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WEBCAST TODAY: Internet Governance Forum USA DAY 2
by Joly MacFie 15 Jul '21

15 Jul '21

Today is Day 2 of the IGF-USA - Slightly earlier start. As last year the closing session includes a cocktail mixing workshop, plus there will be a quiz. Not streamed, so register at https://bit.ly/3guhBPf for that (free). 10:30 Facilitating Interoperability – Bridging the Gaps in Supply Chain Security 12:15 The Road to IoT Security: Industry and Government Working Together 13:30 The Future of Data: Privacy Foundations and Legislative Approaches 15:00 Reexamining Antitrust in a Digital Economy 16:00 Scenarios for 2026: Will everything work everywhere? 17:30 IGF-USA 2021 Closing Reception [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/igf-usa-2021>On *Wednesday / Thursday July 14-15 2021* the *Internet Governance Forum USA <https://www.igfusa.us/igf-usa-2021/>* (IGF-USA) will be held and once again will be virtual. The IGF-USA has been facilitating discussions on the most important issues facing the Internet for over a decade. This year's conference will bring together a diverse group of people with varying occupations and backgrounds to hear from experts in each field and collaboratively examine key topics regarding the internet and its future. Keynote speaker is *Doreen Bogdan-Martin*, Director, ITU-D. *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/igf-usa-2021 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/igf-usa-2021> *(open captions) *AGENDA https://www.igfusa.us/igf-usa-2021/ <https://www.igfusa.us/igf-usa-2021/>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3guhBPf <https://bit.ly/3guhBPf>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC-IGF-USA <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC-IGF-USA>* *TWITTER #igfusa2021 <http://bit.ly/IGFUSA2021> * *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>* *https://www.facebook.com/InternetGovernanceForumUSA/ <https://www.facebook.com/InternetGovernanceForumUSA/>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/igf-usa-2021 <https://archive.org/details/igf-usa-2021>* *CAPTIONS SPONSOR* *Donuts - https://donuts.domains/ <https://donuts.domains/>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14320/ -- =================================== Joly MacFie Internet Society Livestreaming - http://isoc.live Whatsapp +12185659365 ===================================

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VIDEOS - Open Data & Sharing
by Matthew Moore 15 Jul '21

15 Jul '21

Suneel Jethani: https://youtu.be/2Tp7g4RiRSg Tsvetelina Hristova: https://youtu.be/4rNjZe41WD Nicholas Car: https://youtu.be/cJuV__B9oFI Public sector organisations are increasingly encouraged to share data with other state institution or private businesses and to make datasets available to the public. The drive to data sharing is supposed to improve service delivery and help boost an innovative digital economy. But what does this mean in practice for public servants and citizens? Three researchers will discuss their research into this topic: - What does "open" actually mean across different government agencies? - How is open data being shared across platforms like Wikidata? - How does data sharing work between different instititions in fields like health? Suneel Jethani is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney. His research centres on embodied technology, datafication and issues of technology governance and design. Suneel has published in International Communication Gazette, Communication, Politics and Culture, M/C Journal and in Embodied Computing (2020) MIT Press. Suneel has forthcoming books on self-tracking technology (Emerald, 2021) and open data (Palgrave, 2021). Tsvetelina Hristova is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University. Her main research interests focus on labour, migration, digital infrastructures and the ways in which digitalisation transforms the political as a field of power and resistance. Nicholas Car is internationally recognised as a thought leader and expert in Data Architecture, Data Systems Design, Linked Data and Semantic technologies. He was the design lead for nationally significant and innovative Linked Data and Semantic Web projects including the Location Index and the Longitudinal Spine of Government Functions. He is active as a standards editor in the W3C’s Dataset Exchange Working Group and the Open Geospatial Consortium’s GeoSPARQL Standards Working Group, a co-chair of the Australian Government Linked Data Working Group, and a member of the ISO’s TC 211: Technical Committee for the geographic standards information. Heather Ford as an Associate Professor at the School of Communication at UTS where she is Head of Discipline for Digital and Social Media. She has a background as an activist for internet rights and free and open source software and content movement. The co-founder of Creative Commons South Africa and former Executive Director of iCommons, she has also worked as a Digital Vision Fellow at Stanford University, a Google Policy Fellow for the Electronic Frontier Initiative, a Fellow for the Software Sustainability Institute in the UK and a University Academic Fellow in Digital Methods at Leeds University. Her current research is focused on the implications of datafication and automation for the representation of knowledge in global contexts. UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views of the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. Think. Green. Do. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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[CFP] Pluggable Transports Small Grants Program
by Vasilis Ververis 14 Jul '21

14 Jul '21

Dear all, Internews has announced the second round of the Small Grants program for projects involving pluggable transports. The following activities are eligible for funding: * Concept Development for new transports * Proof of Concept deployments * Deployment, App integration, and cross-platform functionality * Improving PT deployment and infrastructure stability **The deadline for the second round of submissions is August 1st, 2021.** More information: https://www.pluggabletransports.info/blog/small-grants-2021/ Submission form: https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/2I9uswe7Ibt88PnDfdiq31O5K+MHIw6+LMFV… Greetings, ~Vasilis -- PGP: 8F04 F866 2A7B 83BB 0080 D806 2522 6B00 CA5B 7208 https://keys.openpgp.org/vks/v1/by-fingerprint/8F04F8662A7B83BB0080D8062522…

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WEBCAST TODAY: Internet Governance Forum USA DAY 1
by Joly MacFie 14 Jul '21

14 Jul '21

Today is Day 1 of the IGF-USA - Keynote and 4 panels as below. There are networking breaks between sessions, and a social at the end of the day, that will not be streamed. Register at https://bit.ly/3guhBPf for them (free). (All times EDT = UTC+4) 11:00 Welcome Session 11:15 Opening Keynote - Doreen Bogdan-Martin 11:30 Building Better Online Markets and Communities 13:00 Why don’t we have better digital identity? What could we do if we did? 14:45 100% Online: How to close the Internet access gap once and for all 16:15 The Social Platform Dilemma: Governance Approaches to Moderate Legal But “Objectionable” Content Big thanks to Donuts for sponsoring the captioning. ISOC Live posted: "On Wednesday / Thursday July 14-15 2021 the Internet Governance Forum USA (IGF-USA) will be held and once again will be virtual. The IGF-USA has been facilitating discussions on the most important issues facing the Internet for over a decade. This year's" [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/igf-usa-2021>On *Wednesday / Thursday July 14-15 2021* the *Internet Governance Forum USA <https://www.igfusa.us/igf-usa-2021/>* (IGF-USA) will be held and once again will be virtual. The IGF-USA has been facilitating discussions on the most important issues facing the Internet for over a decade. This year's conference will bring together a diverse group of people with varying occupations and backgrounds to hear from experts in each field and collaboratively examine key topics regarding the internet and its future. Keynote speaker is *Doreen Bogdan-Martin*, Director, ITU-D. *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/igf-usa-2021 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/igf-usa-2021> *(open captions) *AGENDA https://www.igfusa.us/igf-usa-2021/ <https://www.igfusa.us/igf-usa-2021/>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3guhBPf <https://bit.ly/3guhBPf>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC-IGF-USA <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC-IGF-USA>* *TWITTER #igfusa2021 <http://bit.ly/IGFUSA2021> * *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>* *https://www.facebook.com/InternetGovernanceForumUSA/ <https://www.facebook.com/InternetGovernanceForumUSA/>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/igf-usa-2021 <https://archive.org/details/igf-usa-2021>* *CAPTIONS SPONSOR* *Donuts - https://donuts.domains/ <https://donuts.domains/>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14320/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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WEBCAST TODAY – A11ynyc: I Heart CC: Why and How to Caption Videos Folks Love
by Joly MacFie 13 Jul '21

13 Jul '21

There is an expression "Nothing about us, without us." Today's Accessibility NYC Meetup features a deaf presenter talking about captioning. <https://isoc.live/14100/%20https:/livestream.com/internetsociety2/iheartcc> On *Tuesday July 13 2021* at *7pm EDT* (23:00 UTC) the *Accessibility NYC Meetup <https://www.meetup.com/A11yNYC>* (A11yNYC) hosts an online meetup ‘*I Heart CC: Why and How to Caption Videos Folks Love <https://www.meetup.com/A11yNYC/events/278476162/>*‘. Presenter *Meryl Evans* will share actual captioned clips from shows taking place in New York, and answer questions such as: - Why do I want to caption my videos? (Besides accessibility, of course!) - How do captions work? - What are my options for captioning my videos? - How do I create awesome captions? The meetup will be webcast live via a partnership with the *Internet Society Accessibility SIG <https://a11ysig.org/>*. *LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/iheartcc <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/iheartcc> *(Open Captions / ASL) *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM: https://www.meetup.com/A11yNYC/events/278476162/ <https://www.meetup.com/A11yNYC/events/278476162/> (Closed captions / ASL)* *REAL TIME TEXT: http://streamtext.net/player?event=a11ynyc <http://streamtext.net/player?event=a11ynyc>* *TWITTER: #Captioned @a11ynyc <https://bit.ly/3cPwYhE> @merylkevans <https://twitter.com/merylkevans> @A11ysig #Accessibility #a11y* *SIMULCASTS* *https://youtu.be/6Jbk84NAKOc <https://youtu.be/6Jbk84NAKOc> *(Comments monitored) *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/isocny/live <https://www.facebook.com/isocny/live>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/iheartcc <https://archive.org/details/iheartcc>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14100/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Call for Applications: CHI 2022 Workshops Juror
by Stephanie Beth Jordan 13 Jul '21

13 Jul '21

Dear Air-L, The Workshops & Symposia chairs for the [ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2022](https://chi2022.acm.org/) are looking for 8-12 jurors to aid in the evaluation of workshop proposals. Jurors will be responsible for reading and evaluating a portion of the proposals and engaging in conversation with the Workshops & Symposia Chairs largely between the first week of October and the first week of December. Please see the CHI Workshops & Symposia site for more details concerning timeline and deadlines for proposal submissions. [More information about CHI 2022 Workshops & Symposia is available here](https://chi2022.acm.org/for-authors/interacting-and-discussing/worksh…. Jurors will contribute to the CHI community, work with Workshops & Symposium Chairs to develop a generative and inclusive program, and will hold officially named positions on the CHI website. Workshops Juror is a great opportunity for those who are interested in a less intensive way of contributing to or supporting CHI this year and those who are interested in the community-building and critical conversations of ACM workshops. Jurors will be selected based on their brief statement and CV. To apply to be a juror for CHI 2022 Workshops & Symposia, please send an email to workshops(a)chi2022.acm.org with your name, affiliation, 500 words or less detailing your interest in the position, and a current CV. Deadline for juror application: July 28, 2021 Juror Acceptance: August 15, 2021 Review period begins: Oct 6, 2021 We look forward to building this important year of CHI with you! Sincerely, CHI 2022 Workshops & Symposia Organizers Pablo Cesar Stephanie Jordan Makayla Lewis Sameer Patil workshops(a)chi2022.acm.org

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Small grants for early career researchers in surveillance studies - due July 15
by Bryce Newell 13 Jul '21

13 Jul '21

Dear colleagues, This is a reminder that applications for the Surveillance Studies Network's (SSN) Small Research Grants program are due on Thursday (by end of day on July 15). Please share this with anyone you think might be interested. Best, Bryce --------- Dear colleagues, SSN is happy to announce that the next funding round for small research grants is now open, with a July 15, 2021, deadline for applications. Please share with colleagues and students who may be interested in this opportunity. See https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/announcem… for the full CFP. The text is also presented below: We are pleased to announce the 2021-22 Surveillance Studies Network (SSN) Small Research Grant competition. The SSN Small Grants scheme provides funding to support junior/early-career scholars working in economically under-resourced regions of the world. This year, we will be able to fund two awards of up to £1500 each, to be used during the 2021-2022 academic year in support of surveillance studies research (for more information about what constitutes surveillance studies research, we recommend reviewing articles published in Surveillance & Society<https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/issue/vie…> (http://surveillance-and-society.org/) the SSN's international journal of surveillance studies). These awards will also be accompanied by a two-year SSN membership. The Small Grants Committee will review and select recipients based on the following criteria and process. Eligibility Surveillance Studies Network members (or non-members who conduct surveillance-related research and would like to become part of SSN) are encouraged to apply, with preference given to persons who: * justify themselves as working in an economically under-resourced region; * are early career researchers (i.e., a doctoral student or researcher who has earned their PhD in the last five years); * have not previously received funding through the SSN Small Research Grant; and, * submit all required criteria prior to the application deadline. Evaluation Criteria We will be evaluating applications based on their articulation of specific research-related activities that would significantly augment the applicant's program of research, but that would not be feasible without additional funding. Additionally, we will take into consideration the overall feasibility of the proposed work and the extent to which it is likely to make a significant contribution to surveillance studies. Process Please submit a brief proposal (approximately 1 page, single spaced) outlining: * the activities to be conducted with the funding, * the importance of these activities to your program of research, * justification of your region of residence as economically under-resourced, * description of your suitability for the award based on the other criteria of preference, and * a timeline for completion of the activities planned. (All awarded funds must be spent by June 30, 2022). Additionally, please submit a budget (1-page maximum) outlining your plans for using any awarded funds up to a maximum of £1500 (e.g., transcription services, informant/human-subjects payments, travel costs to conduct field research, technical equipment, conference fees, etc.). Send your proposal and budget as one document (PDF preferred) to Bryce Newell at bcnewell(a)uoregon.edu<mailto:bcnewell@uoregon.edu> on or before July 15, 2021. Please include the following text in your email subject header: "SSN Small Grants Application." Notification of awards will be made as soon as possible after the deadline. Post-Award Expectations Successful applicants will be asked to submit a post-award report outlining the research they conducted using the funds and noting how the SSN Small Grant contributed to the success and implementation of their research. Additionally, applicants may be invited to publish a "Research Note" on our blog Blink (https://medium.com/surveillance-and-society) or in a future issue of Surveillance & Society<https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/issue/vie…> (for more information about this form of contribution to the journal, see the journal's submission page at https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/about/sub…) ----- Bryce C. Newell, PhD, JD Assistant Professor of Media Law and Policy School of Journalism and Communication University of Oregon

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Call for registrations: Upcoming Data Study Group with the Alan Turing Institute
by Plant, Richard 13 Jul '21

13 Jul '21

Develop your data science skills with The Alan Turing Institute The Alan Turing Institute<https://www.turing.ac.uk/>, the national institute for data science and artificial intelligence, is seeking applications from early career researchers to take part in its next Data Study Group<https://www.turing.ac.uk/collaborate-turing/data-study-groups> event taking place in September 2021. Data Study Groups are collaborative hackathons which bring together organisations from industry, government, and the third sector, with multi-disciplinary researchers from academia. All challenges and data sets are related to health research, in particular Dementia research. The events provide an unrivalled opportunity for early career researchers to rapidly develop their data science skills using real-world data, to tackle societal challenges. Data Study Groups also offer participants the chance to forge new networks for future research projects and build links within The Alan Turing Institute and industry. We encourage PhDs, postdocs, those with equivalent non-traditional qualifications/experience and other early career researchers to apply. The Data Study Group event will be held remotely from 6 - 24 September 2021. The deadline for applications is Wednesday 28th July. 2021. Find out more and apply<https://www.turing.ac.uk/events/data-study-group-september-2021> This message and its attachment(s) are intended for the addressee(s) only and should not be read, copied, disclosed, forwarded or relied upon by any person other than the intended addressee(s) without the permission of the sender. If you are not the intended addressee you must not take any action based on this message and its attachment(s) nor must you copy or show them to anyone. Please respond to the sender and ensure that this message and its attachment(s) are deleted. It is your responsibility to ensure that this message and its attachment(s) are scanned for viruses or other defects. Edinburgh Napier University does not accept liability for any loss or damage which may result from this message or its attachment(s), or for errors or omissions arising after it was sent. Email is not a secure medium. Emails entering Edinburgh Napier University's system are subject to routine monitoring and filtering by Edinburgh Napier University. Edinburgh Napier University is a registered Scottish charity. Registration number SC018373 BSL users can contact us via contactSCOTLAND-BSL, the on-line British Sign Language interpreting service. Find out more on the contactSCOTLAND website.

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Employment opportunities at the ICO's Technology and Innovation Directorate - UK
by Sophia Ignatidou 13 Jul '21

13 Jul '21

Dear members, I am happy to announce we just launched a new round of recruitment at the Information Commissioner's Office, the UK's Data Protection Authority. The Technology and Innovation Directorate is working on a range of issues from AI to PETs and end-to-end encryption. The department is currently expanding, recruiting for policy, foresight and data science positions. We are also recruiting a head of AI and Data Science. You can see the full list of available positions here <https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/jobs/technology-and-innovation-opportuniti…> . Happy to answer any questions if you have them, Kind regards, Sophia -- Sophia Ignatidou ----------------------- /Principal Policy Adviser at the ICO, UK /Academy Fellow (2018-2019) at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), London

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Extended deadline (August 31st, 2021) OSNEM Special Issue: Information and Opinion Diffusion in Online Social Networks and Media
by Andrea Passarella 12 Jul '21

12 Jul '21

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS Elsevier Online Social Networks and Media Journal (OSNEM) Special issue on Information and Opinion Diffusion in Online Social Networks and Media ****** EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE ******** Submission Deadline: August 31st, 2021 ******************************************** http://www.journals.elsevier.com/online-social-networks-and-media/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Information diffusion in Online Social Networks and Media (OSNEM) has a major role, among many others, for recommendation systems, advertising, and political campaigns. Moverover, the way information circulates in OSNEM impacts on the formation of opinions and on the social roles of users and their influence on others. The OSNEM role in information and opinion diffusion has dramatically increased since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, with many physical activities being "migrated" to the online world. OSNEM are extensively used for spreading information, opinions and ideas, but also to propagate fake news and rumors and these threats to trust in information are posing even more serious socio-economic challenges during the pandemic. Therefore, prevention of spam, bots and fake accounts, information leakage, trustworthiness of information and trust between users are relevant research issues associated with information diffusion. Investigating ways through which information and opinion spread can be controlled (e.g., by modifying the underlying network structure) is also fundamental. This special issue seeks contributions pushing the state of the art in all facets of information and opinion diffusion in Online Social Networks and Media. We solicit manuscripts where quantitative and/or data-driven approach is used to investigate information and opinion diffusion in OSNEM. Topics include, but are not limited to: - Dynamics of trends, information and opinion diffusion in OSNEM - Recommendations and advertising in OSNEM - Spread of news, topics, and opinions - Trust, reputation, privacy in OSNEM information and opinion diffusion - Rumors and fake news spreading in OSNEM - Information and disinformation diffusion in OSNEM at the time of COVID-19 - Opinion formation, diffusion and polarization related to COVID-19 - Bots and fake users detection - Influence analysis and social influence - Identification of diffusion sources and influencers - Methods to modify/control/maximise information and opinion diffusion - Measurements of information and opinion diffusion in OSNEM - Models of information and opinion diffusion - Data-driven approaches to study information and opinion diffusion in OSNEM Online Social Networks and Media is a multidisciplinary journal for the wide community of computer and network scientists working on developing OSNEM platforms and services and using OSNEM as a big data source to mine, learn and model the (online) human behaviour. Manuscripts only based on questionnaires, even focused on the reported use of social media, are outside the scope of the journal. On the other hand, the journal welcomes papers which present analyses based on big data mined from social networks/media. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Schedule Manuscript submission deadline: August 31st, 2021 First notification: October 31th, 2021 Expected publication: Q4, 2021 - Q1, 2022 Guest Editors Marco Conti, IIT-CNR, Italy Andrea Passarella, IIT-CNR, Italy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Instructions for submission Manuscripts must not have been previously published nor currently under review by other journals or conferences. Papers previously published in conference proceedings are eligible for submission if the submitted manuscript is a substantial revision and extension of the conference version. In this case, authors should indicate the previous publication(s) in the cover letter and are also required to submit their published conference article(s) and a summary document explaining the enhancements made in the journal version. The submission website for this journal is located at https://www.editorialmanager.com/osnem/default.aspx. Please select ''VSI: Information and Opinion'' when you reach the ''Article Type'' step in the submission process. To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified, for consideration by the special issue, the authors should indicate in the cover letter that the manuscript has been submitted for the special issue on ''info diffusion''. Manuscripts can be submitted continuously until the deadline. Once a paper is submitted, the review process will start immediately. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (in the first issue available as soon as the paper is accepted). All accepted papers will be listed together in an online virtual special issue published in the journal website. For further information, please contact the guest editors at osnem at iit.cnr.it

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