Investigative Collective share how they used public records to dig into the poor data keeping that hid the impact of COVID-19 on the Navajo Nation. The IIC\, a project of the Native American Journalists Association\, brought together High Country News\, Indian Country Today\, and Searchlight New Mexico on the investigation in partnership with MuckRock and with the support of JSK-Big Local News. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/webinar-how-the-indigenous-investigative-collective-use-public-records-to-show-dire-gaps-in-covid-19-data-access-muckrock/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210729T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210729T150000
DTSTAMP:20260928T131238
CREATED:20210721T150715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210721T155831Z
UID:67914-1627567200-1627570800@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Saving the news | The Brookings Institution
DESCRIPTION:The news industry in the United States is grappling with many serious and simultaneous challenges\, including massive declines in the number of staff and outlets\, perceptions of bias and blame for increasing political polarization\, and displacement by opinion and even disinformation. Growing numbers of communities lack any local news\, and online platforms draw ad revenues and attention by elevating what outrages or sorts users into separate communities. The very ideas of facts and objectivity are under assault. How can we reverse these trends and improve America’s news and information ecosystem? \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/saving-the-news-brookings/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210805T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210806T000000
DTSTAMP:20260928T131238
CREATED:20210520T153550Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210520T160030Z
UID:66574-1628121600-1628208000@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Beyond Misinformation: Towards a Research Agenda for Information Ecosystems\, Network Dynamics and Emergent Epistemologies | C4 lab
DESCRIPTION: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 many aspects of our evolving digital infrastructure\, including the affordances of different media platforms\, algorithmic filters\, the loss of trusted gatekeepers\, the attention economy\, and ever evolving modes of journalism. Additionally\, cognitive factors as well as offline social structures\, including systems of oppression\, play an enormous role in shaping the consensual realities that emerge in digital spaces. \nThis is a wicked problem\, and while many dimensions of the problem have been examined\, a more complete articulation requires the synthesis of insights from scholars across many disciplines. Our hope is that this workshop will provide a vehicle for this process and pave the way to a research agenda that leads to solutions. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/beyond-misinformation-towards-a-research-agenda-for-information-ecosystems-network-dynamics-and-emergent-epistemologies-c4-lab/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210809T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210813T150000
DTSTAMP:20260928T131238
CREATED:20210726T133807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210726T155052Z
UID:68043-1628506800-1628866800@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Politics and Computational Social Science (PaCSS) | Northeastern University
DESCRIPTION: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 email us at politics.css@gmail.com if you would like to request a registration waiver. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/politics-and-computational-social-science-pacss-northeastern-university/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210813T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210817T000000
DTSTAMP:20260928T131238
CREATED:20210809T152325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210809T152850Z
UID:68355-1628812800-1629158400@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Wikimania | Wikimedia
DESCRIPTION: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 approaches\, and exchange ideas. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/wikimania-wikimedia/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210818
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210820
DTSTAMP:20260928T131238
CREATED:20210809T145518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210809T152001Z
UID:68342-1629244800-1629417599@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Global Disinfo Summit
DESCRIPTION: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. \nInstant access to global platforms has resulted in a proliferation of conspiracy theories\, disinformation\, fake news\, digital scams\, and a host of other problems. \nThis 2-day virtual conference GLOBAL DISINFO SUMMIT brings together leading academic scientists\, defense\, law and order\, researchers\, and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences\, research results\, and counter measures to combat all aspects of Fake News\, Social Media Manipulation and Misinformation. \n[…]\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/global-disinfo-summit/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210823T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210823T100000
DTSTAMP:20260928T131238
CREATED:20210820T002625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210823T125408Z
UID:68558-1629709200-1629712800@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Misinformation: Stopping the spread | Alliance for Science
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nHumans are now able to access information through more channels than ever before\, exposing us to potentially dangerous conspiracy theories and deliberate disinformation campaigns. How and why does misinformation start? And what can we do to slow or stop its viral online spread? Join our panel of experts as they discuss ways to encourage critical thinking and promote digital literacy within the global contexts of public health\, food security and the climate crisis. Speakers include Daniel Otunge\, director of the Africa Science Media Centre; Amy Pisani\, executive director of Vaccinate your Family; John Cook\, research fellow in the Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub at Monash University\, and Devorah Adler\, founder of the online disinformation-disrupting tool known as Triple Check. AfS Director Sarah Evanega will moderate. \n[…]\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/misinformation-stopping-the-spread-alliance-for-science/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210903T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210903T120000
DTSTAMP:20260928T131238
CREATED:20210819T162806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210823T125830Z
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SUMMARY:Annenberg Conversations on Gender: From Algorithm Audits to Accountability | Annenberg School for Communication
DESCRIPTION:In this conversation\, Duncan Watts and Danaë Metaxa will discuss Metaxa’s research using algorithm audits to measure gender and racial bias in online services such as Google Images. In addition to exploring the relevance of Metaxa’s work to algorithmic systems\, the discussion will also touch on the importance of reconciling the sometimes competing epistemic values of computer science and social science\, as well as the clash between the general and the particular. Finally\, they will discuss the relationship between a researchers’ own identity\, the work they choose to do\, and the way both are perceived in a sometimes hostile professional environment. \n[…]\n\n\n\n  \n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/annenberg-conversations-on-gender-from-algorithm-audits-to-accountability-annenberg-school-for-communication/
CATEGORIES:Talk
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210909T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210909T120000
DTSTAMP:20260928T131238
CREATED:20210721T154858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210721T155539Z
UID:67924-1631185200-1631188800@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:The Future of Platform Accountability: Research\, Ethics\, and Racial Justice | NetGain Partnership
DESCRIPTION: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\, the unique challenges researchers of color face\, and how philanthropy can better support and empower Black and Brown tech platform researchers to carry out their work. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-future-of-platform-accountability-research-ethics-and-racial-justice-netgain-partnership-2/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:CARGC Book Talk: Visions of Beirut: The Urban Life of Media Infrastructure | Annenberg School for Communication
DESCRIPTION:In Visions of Beirut\, Hatim El-Hibri explores how the creation and circulation of images has shaped the urban spaces and cultural imaginaries of Beirut. Drawing on fieldwork and texts ranging from maps\, urban plans\, and aerial photographs to live television and drone-camera footage\, El-Hibri traces the histories of how the technologies and media infrastructure that visualize the city are used to consolidate or destabilize regimes of power. \nThroughout the twentieth century\, colonial\, economic\, and military mapping projects helped produce and govern its spaces. In the 1990s\, the imagery of its post-civil war downtown reconstruction cast Beirut as a site of financial investment in ways that obscured its ongoing crises. During and following the 2006 Israel/Hizbullah war\, Hizbullah’s use of live television broadcasts of fighting and protests along with its construction of a war memorial museum at a former secret military bunker demonstrate the tension between visualizing space and the practices of concealment. \nOutlining how Beirut’s urban space and public life intertwine with images and infrastructure\, El-Hibri interrogates how media embody and exacerbate the region’s political fault lines. \n[…] \n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/cargc-book-talk-hatim-el-hibri-george-mason-university-annenberg/
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SUMMARY:A new Bretton Woods for Data | Oxford Internet Institute
DESCRIPTION:Oxford Internet Institute presents ‘A new Bretton Woods for Data’. A conversation with Elizabeth Denham CBE\, UK Information Commissioner and Global Privacy Assembly chair. \nHere is the paradox: as data protection laws increasingly align towards a high standard\, data protectionism is on the rise too.\nEver more countries are establishing stricter rules on the cross-border transfer of personal information\, in the name of digital sovereignty\, security or business growth. \nWill this be the death of data globalisation? In many ways\, international data flows have been an outstanding driver for trade\, democracy\, and human rights too – but how can we square this with national security arguments? \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/a-new-bretton-woods-for-data-oxford-internet-institute/
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SUMMARY:Crossing Borders\, Counter-cartographies: Contemplations and Collaborations Using Historic Newspapers | Library of Congress
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, Dr. Celeste González de Bustamante\, University of Arizona journalism professor\, will discuss how research involving historical newspapers\, including those in the National Digital Newspaper Program\, contributes to better understanding of the Mexico-United States borderlands and beyond. Her talk will consider how interdisciplinary and cross border collaborations with libraries\, librarians\, and media scholars can result in valuable experiential learning opportunities and research for students. She will discuss the results of student-centered research projects whose underlying aim is to create “counter-cartographies” of journalism and borderlands history. \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. If you encounter problems with your registration\, please contact ndnptech@loc.gov. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/crossing-borders-counter-cartographies-contemplations-and-collaborations-using-historic-newspapers/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:2021 Princeton University Constitution Day Lecture | Program in American Studies
DESCRIPTION:Ruha Benjamin is professor of African American studies at Princeton University\, founding director of the Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab\, and author of the award-winning book Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code among many other publications. Her work investigates the social dimensions of science\, medicine and technology with a focus on the relationship between innovation and inequity\, health and justice\, knowledge and power. \nBenjamin earned a B.A. in sociology and anthropology from Spelman College\, M.A and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California\, Berkeley\, and completed postdoctoral fellowships at UCLA’s Institute for Society and Genetics and Harvard University’s Program on Science\, Technology and Society. She is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships including from the American Council of Learned Societies\, National Science Foundation\, Marguerite Casey Foundation 2020 Freedom Scholar Award\, and the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/2021-princeton-university-constitution-day-lecture-program-in-american-studies/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:Becoming a digital power: Japan’s path for domestic transformation and international influence | Brookings Institute
DESCRIPTION:With the growing risk of the fragmentation of the international digital ecosystem\, prioritizing digital transformation has never been more important for Japan. The country’s digital transformation will largely determine its ability to adjust to profound demographic changes brought on by an ageing and contracting population\, find new sources of competitiveness and drivers for productivity at home\, and consolidate its international role in securing a data governance regime that delivers on the promise of free data flows with trust. Closing the digitization gap has emerged as a central priority for both government and industry as evidenced in the launch of the new Digital Agency. Can Japan overcome the challenges ahead to become a successful digital power? \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/becoming-a-digital-power-japans-path-for-domestic-transformation-and-international-influence-brookings-institute/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:Responding to AI Enabled Surveillance and Digital Authoritarianism | Berkman Klein Center
DESCRIPTION: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 third\, Protecting and Promoting AI Innovation: Patent Eligibility Reform as an Imperative for National Security and Innovation is on October 1\, 2021.   Please join us for all! \nThe first session of the symposium will examine the potential uses of AI-enabled technologies to supercharge surveillance\, suppress dissent\, enable human rights violations\, collect personal data\, and impose social control around the world. The panel will convene legal and technological experts to address the role of international law\, technical standards bodies\, and organizations like the OECD to address this growing challenge and explore how democratic nations can use legal tools to promote responsible technology and counter malign uses of AI-enabled systems. \n[…] \n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/responding-to-ai-enabled-surveillance-and-digital-authoritarianism-berkman-klein-center/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Towards a Post-Pandemic World: Lessons from COVID-19 for Now and the Future | NASEM
DESCRIPTION:Event Listing Header  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin 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 human health and society. Events will highlight successes\, missed opportunities\, and emerging data in order to extract key understandings that leaders in governments\, public health systems\, the private sector\, and communities can incorporate into their ongoing pandemic responses now with a view towards enhancing resilience and preparedness for future outbreaks. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/towards-a-post-pandemic-world-lessons-from-covid-19-for-now-and-the-future-tickets-tue-sep-21-2021-at-1000-am-eventbrite/
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