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Re: [Air-L] Facebook Grieving and bereavement
by Sugar, Benjamin N 25 Oct '18

25 Oct '18

Jed Brubaker would be my go-to on that: http://cmci.colorado.edu/idlab/publications/

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Data Scores as Governance: Discussion on the use of data analytics in public services, London, 19 November
by Arne Hintz 25 Oct '18

25 Oct '18

This may be of interest to list members who will be in the UK in mid-November: Data Scores as Governance: Investigating Uses of Citizen Scoring in Public Services Monday 19 November, 1-5pm Robert Perks Room, Central Hall Westminster, London SW1H 9NH On 19 November, the Data Justice Lab at Cardiff University will present findings of a major research project - Data Scores as Governance - which explores the implementation and uses of data analytics in public services across the UK. The presentation will be followed by a discussion with members of parliament, local authorities, legal experts and civil society groups. Speakers include: Baroness Grender (House of Lords Select Committee on AI) Darren Jones MP (House of Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology) Gerrard Abi-Aad (Kent County Council) Prof Lilian Edwards (Newcastle University) Dr Godfred Boahen (British Association for Social Workers) Jen Persson (Defend Digital Me) Javier Ruiz (Open Rights Group) Simon Burall (Involve) There will be coffee, tea and snacks from 1pm. Presentations will start at 2pm. The event will be open to the public and we invite interested members of this list to join us for this discussion. ---------------- Dr Arne Hintz Senior Lecturer Co-Director Data Justice Lab | Director MA Digital Media and Society School of Journalism, Media and Culture | Cardiff University Two Central Square | Cardiff CF10 1FS Email: HintzA(a)cardiff.ac.uk | Tel: +44 (0)29 208 76281 | Twitter: @arne_hz Fellow | Center for Media, Data and Society | Central European University

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WEBCAST TODAY: COMO III: Content Moderation and the Future of Online Speech @StJohnsLaw
by Joly MacFie 25 Oct '18

25 Oct '18

We earlier livestreamed the DC version <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/comoatscale> of this, which was very good. Let's see what NYC can bring to the table! <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/DigitalCooperation> <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/coppaat20> [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/como3/>Today, *Thursday October 25 2018*, the *St John’s Law School <http://www.stjohnslawiplc.org/>* hosts *COMO III: Content Moderation & The Future Of Online Speech <http://www.stjohnslawiplc.org/events/comoiii>* in NYC. This conference, following earlier sessions in *Santa Clara <https://law.scu.edu/event/content-moderation-removal-at-scale/>* and *Washington DC <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/comoatscale>,* This conference explores how online platforms create policy to moderate and remove user content posted on their sites, how they operationalize those policies, and how these policies affect the culture of online speech for individuals and new media. Panels will include policy representatives from top platforms, former moderators speaking to the history of how content moderation policies were created, simulation exercises for the audience, and a keynote panel on content moderation and free speech with *Ben Smith* (Editor-in-Chief of Buzzfeed) and *Josh Marshall* (Founder, Editor, and Publisher of Talking Points Memo) moderated by *Jack Balkin* (Professor of Law at Yale Law School). The event will be webcast live via the* Internet Society Livestream Channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety>*. *View on Livestream: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/como3 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/como3>Agenda: http://www.stjohnslawiplc.org/events/comoiii <http://www.stjohnslawiplc.org/events/comoiii>Twitter: #COMO3 http://bit.ly/2ytQFIX <http://bit.ly/2ytQFIX>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/10645/ <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/%E2%80%8Bhttps://isoc.live/10645/%E2%80%8B> -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Facebook Grieving and bereavement
by Regina Tuma 25 Oct '18

25 Oct '18

Dear List Members, I have a student who is interested in studying bereavement posts on Facebook. I’m wondering if you know of any interesting readings. Much appreciated, Regina Regina M Tuma, PhD Doctoral Faculty, Media Psychology School of Psychology Fielding Graduate University 2020 De la Vina Street | Santa Barbara, CA 93105 http://www.fielding.edu/ Twitter @obspsy

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Re: [Air-L] 3-Week Extension | Re: Call on Department of Interior's Proposed Destruction of Records - Mon October 22, 2018 @ 2 PM EDT
by Yosem Companys 24 Oct '18

24 Oct '18

From: Russ Kick <russkick(a)gmail.com> Regarding the ICE documents on detainees, the last update I got was via email from Margaret Hawkins at NARA on June 3 (and 3 weeks later there was a blog posting from David Ferriero). I wrote these up here: http://thememoryhole2.org/blog/ice-document-destruction Of course, this highlights one of the problems with this system: lack of transparency. There's no way to automatically see where any given schedule is in the process. And public comments aren't posted so must be FOIA'd. And the proposed schedules never get posted..... [Climbing off my soapbox now.] -- *Please support my fight against secrecy: altgov2.org/donate <http://www.altgov2.org/donate>* Russ Kick http://www.russkick.com/ http://www.altgov2.org/ http://www.thememoryhole2.org/ On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 12:21 PM Lee White <lwhite(a)historycoalition.org> wrote: > Since I have everyone on an email chain, does anyone have an update on the > disposition of the ICE records? When we met with the Archivist at our last > meeting he said NARA was negotiating the issue and a new public comment > period would be announced. I asked that this be put on the agenda for our > next meeting. > > -- > Lee White > Executive Director > National Coalition for History > 202-544-2422 x-116 > > > On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 3:01 PM Patrice McDermott < > pmcdermott(a)govinfowatch.net> wrote: > >> Thanks, James. NARA has confirmed a 3-week extension (until 23 Nov) on >> comments (just late yesterday). So, Emily Manna/Samantha Feinstein will be >> pulling something together for the openness and transparency folks. >> >> >> >> I encourage the CSS folks, and Fed Data folks, and envir’l folks – and >> FOIA folks! – to start working on drafting your comments – and, of course, >> to circulate them to your communities for sign-on. >> >> >> >> Russ Kick has been doing a deep dive and will be sending something around >> soon. I will recirculate to the listservs here (as he is not on most of >> them). >> >> >> >> Thanks, again, James! >> >> >> >> The current relevant docs are here >> https://altgov2.org/doi-records-destruction/ >> >> >> >> Patrice >> >> >> >> Government Information Watch <https://govinfowatch.net/> >> >> pmcdermott(a)govinfowatch.net >> >> @GovInfoWatch >> >> >> >> *From:* Mr. James R. (Librarian) Jacobs [mailto:jrjacobs@stanford.edu] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 24, 2018 2:12 PM >> *To:* Patrice McDermott >> *Cc:* FOI-L(a)LISTSERV.SYR.EDU; feddatawatch(a)googlegroups.com; Coalition >> for Sensible Safeguards (goodregs); Samantha Feinstein; >> transparency-roundtable(a)googlegroups.com; >> openthegov-partners(a)googlegroups.com >> *Subject:* Re: Call on Department of Interior's Proposed Destruction of >> Records - Mon October 22, 2018 @ 2 PM EDT >> >> >> >> Hi Patrice. I’m getting the word out to library- and transparency groups. >> Is there an open public letter onto which people could sign? >> >> >> >> Best >> >> >> >> James Jacobs >> >> ... . -. - ..-. .-. --- -- -- -.-- - . .-.. . --. .-. .- .--. .... >> >> >> On Oct 22, 2018, at 11:43 AM, Patrice McDermott < >> pmcdermott(a)govinfowatch.net> wrote: >> >> Before the call, be sure to read NARA’s appraisal memo >> https://altgov2.org/wp-content/uploads/DAA-0048-2015-0003_Appraisal_Memo.pdf >> >> >> >> >> It is NOT the final word, but it may help inform the discussion – and >> comments. >> >> >> >> Patrice >> >> >> >> Government Information Watch <https://govinfowatch.net/> >> >> pmcdermott(a)govinfowatch.net >> >> @GovInfoWatch >> >> >> >> *From:* feddatawatch(a)googlegroups.com [ >> mailto:feddatawatch@googlegroups.com <feddatawatch(a)googlegroups.com>] *On >> Behalf Of *Patrice McDermott >> *Sent:* Monday, October 22, 2018 11:30 AM >> *To:* Anne Polansky; 'FOI-L(a)LISTSERV.SYR.EDU'; >> feddatawatch(a)googlegroups.com; Coalition for Sensible Safeguards >> (goodregs); Samantha Feinstein >> *Subject:* RE: Call on Department of Interior's Proposed Destruction of >> Records - Mon October 22, 2018 @ 2 PM EDT >> >> >> >> Yes, that is Russ Kick’s site & is definitely credible, etc. Russ has >> made it easier for folks to find these requests to NARA from agencies. >> NARA is working on a way to do that but is not there yet. The closed cases >> site is not it, of course, as it only shows the ones on which final >> decisions have been made. One can also just set up an alert from the Fed >> Reg, but Russ’s site is centralized. >> >> >> >> I urge folks to look at Russ’s site. The request is very extensive. >> >> >> >> Patrice >> >> >> >> Government Information Watch <https://govinfowatch.net/> >> >> pmcdermott(a)govinfowatch.net >> >> @GovInfoWatch >> >> >> >> *From:* Anne Polansky [mailto:AnneP@whistleblower.org >> <AnneP(a)whistleblower.org>] >> *Sent:* Monday, October 22, 2018 11:23 AM >> *To:* Patrice McDermott; 'FOI-L(a)LISTSERV.SYR.EDU'; >> feddatawatch(a)googlegroups.com; Coalition for Sensible Safeguards >> (goodregs); Samantha Feinstein >> *Subject:* Re: Call on Department of Interior's Proposed Destruction of >> Records - Mon October 22, 2018 @ 2 PM EDT >> >> >> >> >> >> Hello all, looking forward to our call this afternoon! >> >> >> >> Don't know if you all have seen this -- I found an "alt" site - looks to >> be credible and legit - detailed and informative. >> >> >> >> https://altgov2.org/doi-records-destruction/ >> >> >> >> And, this web page from the National Archives is a useful reference as >> well - perhaps the archivist-types in this group are familiar but this is a >> new info source to me. >> >> >> >> >> https://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/resources/unauthorizeddispositionclos… >> >> Unauthorized Dispositions Closed Cases | National Archives >> <https://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/resources/unauthorizeddispositionclos…> >> >> www.archives.gov >> >> Under 44 USC 3106 and 36 CFR Part 1230, "Unlawful or Accidental >> Removal, Defacing, Alteration, or Destruction of Records," Federal agencies >> are required to "notify the Archivist of any actual, impending, or >> threatened unlawful removal, defacing, alteration, corruption, deletion, >> erasure, or other destruction of records in the custody of the agency." >> NARA also receives >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* Patrice McDermott <pmcdermott(a)govinfowatch.net> >> >> >> >> Reminder of call today (and first notification for FOI list folks – >> sorry). >> >> >> >> Patrice >> >> >> >> Government Information Watch <https://govinfowatch.net/> >> >> pmcdermott(a)govinfowatch.net >> >> @GovInfoWatch >> >> >> >> October 22, 2018 @ 2 PM EDT Call on Department of Interior's Proposed >> Destruction of Records >> >> >> >> The DOI is asking for permission to destroy records about oil and gas >> leases, mining, dams, wells, timber sales, marine conservation, fishing, >> endangered species, non-endangered species, critical habitats, land >> acquisition, and lots more. See further highlighted info in the note from >> Russ Kick below. >> >> >> >> October 29 is the deadline to comment. During this call organizations can >> share their proposed action plan and ideas for collaborative action. >> >> >> >> Call-in details included: >> >> https://goo.gl/forms/lvJAAhOcZFsmU5zg2 >> >> >> >> Please RSVP <https://goo.gl/forms/lvJAAhOcZFsmU5zg2> and share with >> other orgs/groups that might be interested. >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Samantha Feinstein >> >> >> >> Good Morning, >> >> >> >> This is a friendly reminder about today’s call at 2:00 for those of you >> who interested in discussing the Department of Interior's proposed >> destruction of records. >> >> >> >> Please RSVP here if you plan to participate: >> >> https://goo.gl/forms/LDQdJV85Lt9ZU0Nh2 >> >> >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Samantha >> >> >> >> >> *Samantha Feinstein * >> *Senior Legal and International Analyst *Government Accountability >> Project >> 1612 K St., NW, Suite 1100 >> Washington, DC 20006 >> Phone: 202-457-0034 x 162 >> E-mail: SamanthaF(a)whistleblower.org >> Website: http://www.whistleblower.org >> >> Skype: SamanthaF(a)whistleblower.org >> >> *Government Accountability Project is the nation’s leading whistleblower >> protection organization. Through litigating whistleblower cases, >> publicizing concerns and developing legal reforms, Government >> Accountability Project’s mission is to protect the public interest by >> promoting government and corporate accountability. Founded in 1977, >> Government Accountability Project is a non-profit, non-partisan advocacy >> organization located in Washington, D.C.* >> >> >> >> *NOTICE:* *This communication may be unlawfully collected and stored by >> the National Security Agency (NSA) in secret. The parties to this email do >> not consent to the retrieving or storing of this communication and any >> related metadata, as well as printing, copying, re-transmitting, >> disseminating, or otherwise using it. This communication may contain >> privileged or other confidential information. If you believe you have >> received this communication in error, please delete it immediately and do >> not print, copy, retransmit, disseminate, or otherwise use this >> information. Also, please indicate to the sender that you have received >> this communication in error.* >> >> >> >> *From:* Samantha Feinstein >> >> >> >> October 22, 2018 @ 2 PM EDT Call on Department of Interior's Proposed >> Destruction of Records >> >> >> >> The DOI is asking for permission to destroy records about oil and gas >> leases, mining, dams, wells, timber sales, marine conservation, fishing, >> endangered species, non-endangered species, critical habitats, land >> acquisition, and lots more. See further highlighted info in the note from >> Russ Kick below. >> >> >> >> October 29 is the deadline to comment. During this call organizations can >> share their proposed action plan and ideas for collaborative action. >> >> >> >> Call-in details included: >> >> https://goo.gl/forms/lvJAAhOcZFsmU5zg2 >> >> >> >> Please RSVP <https://goo.gl/forms/lvJAAhOcZFsmU5zg2> and share with >> other orgs/groups that might be interested. >> >> >> >> >> *Samantha Feinstein * >> *Senior Legal and International Analyst *Government Accountability >> Project >> 1612 K St., NW, Suite 1100 >> Washington, DC 20006 >> Phone: 202-457-0034 x 162 >> E-mail: SamanthaF(a)whistleblower.org >> Website: http://www.whistleblower.org >> >> Skype: SamanthaF(a)whistleblower.org >> >> *Government Accountability Project is the nation’s leading whistleblower >> protection organization. Through litigating whistleblower cases, >> publicizing concerns and developing legal reforms, Government >> Accountability Project’s mission is to protect the public interest by >> promoting government and corporate accountability. Founded in 1977, >> Government Accountability Project is a non-profit, non-partisan advocacy >> organization located in Washington, D.C.* >> >> >> >> *NOTICE:* *This communication may be unlawfully collected and stored by >> the National Security Agency (NSA) in secret. The parties to this email do >> not consent to the retrieving or storing of this communication and any >> related metadata, as well as printing, copying, re-transmitting, >> disseminating, or otherwise using it. This communication may contain >> privileged or other confidential information. If you believe you have >> received this communication in error, please delete it immediately and do >> not print, copy, retransmit, disseminate, or otherwise use this >> information. Also, please indicate to the sender that you have received >> this communication in error.* >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* Russ Kick >> >> >> >> As I mentioned a while back, I've started a new project to bring >> much-needed transparency to the process whereby agencies get permission to >> destroy their records at fixed intervals (chosen by the agencies and okayed >> by the National Archives). I'm obtaining and posting every such request, >> which have never appeared online before. This project is here: >> >> https://altgov2.org/records-destruction-requests/ >> >> >> >> Today I want to specifically highlight a massive request from the >> Department of the Interior to schedule records destruction across *all *of >> its agencies. >> >> >> >> It's asking for permission to destroy records about oil and gas leases, >> mining, dams, wells, timber sales, marine conservation, fishing, endangered >> species, non-endangered species, critical habitats, land acquisition, and >> lots more. It's also wanting to permanently retain a smaller subset of >> documents in each category, which will be transferred to the National >> Archives, where they will become harder to access via FOIA. >> >> >> >> This is crucial stuff. In the months, years, and decades ahead, if you >> get "records destroyed" responses, or a vague "no records" response, from >> NPS, BLM, FWS, BIA, etc., this could be the root cause. >> >> >> >> But there's time to comment. *October 29 *is the deadline I was given. >> >> >> >> Here's all the info, including a streamlined, easy-to-read HTML version >> of Interior's extensive request: >> >> >> >> https://altgov2.org/doi-records-destruction/ >> >> >> >> --Russ >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> *Please support my fight against secrecy: altgov2.org/donate >> <http://www.altgov2.org/donate>* >> >> >> Russ Kick >> http://www.russkick.com/ >> >> http://www.altgov2.org/ >> http://www.thememoryhole2.org/ >> >> -- >> >> >> >

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3-Week Extension | Re: Call on Department of Interior's Proposed Destruction of Records - Mon October 22, 2018 @ 2 PM EDT
by Yosem Companys 24 Oct '18

24 Oct '18

From: Patrice McDermott <pmcdermott(a)govinfowatch.net> Thanks, James. NARA has confirmed a 3-week extension (until 23 Nov) on comments (just late yesterday). So, Emily Manna/Samantha Feinstein will be pulling something together for the openness and transparency folks. I encourage the CSS folks, and Fed Data folks, and envir’l folks – and FOIA folks! – to start working on drafting your comments – and, of course, to circulate them to your communities for sign-on. Russ Kick has been doing a deep dive and will be sending something around soon. I will recirculate to the listservs here (as he is not on most of them). Thanks, again, James! The current relevant docs are here https://altgov2.org/doi-records-destruction/ Patrice Government Information Watch <https://govinfowatch.net/> pmcdermott(a)govinfowatch.net @GovInfoWatch *From:* Mr. James R. (Librarian) Jacobs [mailto:jrjacobs@stanford.edu] Hi Patrice. I’m getting the word out to library- and transparency groups. Is there an open public letter onto which people could sign? Best James Jacobs ... . -. - ..-. .-. --- -- -- -.-- - . .-.. . --. .-. .- .--. .... On Oct 22, 2018, at 11:43 AM, Patrice McDermott <pmcdermott(a)govinfowatch.net> wrote: Before the call, be sure to read NARA’s appraisal memo https://altgov2.org/wp-content/uploads/DAA-0048-2015-0003_Appraisal_Memo.pdf It is NOT the final word, but it may help inform the discussion – and comments. Patrice Government Information Watch <https://govinfowatch.net/> pmcdermott(a)govinfowatch.net @GovInfoWatch *From:* Patrice McDermott Yes, that is Russ Kick’s site & is definitely credible, etc. Russ has made it easier for folks to find these requests to NARA from agencies. NARA is working on a way to do that but is not there yet. The closed cases site is not it, of course, as it only shows the ones on which final decisions have been made. One can also just set up an alert from the Fed Reg, but Russ’s site is centralized. I urge folks to look at Russ’s site. The request is very extensive. Patrice Government Information Watch <https://govinfowatch.net/> pmcdermott(a)govinfowatch.net @GovInfoWatch *From:* Anne Polansky <AnneP(a)whistleblower.org> Hello all, looking forward to our call this afternoon! Don't know if you all have seen this -- I found an "alt" site - looks to be credible and legit - detailed and informative. https://altgov2.org/doi-records-destruction/ And, this web page from the National Archives is a useful reference as well - perhaps the archivist-types in this group are familiar but this is a new info source to me. https://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/resources/unauthorizeddispositionclos… Unauthorized Dispositions Closed Cases | National Archives <https://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/resources/unauthorizeddispositionclos…> www.archives.gov Under 44 USC 3106 and 36 CFR Part 1230, "Unlawful or Accidental Removal, Defacing, Alteration, or Destruction of Records," Federal agencies are required to "notify the Archivist of any actual, impending, or threatened unlawful removal, defacing, alteration, corruption, deletion, erasure, or other destruction of records in the custody of the agency." NARA also receives ------------------------------ *From:* Patrice McDermott <pmcdermott(a)govinfowatch.net> Reminder of call today (and first notification for FOI list folks – sorry). Patrice Government Information Watch <https://govinfowatch.net/> pmcdermott(a)govinfowatch.net @GovInfoWatch October 22, 2018 @ 2 PM EDT Call on Department of Interior's Proposed Destruction of Records The DOI is asking for permission to destroy records about oil and gas leases, mining, dams, wells, timber sales, marine conservation, fishing, endangered species, non-endangered species, critical habitats, land acquisition, and lots more. See further highlighted info in the note from Russ Kick below. October 29 is the deadline to comment. During this call organizations can share their proposed action plan and ideas for collaborative action. Call-in details included: https://goo.gl/forms/lvJAAhOcZFsmU5zg2 Please RSVP <https://goo.gl/forms/lvJAAhOcZFsmU5zg2> and share with other orgs/groups that might be interested. *From:* Samantha Feinstein Good Morning, This is a friendly reminder about today’s call at 2:00 for those of you who interested in discussing the Department of Interior's proposed destruction of records. Please RSVP here if you plan to participate: https://goo.gl/forms/LDQdJV85Lt9ZU0Nh2 Many thanks, Samantha *Samantha Feinstein * *Senior Legal and International Analyst *Government Accountability Project 1612 K St., NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20006 Phone: 202-457-0034 x 162 E-mail: SamanthaF(a)whistleblower.org Website: http://www.whistleblower.org Skype: SamanthaF(a)whistleblower.org *Government Accountability Project is the nation’s leading whistleblower protection organization. Through litigating whistleblower cases, publicizing concerns and developing legal reforms, Government Accountability Project’s mission is to protect the public interest by promoting government and corporate accountability. Founded in 1977, Government Accountability Project is a non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organization located in Washington, D.C.* *NOTICE:* *This communication may be unlawfully collected and stored by the National Security Agency (NSA) in secret. The parties to this email do not consent to the retrieving or storing of this communication and any related metadata, as well as printing, copying, re-transmitting, disseminating, or otherwise using it. This communication may contain privileged or other confidential information. If you believe you have received this communication in error, please delete it immediately and do not print, copy, retransmit, disseminate, or otherwise use this information. Also, please indicate to the sender that you have received this communication in error.* *From:* Samantha Feinstein October 22, 2018 @ 2 PM EDT Call on Department of Interior's Proposed Destruction of Records The DOI is asking for permission to destroy records about oil and gas leases, mining, dams, wells, timber sales, marine conservation, fishing, endangered species, non-endangered species, critical habitats, land acquisition, and lots more. See further highlighted info in the note from Russ Kick below. October 29 is the deadline to comment. During this call organizations can share their proposed action plan and ideas for collaborative action. Call-in details included: https://goo.gl/forms/lvJAAhOcZFsmU5zg2 Please RSVP <https://goo.gl/forms/lvJAAhOcZFsmU5zg2> and share with other orgs/groups that might be interested. *Samantha Feinstein * *Senior Legal and International Analyst *Government Accountability Project 1612 K St., NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20006 Phone: 202-457-0034 x 162 E-mail: SamanthaF(a)whistleblower.org Website: http://www.whistleblower.org Skype: SamanthaF(a)whistleblower.org *Government Accountability Project is the nation’s leading whistleblower protection organization. Through litigating whistleblower cases, publicizing concerns and developing legal reforms, Government Accountability Project’s mission is to protect the public interest by promoting government and corporate accountability. Founded in 1977, Government Accountability Project is a non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organization located in Washington, D.C.* *NOTICE:* *This communication may be unlawfully collected and stored by the National Security Agency (NSA) in secret. The parties to this email do not consent to the retrieving or storing of this communication and any related metadata, as well as printing, copying, re-transmitting, disseminating, or otherwise using it. This communication may contain privileged or other confidential information. If you believe you have received this communication in error, please delete it immediately and do not print, copy, retransmit, disseminate, or otherwise use this information. Also, please indicate to the sender that you have received this communication in error.* ------------------------------ *From:* Russ Kick As I mentioned a while back, I've started a new project to bring much-needed transparency to the process whereby agencies get permission to destroy their records at fixed intervals (chosen by the agencies and okayed by the National Archives). I'm obtaining and posting every such request, which have never appeared online before. This project is here: https://altgov2.org/records-destruction-requests/ Today I want to specifically highlight a massive request from the Department of the Interior to schedule records destruction across *all *of its agencies. It's asking for permission to destroy records about oil and gas leases, mining, dams, wells, timber sales, marine conservation, fishing, endangered species, non-endangered species, critical habitats, land acquisition, and lots more. It's also wanting to permanently retain a smaller subset of documents in each category, which will be transferred to the National Archives, where they will become harder to access via FOIA. This is crucial stuff. In the months, years, and decades ahead, if you get "records destroyed" responses, or a vague "no records" response, from NPS, BLM, FWS, BIA, etc., this could be the root cause. But there's time to comment. *October 29 *is the deadline I was given. Here's all the info, including a streamlined, easy-to-read HTML version of Interior's extensive request: https://altgov2.org/doi-records-destruction/ --Russ -- *Please support my fight against secrecy: altgov2.org/donate <http://www.altgov2.org/donate>* Russ Kick http://www.russkick.com/ http://www.altgov2.org/ http://www.thememoryhole2.org/ --

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WEBCAST TODAY: COPPA at 20: Protecting Children’s Privacy in the New Digital Era @GtownTechLaw
by Joly MacFie 24 Oct '18

24 Oct '18

Protecting children on the Internet is growing concern globally, and has been the subject of panels at many recent National & Regional IGS, including Barbados <https://livestream.com/accounts/686369/events/8320984/videos/178722214> and Mauritius <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/mauritiusigf>. Today's event looks at how the USA is doing. <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/DigitalCooperation> [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/coppaat20> Today, *Wednesday October 24 2018* at *12:15pm EDT*(16:15 UTC) the *Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology Law & Policy <https://www.georgetowntech.org/>* will co-host a half-day conference *COPPA at 20: Protecting Children’s Privacy in the New Digital Era <https://www.georgetowntech.org/coppa>* on the 20-year legacy of the *Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Online_Privacy_Protection_Act> *and how to protect children’s privacy in the new digital era. Two decades of digital advances have dramatically changed the ways in which children interact with the internet, and the way big data is collected. How well are COPPA and regulators keeping up with challenges to children’s privacy and wellbeing? What are key questions that remain around the interpretation of the law? And what lessons can COPPA provide around novel approaches to self-regulation, the enforcement landscape and the future of broader privacy regulations? Speakers include FTC Commissioner *Rebecca Slaughter* and Senator *Ed Markey*. The event will be simulcast on the *Internet Society Livestream Channel <http://livestream.com/internetsociety>*. *View on Livestream: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/coppaat20 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/coppaat20>* *View on YouTube: https://youtu.be/X0mq4ZR0k9g <https://youtu.be/X0mq4ZR0k9g>* *Agenda: https://www.georgetowntech.org/coppa <https://www.georgetowntech.org/coppa>* *Twitter: #coppaat20 http://bit.ly/coppaat20 <http://bit.ly/coppaat20>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/10641/ <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/%E2%80%8Bhttps://isoc.live/10641/%E2%80%8B> -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Re: [Air-L] Fwd: [liberationtech] URGENT: U.S. Dept of the Interior: Records Destruction Request. Public Comment Period.
by Natalie Rock 24 Oct '18

24 Oct '18

I do not know if this is useful for jurisdictional reasons, but the British Library currently has a call open for grants to protect endangered archives. Do you know of any collections that are currently at risk and need preserving? The Endangered Archives Programme is now accepting preliminary applications for the next annual funding round – the deadline for submission of preliminary applications is 12 noon 19 November 2018 and full details of the application procedures and documentation <https://eap.bl.uk/Preliminary-Application-Documention> are available on the EAP website. https://blogs.bl.uk/endangeredarchives/2018/09/call-for-applications-now-op… On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 8:05 AM lindsay blackwell <lblackw(a)umich.edu> wrote: > looping in brandon locke at MSU (who spearheads endangered data week > <https://endangereddataweek.org/about/>) for insight into protecting this > data. > > Lindsay Blackwell <http://www.lindsayblackwell.net> [she/her] > PhD Candidate, School of Information > University of Michigan > > > On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 3:54 AM Irani, Lilly <lirani(a)ucsd.edu> wrote: > > > In addition to formal commentary and reaching out to congress, are there > > other measures that would be possible such as requesting the archives and > > creating copies? Michelle Murphy and Patrick Keilty at University of > > Toronto in partnership with librarians at universities organized an > > archiving hackathon to download EPA data in anticipation of attempts to > > destroy the records. > > > > This is not an area of expertise for me but of course this is urgent. > > ________________________________ > > From: Air-L <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Charles M. > Ess > > <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 10:54:38 PM > > To: air-l > > Subject: [Air-L] Fwd: [liberationtech] URGENT: U.S. Dept of the Interior: > > Records Destruction Request. Public Comment Period. > > > > Dear AoIRists, > > I'm not sure this intersects much with internet research - though > > someone might want to document the effort, if nothing else, under the > > internet and social activism. > > AoIRists who are U.S. citizens - is this as Orwellian and disturbing as > > it looks? > > If so, please act and forward as appropriate. > > glumly, > > - charles ess > > > > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > Subject: [liberationtech] URGENT: U.S. Dept of the Interior: > > Records > > Destruction Request. Public Comment Period. > > Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:35:57 -0700 > > From: Yosem Companys <ycompanys(a)gmail.com> > > Reply-To: liberationtech <liberationtech(a)lists.stanford.edu> > > To: Liberation Technologies <liberationtech(a)lists.stanford.edu> > > CC: Mr. James R. Jacobs <jrjacobs(a)stanford.edu> > > > > > > > > From: Mr. James R. Jacobs <jrjacobs(a)stanford.edu > > <mailto:jrjacobs@stanford.edu>> > > > > I wanted to alert you to a very disturbing thing happening in the > > National Archives world that may severely impact research, especially > > historical and scientific research. The Dept of interior is asking for > > permission to destroy records about oil and gas leases, mining, dams, > > wells, timber sales, marine conservation, fishing, endangered species, > > non-endangered species, critical habitats, land acquisition, and lots > > more. Basically records from every agency within the Interior > > Department, including the Bureau of Land Management, National Park > > Service, US Fish & Wildlife Service, US Geological Survey, Bureau of > > Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and > > others. This is all content that would normally go to NARA for > > collection and preservation. This is disturbing because previous > > administrations would obfuscate records by classifying/reclassifying > > records. This admin is basically just destroying records so they’ll > > never be accessible. > > > > There’s an October 29 deadline for comment to NARA: > > request.schedule(a)nara.gov <mailto:request.schedule@nara.gov> /// fax: > > 301-837-3698 /// NARA (ACRA), 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park MD > > 20740-6001. (Be sure to say that you’re referring to > > DAA-0048-2015-0003.) Please forward to your networks and researchers who > > may be effected. > > > > More information: https://altgov2.org/doi-records-destruction/ > > > > NARA’s appraisal memo > > > > > https://altgov2.org/wp-content/uploads/DAA-0048-2015-0003_Appraisal_Memo.pdf > > > > > > this is tragic and terrible. > > > > james > > > > > > > > -- > > James R. Jacobs > > US Government Information Librarian > > 123D Green Library > > Stanford University > > P: 650.862.9871 > > E: jrjacobs(a)stanford.edu <mailto:jrjacobs@stanford.edu> > > Gchat: freegovinfo > > T: @freegovinfo > > W: freegovinfo.info <http://freegovinfo.info> > > lockss-usdocs.stanford.edu <http://lockss-usdocs.stanford.edu> > > library.stanford.edu/people/jrjacobs > > <http://library.stanford.edu/people/jrjacobs> > > freegovinfo.info/about/jrjacobs <http://freegovinfo.info/about/jrjacobs> > > > > "The art of research is the ability to look at the details, and > > see the passion." > > -- Daryl Zero, "The Zero Effect" (1998) > > ---------------------------------- > > This message has been intercepted and read by U.S. government > > agencies including the FBI, CIA, and NSA without notice, warrant or > > knowledge of sender or recipient and without regard for the US > > Constitution. > > > > (\ > > {|||8- > > (/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > "Before acting on this email or opening any attachments you should read > the Manchester Metropolitan University email disclaimer available on its > website http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer " >

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[#WebSci19] CfP Web Science Conference, June 30 - July 3, 2019, Boston, MA, USA
by Peters Isabella 24 Oct '18

24 Oct '18

***please excuse multiple postings*** Synergies for the Good: The web and society 11th International ACM Web Science Conference 2019 June 30 - July 3, 2019 at Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA CALL FOR PAPERS: https://websci19.webscience.org/callforpapers.html CALL FOR POSTERS: https://websci19.webscience.org/callforposters.html ABSTRACT (PAPERS) DUE FEBRUARY 4, 2019, Midnight AoE (https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe) PAPERS/POSTERS DUE FEBRUARY 11, 2019, Midnight AoE Synergies for the Good: The web and society (#WebSci19) The 11th International ACM Conference on Web Science in 2019 (WebSci’19) is a unique conference where a multitude of disciplines converge in a creative and critical dialogue with the aim of understanding the web and its impacts. WebSci’19 welcomes participation from diverse fields including (but not limited to) art, anthropology, computer and information sciences, communication, economics, humanities, informatics, law, linguistics, philosophy, political science, psychology, and sociology. CALL FOR PAPERS Following the tradition of earlier conferences, contributions to WebSci’19 aim to cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. The community engages with novel and thought-provoking ideas and discusses original research, work in progress, analysis, and practice in the field of Web Science, its current theoretical, methodological, and epistemological challenges as well as Web practices of individuals, collectives, institutions, and platforms. In particular, we welcome contributions that · have a broader perspective on the web and that combine analyses of web data and other types of data (e.g., from surveys or interviews) to better understand user behaviour (i.e., online and offline), · carried out longitudinal studies, · present successful cases of inter-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary web research, · use mixed-method approaches or reflect on the methods used, · discuss responsible forms of Web Science (e.g. regarding standards, methods, generalizability of results), and/ or · reflect on the societal impact of web research, how the web is perceived in the media and in society and whether this clashes with the self-image of Web Science. Please refer to https://websci19.webscience.org/callforpapers.html to learn more about topics of interest, the types of papers and the submission process. CALL FOR POSTERS We invite submissions to the poster session of WebSci’19. The poster session is an opportunity for computer and information scientists to present shorter results, and for researchers from other disciplines to share both unpublished and previously published work with one another and with the Web Science community. Please refer to https://websci19.webscience.org/callforposters.html to learn more about topics of interest and the submission process. We hope to see you in Boston! Isabella Peters & Wagner Meira Jr. (Program Chairs) Momin Malik & Ingmar Weber (Poster Chairs) Paolo Boldi, Brooke Foucault Welles, Katharina Kinder-Kurlanda, Christo Wilson (General Chairs) *** Prof. Dr. Isabella Peters Professor of Web Science Kiel University (CAU Kiel) Institute for Computer Science Department Web Science (R. 506) Hermann-Rodewald-Str. 3 D-24118 Kiel T: +49 431 880-7286 E: ipe(a)informatik.uni-kiel.de<mailto:ipe@informatik.uni-kiel.de> Web: http://www.ws.informatik.uni-kiel.de/en/research ZBW Leibniz Information Center for Economics Düsternbrooker Weg 120 D-24105 Kiel T: +49-431-8814-623 E: i.peters(a)zbw.eu<mailto:i.peters@zbw.eu> Web: http://www.zbw.eu/en/research/web-science

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Fwd: [liberationtech] URGENT: U.S. Dept of the Interior: Records Destruction Request. Public Comment Period.
by Charles M. Ess 24 Oct '18

24 Oct '18

Dear AoIRists, I'm not sure this intersects much with internet research - though someone might want to document the effort, if nothing else, under the internet and social activism. AoIRists who are U.S. citizens - is this as Orwellian and disturbing as it looks? If so, please act and forward as appropriate. glumly, - charles ess -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [liberationtech] URGENT: U.S. Dept of the Interior: Records Destruction Request. Public Comment Period. Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:35:57 -0700 From: Yosem Companys <ycompanys(a)gmail.com> Reply-To: liberationtech <liberationtech(a)lists.stanford.edu> To: Liberation Technologies <liberationtech(a)lists.stanford.edu> CC: Mr. James R. Jacobs <jrjacobs(a)stanford.edu> From: Mr. James R. Jacobs <jrjacobs(a)stanford.edu <mailto:jrjacobs@stanford.edu>> I wanted to alert you to a very disturbing thing happening in the National Archives world that may severely impact research, especially historical and scientific research. The Dept of interior is asking for permission to destroy records about oil and gas leases, mining, dams, wells, timber sales, marine conservation, fishing, endangered species, non-endangered species, critical habitats, land acquisition, and lots more. Basically records from every agency within the Interior Department, including the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, US Fish & Wildlife Service, US Geological Survey, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and others. This is all content that would normally go to NARA for collection and preservation. This is disturbing because previous administrations would obfuscate records by classifying/reclassifying records. This admin is basically just destroying records so they’ll never be accessible. There’s an October 29 deadline for comment to NARA: request.schedule(a)nara.gov <mailto:request.schedule@nara.gov> /// fax: 301-837-3698 /// NARA (ACRA), 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park MD 20740-6001. (Be sure to say that you’re referring to DAA-0048-2015-0003.) Please forward to your networks and researchers who may be effected. More information: https://altgov2.org/doi-records-destruction/ NARA’s appraisal memo https://altgov2.org/wp-content/uploads/DAA-0048-2015-0003_Appraisal_Memo.pdf this is tragic and terrible. james -- James R. Jacobs US Government Information Librarian 123D Green Library Stanford University P: 650.862.9871 E: jrjacobs(a)stanford.edu <mailto:jrjacobs@stanford.edu> Gchat: freegovinfo T: @freegovinfo W: freegovinfo.info <http://freegovinfo.info> lockss-usdocs.stanford.edu <http://lockss-usdocs.stanford.edu> library.stanford.edu/people/jrjacobs <http://library.stanford.edu/people/jrjacobs> freegovinfo.info/about/jrjacobs <http://freegovinfo.info/about/jrjacobs> "The art of research is the ability to look at the details, and see the passion." -- Daryl Zero, "The Zero Effect" (1998) ---------------------------------- This message has been intercepted and read by U.S. government agencies including the FBI, CIA, and NSA without notice, warrant or knowledge of sender or recipient and without regard for the US Constitution. (\ {|||8- (/

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