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SUMMARY:Healthy You: Surviving a Pandemic - A Special Livestream Event and Podcast with Dr. Anthony Fauci | The George Washington University
DESCRIPTION:Join us this Wednesday\, August 19th\, from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.\, for a special live edition of “Healthy You: Surviving a Pandemic” with Dr. Anthony Fauci\, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Hosted by Frank Sesno\, and brought to you in partnership by the School of Media and Public Affairs and the Milken Institute School of Public Health\, the conversation will revolve around leading and communicating in times of crisis. \n[…]\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/healthy-you-surviving-a-pandemic-a-special-livestream-event-and-podcast-with-dr-anthony-fauci-the-george-washington-university/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200812T100000
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SUMMARY:Fighting Election-Related Disinformation with the Election Integrity Partnership | Cyber Policy Center | Stanford University
DESCRIPTION:As we observed in the United States in 2016\, and in numerous other countries since\, the spread of viral misleading content can diminish trust in the results of electoral contests\, and in the integrity of democratic processes and leadership transitions overall. In the United States\, over 10\,000 individual jurisdictions are responsible for election administration and yet there is no centralized support to aid this front line in identifying and responding to emerging election-related disinformation. \nWith this in mind\, the recently formed Election Integrity Partnership aims to support real-time information exchange between the research community\, election officials\, government agencies\, civil society organizations\, and social media platforms. The partnership’s focus will be on content intended to suppress voting\, reduce participation\, confuse voters as to election processes\, or delegitimize election results without evidence. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/fighting-election-related-disinformation-with-the-election-integrity-partnership-cyber-policy-center-stanford-university/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200804
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200807
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SUMMARY:Joint Conference on Right-Wing Studies & Research on Male Supremacism Tickets | Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies & Institute for Research on Male Supremacism
DESCRIPTION:Event Listing Header  \n\n\nRegister for the Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies/Institute for Research on Male Supremacism virtual conference to join other researchers focused on the right-wing and male supremacism for three days of panels\, networking events\, training sessions\, and keynote speakers August 4th-6th. View the full schedule here. \nAn add-on digital security preconference training tailored to researchers whose subject matter increases vulnerability and risk\, given by an expert from Equality Labs\, will precede the main conference\, taking place Monday August 3rd from 9am PST to 2pm PST. Select the ticket option with digital security training to join. \n[…] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSource: Joint Conference on Right-Wing Studies & Research on Male Supremacism
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/joint-conference-on-right-wing-studies-research-on-male-supremacism-tickets-berkeley-center-for-right-wing-studies-institute-for-research-on-male-supremacism/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200729T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200729T133000
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SUMMARY:What does it Mean to Protest Today? Media Manipulation and the Movement for Black Lives | Shorenstein Center
DESCRIPTION:What does it Mean to Protest Today? Media Manipulation and the Movement for Black Lives\, the first workshop in the TaSC series*\, will feature a conversation with Dr. Joan Donovan\, Research Director of the Shorenstein Center\, Dr. Alondra Nelson\, President of the Social Science Research Council\, and Thabisile Griffin\, Doctoral Student in History at UCLA and activist in Los Angeles. \nDuring the workshop they will examine the following questions: How are media manipulators using the current Black Lives Matter protests to sow disinformation and shift media attention? How does this moment provide a political opportunity for disinformers to wedge issues related to race\, immigration\, and the economy?  How does protest misinformation coupled with health misinformation function to suppress dissent? How might the conditions of the pandemic impact civil rights\, especially in the lead up to a contentious election? \n12:00 – 12:45 PM: Discussion with Joan Donovan\, Dr. Alondra Nelson\, and Thabisile Griffin\n12:45 – 1:30 PM: Overview of the Media Manipulation Life Cycle\, Wedge Issues\, and How to Detect the Tactics of Disinformers \nThis workshop is limited to 30 participants\, to be considered as an attendee\, please apply here. If your application is accepted\, you will be contacted with more information. A portion of the event will also be recorded and available online. \n*The Technology and Social Change Project’s (TaSC) Political Pandemonium 2020 is a series of four digital workshops exploring the harmful effects of media manipulation on our society. These gatherings will each focus on a unique subtopic of interest to both the field of Critical Internet Studies and the broader public concerns about disinformation in elections.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/what-does-it-mean-to-protest-today-media-manipulation-and-the-movement-for-black-lives-shorenstein-center/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200728T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200728T150000
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SUMMARY:Digital Disinformation: Jane Lytvynenko\, Buzzfeed News | Data & Society | American Press Institute
DESCRIPTION:The pandemic has thrown into sharp relief the ways mis- and disinformation corrupt public narratives and shape public opinion. False information is already driving conversations about the election. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/digital-disinformation-jane-lytvynenko-buzzfeed-news-data-society-american-press-institute/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200727
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200801
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SUMMARY:RightsCon Online 2020
DESCRIPTION:RightsCon is the world’s leading event on human rights in the digital age. \nOriginally called the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference\, RightsCon rotated annually between San Francisco and another global city. Now\, RightsCon visits new host cities each year that are power centers for technology and human rights. \nThis year\, to bring our community together across borders and timezones\, and rising to the challenges of a global pandemic\, we are hosting the ninth edition of RightsCon Online from July 27-31\, 2020. \n[…]\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/rightscon-online-2020/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200723
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200727
DTSTAMP:20260928T195356
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SUMMARY:Allied Media Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Allied Media Conference emerges out of 20 years of relationship-building across issues\, identities\, organizing practices and creative mediums. \nSince the first conference (then the Midwest Zine Conference) in 1999\, people have been compelled by the concept of do-it-yourself media. The zine conference was rebranded as the “Underground Publishing Conference” for a couple years and then became the Allied Media Conference in 2002. The shift to Allied Media attracted more people who were interested in using participatory media as a strategy for social justice organizing. \n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/allied-media-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200721T160000
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SUMMARY:Stand with the Facts: Community Solutions to Combat Misinformation | KUOW & the Center for an Informed Public on
DESCRIPTION:With so much information being shared online and on social media during the pandemic and  protests\, how do we weed out the misinformation from the facts in our newsfeeds? Is it possible to improve access to reliable sources? What ways can we rethink information distribution to stop the spread of misinformation? And what kinds of local programs and services are communities creating to respond to today’s information overload? \nJoin KUOW and the Center for an Informed Public on Tuesday\, July 21 at 1 p.m. PST on KUOW’s YouTube channel and Facebook for Stand with the Facts: Community Solutions to Combat Misinformation. KUOW’s All Things Considered host Kim Malcolm will be joined by Chris Coward\, co-founder and principal investigator for the Center for an Informed Public and senior principal research scientist at UW’s Information School\, and Lisa G. Rosenblum\, executive director of the King County Library System to discuss ways we can rethink information distribution in an effort to stop misinformation from spreading.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/stand-with-the-facts-community-solutions-to-combat-misinformation-kuow-the-center-for-an-informed-public-on/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200716T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200716T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T195356
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SUMMARY:Viral Justice: Pandemics\, Policing\, and Portals with Ruha Benjamin | The Carr Center for Human Rights | Harvard Kennedy School
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation with Ruha Benjamin\, Associate Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. \nPanelists:  \n\nRuha Benjamin | Associate Professor of African American Studies\, Princeton University\nSushma Raman (Moderator) | Executive Director\, Carr Center\n\n[…]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/viral-justice-pandemics-policing-and-portals-with-ruha-benjamin-the-carr-center-for-human-rights-harvard-kennedy-school/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200715
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200718
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SUMMARY:SRCCON 2020
DESCRIPTION:SRCCON 2020 will be fully online and in the midst of both a global crisis and a reckoning within journalism. We expect that in some ways\, it will be unlike any event we’ve held before. What we do know\, however\, is that SRCCON 2020 will remain a unique\, accessible\, and inclusive event that hosts frank\, challenging\, nurturing\, and creative conversations that need to be had. \nAt SRCCON\, you’ll: \n\nbe part of hands-on workshops that reimagine newsroom tech\, teamwork\, leadership\, community\, and journalism itself —not panels where you sit back and listen\, but sessions where you participate and learn.\nconnect with people who share your hopes and dreams for journalism—not just making professional acquaintances\, but creating personal relationships that last.\nbring who you are into a conference that thinks about the program\, the schedule—even breaks & activities—as ways to celebrate everything you have to share.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/srccon-2020/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200710T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200710T103000
DTSTAMP:20260928T195356
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SUMMARY:Big\, If True Webinar: Fighting a Two-Front War: Censorship and Disinformation in Southeast Asia | Shorenstein Center
DESCRIPTION:In this episode of BIG\, If True\, we’ll reflect on the hybrid battles being waged by journalists\, activists\, and dissidents against censorship and disinformation in Southeast Asia. The discussion will trace the genesis of the recent attacks on the freedom to expression\, from the rise and fall of the Anti-Fake News Act in Malaysia to the conviction of Rappler CEO and Editor Maria Ressa and former Rappler researcher-writer Reynaldo Santos over cyber libel charges — a conviction that has been widely reported as a strike against press freedom and democracy in the Philippines. In light of these extraordinary censorship measures\, this webinar will chart the broader efforts being made by civil society to counter the repression of free speech. \nJoined by esteemed panelists\, Glenda Gloria\, Jonathon Corpus Ong and Gabrielle Lim\, our host Joan Donovan will ask: Has the fight against disinformation been co-opted by repressive governments? What has prompted this regional trend towards illiberal legislation? How have journalists\, activists and dissidents responded to the clamping down of free expression? And how can we begin to uncoil the tightly wound strands of censorship and disinformation? \nGlenda Gloria is the managing editor of Rappler and one of its co-founders. She has worked for the Philippine Daily Inquirer\, The Manila Times\, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism\, and for international news agencies. In the dying days of the Estrada administration\, she co-founded the Philippines’ top investigative magazine Newsbreak\, which started as a newsweekly. She has authored two groundbreaking books: “Under the Crescent Moon: Rebellion in Mindanao\,” with Marites Dañguilan-Vitug and “The Enemy Within: An Inside Story on Military Corruption\,” with the late Aries Rufo and Gemma Bagayaua-Mendoza. \nJonathan Corpus Ong\, PhD is Associate Professor of Global Digital Media in the Department of Communication\, University of Massachusetts at Amherst\, USA. He is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Television and New Media. His expertise is on the social and moral consequences of media in the everyday lives of vulnerable communities\, particularly in the Global South. He is the author of the public report “Architects of Networked Disinformation: Behind the Scenes of Troll Accounts and Fake News Production in the Philippines” (2018) and the book\, The Poverty of Television: The Mediation of Suffering in Class-Divided Philippines (Anthem\, 2015). He is co-editor of the volume\, Taking the Square: Mediated Dissent and Occupations of Public Space (Rowman and Littlefield\, 2016). \nGabrielle Lim is a researcher at the Technology and Social Change Research Project (TaSC) at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center\, as well as a fellow with Citizen Lab at the Munk School\, University of Toronto. Her research focuses primarily on information controls and security\, with a focus on disinformation and media manipulation. Her previous work includes Iranian disinformation\, the securitization of “fake news”\, and the emergence and implications of sociotechnical security. \nRegistration for this event is required\, details on how to join the webinar will be sent to registered participants before the event. Register here. \n\nHosted by Joan Donovan\, PhD\, BIG\, If True is a seminar series presented by the Technology and Social Change Research Project (TaSC) at the Shorenstein Center. \nWant to keep up with what TaSC is seeing week to week? Sign up for their newsletter\, Meme War Weekly\, and get fresh insights from the team straight to your inbox. \nDr. Donovan’s research specializes in Critical Internet Studies\, Science and Technology Studies\, and the Sociology of Social Movements. Dr. Donovan’s research and expertise has been showcased in a wide array of media outlets including NPR\, Washington Post\, The New York Times\, Rolling Stone\, ABC News\, NBC News\, Columbia Journalism Review\, The Atlantic\, Nature\, and more. \nThe TaSC Project researches media manipulation\, disinformation\, political communication\, and technology’s relationship to society. The research team is composed of subject matter experts\, Brian Friedberg\, an investigative ethnographer of online social worlds\, Gabrielle Lim\, a researcher of sociotechnical systems and information controls\, and Rob Faris\, co-author of Network Propaganda and researcher of large-scale media ecosystems. The TaSC Project aims to understand how media manipulation is a means to control public conversation\, derail democracy\, and disrupt society. The project conducts research\, develops methods\, and facilitates workshops for journalists\, policy makers\, technologists\, and civil society organizations on how to detect\, document\, and debunk media manipulation campaigns. The project is creating a research platform called the Media Manipulation Case Book\, which will include 100 case studies to advance our knowledge of how misinformation travels across the web and platforms.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/big-if-true-webinar-fighting-a-two-front-war-censorship-and-disinformation-in-southeast-asia-shorenstein-center/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200709T130000
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SUMMARY:Vision Episode 11: The Harm in Online Speech with Mary Anne Franks | Knight Foundation
DESCRIPTION:Can content on the internet harm people? How do you apply the First Amendment to online content? How can we ensure online platforms serve their purpose while keeping people safe? \nOn the Episode 11 of VISION\, we’ll hear from Dr. Mary Anne Franks\, a University of Miami law professor and president of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative. She’ll share her insights as one of the leading thinkers on the harmful effects of online speech.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/vision-episode-11-the-harm-in-online-speech-with-mary-anne-franks-knight-foundation/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200706T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200706T130000
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SUMMARY:Civic life in the digital public square | Benton Institute for Broadband & Society
DESCRIPTION:COVID-19 has had a profound effect on how communities connect. Shelter-in-place policies have shifted the majority of our social interactions online\, driving the transition to the digital public square. What are the trends and opportunities for cities\, planners and technologists as they seek to engage residents and support civic participation? A discussion of what civic participation looks like during a time of social distancing with NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology Fellow Mona Sloane and Warren Flood\, Microsoft’s corporate affairs manager for Detroit. \nHosted by Lilian Coral and Lilly Weinberg | Knight Foundation directors in the Community and National Initiatives Program
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/civic-life-in-the-digital-public-square-benton-institute-for-broadband-society/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200702T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200702T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T195356
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SUMMARY:VISION Episode 10: Free Expression on College Campuses with Dr. Wayne Frederick and Suzanne Nossel | Knight Foundation
DESCRIPTION:What do today’s college students think about free expression on campus\, and how do they understand the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment? How has COVID-19 changed the way college students speak out? \n\n\nWe’re talking with Dr. Wayne Frederick\, president of Howard University\, and Suzanne Nossel\, CEO of PEN America. They’ll share insights on how students are engaging in our democracy in this unusual time. \n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/vision-episode-10-free-expression-on-college-campuses-with-dr-wayne-frederick-and-suzanne-nossel-knight-foundation/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200624T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200624T130000
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SUMMARY:Big Tech's Increasing Power | NetGain
DESCRIPTION:“The economic crisis caused by COVID-19 will further strengthen big tech’s hold over the economy and society\, without intervention. Already\, small businesses and retail outlets across the country are in a free fall as the result of social distancing measures\, leaving Amazon to gain an even larger share of the marketplace. Meanwhile\, local restaurants struggling to stay in business are now turning to online ordering and delivery apps\, like Grubhub\, that charge excessive fees and face little to no regulation. In addition\, journalism and news outlets also face increasing financial difficulties as ad dollars and subscriptions both decrease\, further diminishing revenues\, and making them even more dependent upon Facebook\, Google\, and Apple to provide financial support for their content. \nThis webinar will explore how the influence of big tech and digital platforms in the economy and our society is expanding in the wake of COVID-19\, and what governments should do to preserve competition in our markets and protect the public interest in this moment of significant disruption.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/big-techs-increasing-power-netgain/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200610T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200610T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T195356
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SUMMARY:Disinformation\, Digital Hate\, and Big Tech | NetGain
DESCRIPTION:“The proliferation of COVID-19 disinformation and misinformation on the internet has increased denial and uncertainty about the outbreak across the internet\, while hateful content and speech has further stoked xenophobia and racism. Moreover\, social media platforms from Facebook (including Instagram and Whatsapp) and Twitter to Google and YouTube\, platforms are facing increased pressure to quickly respond to disinformation\, fraud\, online hate during the pandemic. What is the state of COVID-19 related information and news on social media? And what are the platform companies doing to combat disinformation and other harms? \nThis webinar will bring together researchers focused on understanding the spread of disinformation and hateful speech\, along with journalists and advocates\, to discuss what is happening on social media and how tech companies and governments should address ‘information disorder’ moving forward.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/disinformation-digital-hate-and-big-tech-netgain/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200610T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200610T120000
DTSTAMP:20260928T195356
CREATED:20200612T173823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200612T173823Z
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SUMMARY:Online Event: "Lie Machines: How Disinformation Threatens Democracy and How to Save It" | NED
DESCRIPTION:“While disinformation is not new to politics\, today’s technologies enable political actors to manipulate the information ecosystem at scale and with great speed. Through massive networks of fake accounts\, junk news sites\, and the strategic use of conspiracy theories\, half-truths\, and falsehoods\, authoritarian regimes and others are suffocating and dividing the public square. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic\, authoritarian governments and illiberal actors are drawing on similar approaches to discredit democracy while shaping international understandings of their response to the disease. \nThese “lie machines” are aided by expanding troves of data on individuals and an information ecosystem that facilitates polarization\, outrage\, and social distrust. The net result of their efforts is deadly to democracy. A new book by Philip Howard\, director of the Oxford Internet Institute\, describes how these machines operate—and how they can be taken apart. \nFEATURING \nPhilip Howard\, Oxford Internet Institute \nLaura Rosenberger\, Alliance for Securing Democracy \nDaniel Arnaudo\, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs \nMODERATED BY \nShanthi Kalathil\, International Forum for Democratic Studies”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/online-event-lie-machines-how-disinformation-threatens-democracy-and-how-to-save-it-ned/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200608
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200612
DTSTAMP:20260928T195356
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SUMMARY:ICWSM 2020
DESCRIPTION:“The International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM) is a forum for researchers from multiple disciplines to come together to share knowledge\, discuss ideas\, exchange information\, and learn about cutting-edge research in diverse fields with the common theme of online social media. This overall theme includes research in new perspectives in social theories\, as well as computational algorithms for analyzing social media. ICWSM is a singularly fitting venue for research that blends social science and computational approaches to answer important and challenging questions about human social behavior through social media while advancing computational tools for vast and unstructured data. \nICWSM\, now in its fourteenth year\, has become one of the premier venues for computational social science\, and previous years of ICWSM have featured papers\, posters\, and demos that draw upon network science\, machine learning\, computational linguistics\, sociology\, communication\, and political science. The uniqueness of the venue and the quality of submissions have contributed to a fast growth of the conference\, and a competitive acceptance rate around 20% for full-length research papers published in the proceedings by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). \nFor ICWSM-2020\, in addition to the usual program of contributed talks\, posters and demos\, the main conference will include a selection of keynote talks from prominent scientists and technologists. Building on successes in previous years\, ICWSM-2020 will also hold a day of workshops and tutorials in addition to the main conference.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/icwsm-2020/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200604T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200604T210000
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SUMMARY:The COVID-19 pandemic: Big tech\, privatization\, surveillance\, AI and the rush for data | REDE4BlackLives
DESCRIPTION:“Naomi Klein and LLana James lay out the epic stakes of the growing struggles around data\, technology\, AI and COVID-19. Power\, race(ism)\, and money shape every development related to big tech: who owns it\, how and why it gets used. What do we need to consider during the pandemic if privacy\, human rights and universal access to health care are to remain intact and sustainable post pandemic. \nWhat are the risks and benefits of adding (more) race-based data to an AI\, data-driven economy\, awash in a sea of algorithmic racism? Your electronic medical and health record (EMR/EHR) are being mined\, without your informed consent. Who benefits? What are the potential short and long-term implications? What supports and protections are needed? What questions should we be asking about data brokers\, public-private partnerships\, surveillance\, privatization and the unregulated rush for data in the midst of the pandemic. Facilitated by Rinaldo Walcott. Followed by question and answer.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-covid-19-pandemic-big-tech-privatization-surveillance-ai-and-the-rush-for-data-rede4blacklives/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200604T150000
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SUMMARY:Disinformation Systems During the Fight for Racial Justice
DESCRIPTION:“On Twitter and Facebook\, hundreds of posts are circulating saying that George Floyd is not actually dead. \nConspiracy theorists are baselessly arguing that George Soros\, the billionaire investor and Democratic donor\, is funding the spreading protests against police brutality. \nAnd conservative commentators are asserting with little evidence that antifa\, the far-left antifascism activist movement\, coordinated the riots and looting that sprang from the protests. \nUntruths\, conspiracy theories and other false information are running rampant online as the furor over Mr. Floyd\, an African-American man who was killed last week in police custody in Minneapolis\, has built. \n— The New York Times \nToday’s information environment is more chaotic and easier to manipulate than ever before\, which has been surfacing through disinformation around the current Black Lives Matter protests. Craig Silverman’s new book\, Verification Handbook: A definitive guide to verifying digital content for emergency coverage\, equips journalists with the knowledge to investigate social media accounts\, bots\, private messaging apps\, information operations\, deep fakes\, as well as other forms of disinformation and media manipulation. \nJoin us on Thursday\, June 4th at 3pm ET for a conversation on tools\, techniques and step-by-step guidelines for how to deal with user-generated content (UGC) during this turbulent time. Craig Silverman will be joined by Gabrielle Lim to lead a discussion and take your questions on the issues we’re currently facing and where we go from here. \nPlease RSVP below and we’ll be in touch with information on joining the livestream.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/disinformation-systems-during-the-fight-for-racial-justice/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200601T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200601T120000
DTSTAMP:20260928T195356
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SUMMARY:The Executive Order on Platforms and Online Speech: Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center Responds | FSI Cyber
DESCRIPTION:“On Thursday\, President Trump signed an executive order threatening to revoke CDA 230 protections\, which would expose social media companies to increased liability for content that is posted on their sites. This comes on the heels of Twitter\, last week\, fact-checking two misleading tweets from the president about mail-in voting. Critics of the executive order say the White House is overstepping its authority\, and cannot limit the legal protections that social media companies currently hold under federal law. \nJoin the Stanford Cyber Policy Center’s team Monday June 1 at 8AM PST for President Trump’s Executive Order on Platforms and Online Speech: Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center Responds\, with Nate Persily\, Faculty Co-Director of the Cyber Policy Center and Director of the Program on Democracy and the Internet; Daphne Keller\, Director for the Program on Platform Regulation and former associate general counsel for Google; Alex Stamos\, Director of the Cyber Center’s Internet Observatory and former Chief Security Officer at Facebook; Marietje Schaake\, Policy Director for the Cyber Policy Center and former Member of EU Parliament; and Eileen Donahoe\, Executive Director of the Global Digital Policy Incubator and former US Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Counsel\, in conversation with Cyber Center Director Kelly Born.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-executive-order-on-platforms-and-online-speech-stanfords-cyber-policy-center-responds-fsi-cyber/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200529T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200529T153000
DTSTAMP:20260928T195356
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SUMMARY:On Race and Technoculture | Data & Society
DESCRIPTION:“Join us online for a talk with André Brock\, author of Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures\, in conversation with Data & Society’s Director of Research Sareeta Amrute as part of Data & Society’s classic Databite series. Brock’s book asks where Blackness manifests in the ideology of Western technoculture. Using critical technocultural discourse analysis (Brock\, 2018)\, Afro-optimism\, and libidinal economic theory\, this Databite employs Black Twitter as an exemplar of Black cyberculture: digital practice and artifacts informed by a Black aesthetic. \nTechnoculture is the American mythos (Dinerstein\, 2006) and ideology; a belief system powering the coercive\, political\, and carceral relations between culture and technology. Once enslaved\, historically disenfranchised\, never deemed literate\, Blackness is understood as the object of Western technical and civilizational practices. This critical intervention for internet research and science and technology studies (STS) reorients Western technoculture’s practices of “race-as- technology” (Chun 2009) to visualize Blackness as technological subjects rather than as “things.” Hence\, Black technoculture. \nThis talk will include closed captioning and Q&A. Please include accessibility requests with your RSVP.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/on-race-and-technoculture-data-society/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200520T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200520T140000
DTSTAMP:20260928T195356
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SUMMARY:Cyber Policy Center Online Series | May 20
DESCRIPTION:“Kate Starbird and her team will be speaking about a new project that looks at how scientific findings and science credentials are mobilized in the spread of misinformation. \nAdditional information\, including Zoom RSVP link\, to be posted soon.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/cyber-policy-center-online-series-may-20/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200519T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200519T190000
DTSTAMP:20260928T195356
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SUMMARY:Coronavirus and the 2020 Election | JFK Presidential Library
DESCRIPTION:“EJ Dionne\, Washington Post columnist and political commentator; Janet Hook\, staff writer at The Los Angeles Times; and Ronald Brownstein\, senior editor at The Atlantic\, discuss implications of the novel coronavirus for the 2020 elections. Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty moderates the panel. \nRegister for this free virtual Kennedy Library Forum to receive an email reminder with a viewing link before the event.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/coronavirus-and-the-2020-election-jfk-presidential-library/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200513T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200513T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T195356
CREATED:20200505T203135Z
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SUMMARY:COVID-19 and the US Democratic Process | NetGain
DESCRIPTION:“COVID-19 has exposed the susceptibility of our democratic processes to digital shortcomings\, including increasing uncertainty around the ability to carry out free\, fair\, and safe elections in 2020 as well as the already present challenges of a high tech census. Across the country\, advocates and campaigns are also facing a new reality as community education\, outreach\, and offline mobilization grinds to a halt\, and organizations must rely on digital formats to carry out their work plans. \nThis webinar will explore the ways in which our democratic institutions are being forced to adapt quickly to the new environment posed by COVID-19\, including digital security threats and other concerns related to civil society moving to exclusively digital formats.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/covid-19-and-the-us-democratic-process-netgain/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200508T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200508T170000
DTSTAMP:20260928T195356
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SUMMARY:Cyber and Covid-19 | Stanford Cyber Policy Center
DESCRIPTION:“COVID-19 is having a profound impact on our online systems – exposing both the essential role they can and do play in our modern society\, and the risks and vulnerabilities they represent. Substantial research is emerging on this topic\, and the implications of that research  will have important consequences for both medium (e.g.\, 2020 elections) and long-term cyber policies. \nWelcome Remarks: Mike McFaul \n\nIntroduction to CPC and the center’s work on COVID from moderator Kelly Born\nAlex Stamos of the Internet Observatory will discuss their work examining shifting narratives about coronavirus from Chinese and Russian State Media\, early insights into covid misinformation in other countries (e.g.\, Nigeria)\, and how tech companies are responding; as well as how Zoom and other platforms have been working to adapt policies and practices to meet growing demands\, and risks.\nNate Persily at PDI will discuss the challenges of running the elections in the current environment\, including implications for state necessary changes to state policies and practices.\nEileen Donahoe at GDPI will discuss geopolitical threats to the international human rights law framework due to ineffective response to COVID by democratic govs; cite risks to 5 specific substantive civil/political rights; and recommend that democratic govs apply international human rights process principles in COVID-19 context.  [I will use ~2 slides  -only  if others use slides]\nMarietje Schaake will discuss human-rights challenges (to privacy\, freedom of association\, and freedom of expression) that have arisen with various applications of AI in COVID-19 context – e.g.\,contact tracking and content moderation; as well as emerging criteria for policymakers to consider when deploying tracing and related technologies.\nAndy Grotto from GTG will discuss recent work on How to Report Responsibly on Hacks and Disinformation\, and the implications for mainstream media’s coverage of COVID.\n30 min for Q&A”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/cyber-and-covid-19/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200507T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200507T140000
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SUMMARY:Vision: Flattening the infodemic curve with Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble | The Knight Foundation
DESCRIPTION:“The COVID-19 crisis has generated a wave of misinformation that is undermining trust in the media and government institutions. Join us live as Sam Gill speaks with Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble who is an Associate Professor at the University of California\, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the Department of Information Studies where she serves as the Co-Director of the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/vision-flattening-the-infodemic-curve-with-dr-safiya-umoja-noble-the-knight-foundation/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200506T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200506T130000
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SUMMARY:Cyber Policy Center Online Series | National AI Strategies and Human Rights: New Urgency in the Era of COVID-19
DESCRIPTION:“National AI Strategies and Human Rights: New Urgency in the Era of COVID-19\, takes place Wednesday\, May 6th\, at 10am PST with Eileen Donahoe\, the Executive Director of the Global Digital Policy Incubator (GDPi) at Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center and Megan Metzger\, Associate Director for Research\, also at GDPi. Joining them will be Mark Latonero\, Senior Researcher at Data & Society\, Richard Wingfield\, from Global Partners Digital\, and Gallit Dobner\, Director of the Centre for International Digital Policy at Global Affairs Canada. The session will be moderated by Kelly Born\, Executive Director of the Cyber Policy Center. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe seminar will focus on the recently published report\, National Artificial Intelligence Strategies and Human Rights: A Review\, produced by the Global Digital Policy Incubator at Stanford and Global Partners Digital – and will also provide an opportunity to look at how the COVID-19 crisis is impacting human rights and digital technology work more generally. \nWe will also be jointly hosting a webinar with the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies on May 8th at 1pm PST\, with experts from around the center and institute discussing emerging research on Covid-19\, and the implications to future cyber policies\, as well as the upcoming elections. More information on the May 8th event\, can be found here. ”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/cyber-policy-center-online-series-national-ai-strategies-and-human-rights-new-urgency-in-the-era-of-covid-19/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200506T120000
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SUMMARY:The Crisis in Local News | The Aspen Institute
DESCRIPTION:“Local news\, in crisis before the pandemic\, is now facing a cataclysm. Advertising has plummeted. Print has no market. And consolidation has driven record cuts. At stake is not just jobs\, but the access to critical trustworthy information for millions of Americans — just when they need it most. In this program\, co-hosted with the Knight Foundation\, we’ll examine potential solutions to serve a country in dire need of independent news. \nWe will be joined by: \n\nElizabeth Green\, Co-founder & CEO\, Chalkbeat\nJiquanda Johnson\, Founder & Publisher\, Flint Beat\nWendi C. Thomas\, Editor\, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism\nSteven Waldman\, President & Co-founder\, Report for America\nVivian Schiller\, Executive Director\, Aspen Digital”\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-crisis-in-local-news-the-aspen-institute/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200505T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200505T190000
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SUMMARY:The Shift: Public Space | Institute for Public Knowledge
DESCRIPTION:“NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge\, Civic Signals\, The Social Science Research Council\, and The Knight Foundation invite you to a discussion on public spaces in the series on “The Shift\,” featuring Eric Klinenberg\, Toni Griffin\, Chelina Odbert\, Tony Ageh\, Eli Pariser\, and Mona Sloane. In the first episode\, this series will examine how we develop digital forms of public space as much of our social life moves online\, and how this shifts our sense of community. What is the role of public space in society? What can public space do (and not do)? What do we lose when we lose physical public space\, and how do people make up for that in the digital realm? The discussion will address these questions by exploring how vital public spaces are enacted virtually – such as the library\, the park\, the street -\, looking at what makes these spaces civically useful in both their physical and their digital form\, and asking what we can and must learn from this for a post-COVID-19 world.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-shift-public-space-institute-for-public-knowledge/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Talk
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