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IEEE International Workshop on Blockchain and Smart Contracts (IEEE BSC 2024), Cambridge, United Kingdom, July 1-5, 2024, Deadline: April 15, 2024
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 16 Mar '24

16 Mar '24

=========================== IEEE BSC 2024 ================================= IEEE International Workshop on Blockchain and Smart Contracts (IEEE BSC 2024) Cambridge, United Kingdom, July 1-5, 2024 https://qrs24.techconf.org/track/workshops/bsc Paper Submission Deadline: April 15, 2024 (extended) ================================================================================= In conjunction with IEEE QRS 2024 - The 24th IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability, and Security ** The workshop adopts a hybrid model allowing either in-person or online remote presentations. Description: A blockchain is a distributed ledger that records transactions and is maintained by many nodes through a distributed cryptographic protocol with no central authority. Smart contracts on the blockchain make transactions traceable, transparent and irreversible. Blockchain technology and smart contracts are expected to play an important role in emerging areas such as the Internet of things (IoT), cyber-physical systems (CPS), social networking, crowdsourcing and next generation wireless communications. On the other hand, their advancement should be further developed in terms of scalability, privacy, efficiency, flexibility, and high dependability. The IEEE International Workshop on Blockchain and Smart Contracts (IEEE BSC 2024) at QRS aims to provide a high-profile, cutting-edge forum for researchers, engineers, and practitioners to present the latest advances and innovations in key theories, infrastructure, schemes and major applications of blockchain software, and to identify emerging research topics and define the future. Topic of Interest: The Workshop welcomes technical papers, which are related to (but not limited to) the following topics: - Theoretical study on blockchain and smart contacts - Blockchain consensus protocols - Executable law, context-awareness, consistency, monitoring - Solution to scalability of blockchain - Benchmarking and performance study - Algorithm design, complexity analysis, implementation for blockchain - Security, privacy, and reliability of blockchain and smart Contracts - Novel applications based on blockchain and smart contracts Important Dates: - Paper submission due: April 15, 2024 (extended) - Notification of acceptance: May 6, 2024 - Camera-ready papers: June 1, 2024 - Conference dates: July 1-5, 2024 Submit Your Contributions: Authors are invited to submit original unpublished research papers as well as industrial practice papers. Simultaneous submissions to other conferences are not permitted. The length of a camera ready paper will be limited to ten pages. Each paper should include a title, the name and affiliation of each author, a 300-word abstract, and up to 6 keywords. Shorter version papers (up to six pages) are also allowed. All papers must conform to the QRS conference proceedings format and Submission Guideline set in advance by QRS 2024. At least one of the authors of each accepted paper is required to pay full registration fee and present the paper at the workshop. Arrangements are being made to publish extended version of top-quality papers in selected SCI journals. Submissions must be in PDF format and uploaded to the conference submission site at: https://www.softconf.com/utdn/qrs2024-Workshop-BSC/ More details can be found at https://qrs24.techconf.org/track/workshops/bsc ================================================================================= -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Associate Professor Computer Engineering Chair Director of Recruiting and Admissions Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Office: 326B Tel.: (505)-277-5501 Email: eirini(a)unm.edu<mailto:eirini@unm.edu> Website: PROTON Lab<http://ece-research.unm.edu/tsiropoulou/index.html> PROTON Lab's News: @Tsiropoulou_EE<https://twitter.com/Tsiropoulou_EE> "Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach." ~ Aristotle

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Deadline Extension: WOAH 2024 Final Call for Ppaers
by z＠zeerak.org 16 Mar '24

16 Mar '24

*** The 8th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH) *** Deadline Extended: Sunday March 17, 2024 11:59 PM Anywhere on Earth Website: https://www.workshopononlineabuse.com/ Dates -------- - Submission due: March 17, 2024 - ARR reviewed submission due: April 7, 2024 - Notification of acceptance: April 14, 2024 - Camera-ready papers due: April 24, 2024 - Workshop: June 21 or 22, 2024 All deadlines are 11:59 PM AoE time. Overview -------- The Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH) invites paper submissions from a wide range of fields, including natural language processing, machine learning, computational social sciences, law, politics, psychology, sociology and cultural studies. We explicitly encourage interdisciplinary submissions, technical as well as non-technical submissions, and submissions that focus on under-resourced languages. We also invite non-archival submissions and civil society reports. The topics covered by WOAH include, but are not limited to: New models or methods for detecting abusive and harmful online content, including misinformation; Biases and limitations of existing detection models or datasets for abusive and harmful online content, particularly those in commercial use; New datasets and taxonomies for online abuse and harms; New evaluation metrics and procedures for the detection of harmful content; Dynamics of online abuse and harms, as well as their impact on different communities Social, legal, and ethical implications of detecting, monitoring and moderating online abuse In addition, we invite submissions related to the theme for this eighth edition of WOAH, which will be online harms in the age of large language models. Highly capable Large Language Models (LLMs) are now widely deployed and easily accessible by millions across the globe. Without proper safeguards, these LLMs will readily follow malicious instructions and generate toxic content. Even the safest LLMs can be exploited by bad actors for harmful purposes. With this theme, we invite submissions that explore the implications of LLMs for the creation, dissemination and detection of harmful online content. We are interested in how to stop LLMs from following malicious instructions and generating toxic content, but also how they could be used to improve content moderation and enable countermeasures like personalised counterspeech. To support our theme, we have invited an interdisciplinary line-up of high-profile speakers across academia, industry and public policy. Submission Guidelines -------- Submission is electronic, using the Softconf START conference management system. Submission link: https://softconf.com/naacl2024/WOAH2024/manager/scmd.cgi?scmd=submitPaperCu… The workshop will accept three types of papers. 1) Academic Papers (long and short): Long papers of up to 8 pages, excluding references, and short papers of up to 4 pages, excluding references. Unlimited pages for references and appendices. Accepted papers will be given an additional page of content to address reviewer comments. Previously published papers cannot be accepted. 2) Non-Archival Submissions: Up to 2 pages, excluding references, to summarise and showcase in-progress work and work published elsewhere. 3) Civil Society Reports: Non-archival submissions, with a minimum of 2 pages and no upper limit. Can include work published elsewhere. All submissions must use the official ACL style files. Submissions that do not conform to the required styles, including paper size, margin width, and font size restrictions, will be rejected without review. All submissions should adhere to the workshop policies https://www.workshopononlineabuse.com/policies.html. All submissions, except for civil society reports, must be fully anonymised. Self-references that reveal the author's identity, e.g., "We previously showed (Smith, 1991) ...", should be avoided. Instead, use citations such as "Smith previously showed (Smith, 1991) ...". Following the NAACL 2024 guidelines, we believe that it is also important to discuss the limitations of your work, in addition to its strengths. The “Limitations” section will appear at the end of the paper, after the discussion/conclusions section and before the references, and will not count towards the page limit. Multiple Submissions Policy -------- The workshop allows for dual submissions. Papers that have been or will be presented at other venues may only be presented as non-archival. Papers that are presented at the main conference (NAACL 2024) can be presented at the workshop as non-archival. WOAH Community -------- We are excited to share the WOAH community Slack channel — a workspace for researchers interested in or working on understanding and addressing online abuse and harms! Join us here: https://join.slack.com/t/hatespeechdet-47d7560/shared_invite/zt-2a8d96j4z-g… Organizers -------- Agostina Calabrese, University of Edinburgh Yi-Ling Chung, The Alan Turing Institute Debora Nozza, Bocconi University Aida Mostafazadeh Davani, Google Flor Miriam Plaza-del-Arco, Bocconi University Paul Röttger, Bocconi University Zeerak Talat, Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence Please direct any questions about the workshop to organizers(a)workshopononlineabuse.com Zeerak

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The 12th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Cloud Computing, Services and Engineering (IEEE Mobile Cloud 2024): Second Call for Papers
by Announce 16 Mar '24

16 Mar '24

*** Second Call for Papers *** IEEE Mobile Cloud 2024 The 12th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Cloud Computing, Services and Engineering July 15-18, 2024 | Shanghai, China https://ieeemobilecloud.com IEEE Mobile Cloud is a pioneering IEEE sponsored international conference devoted to the research in mobile, edge, and cloud computing. It covers all aspects of mobile, edge, and cloud computing from architectures, techniques, tools and methodologies to applications. This year's conference is scheduled to take place in Shanghai, China, from 15-18 July 2024. IEEE Mobile Cloud 2024 is part of the IEEE International Congress On Intelligent And Service- Oriented Systems Engineering offering a broad spectrum of international events, sharing renowned keynotes and fostering exchange among researchers and practitioners (see common homepage for all colocated events, https://ieee-cisose-congress.org) The fusion of mobile communications, computing, and intelligence is catalysing the emergence of innovative systems and applications that facilitate intelligent resource provisioning, process extensive data from mobile sensors and interconnected hardware platforms, and bolster the Internet of Things (IoT) through robust edge and cloud-based backend infrastructure. The pivotal role of current and forthcoming communication technologies, machine learning implementation, and mobile cloud infrastructures as facilitators for this convergence cannot be understated. These mobile intelligent applications are poised to revolutionise various facets of daily life, encompassing domains such as transportation, e-commerce, healthcare, smart homes, smart cities, social interaction, and more. Mobile intelligence serves as an inclusive platform for both academic and industrial researchers to share their latest research insights, experimental findings, and the latest advancements in industry technologies related to mobile systems, machine learning, edge and cloud computing, services, and engineering. Leveraging the synergy of mobile communications, machine intelligence, edge computing, and edge/cloud infrastructures, the future of Mobile Intelligence Systems is envisioned to provide a multitude of critical and personalised services across diverse application domains, ranging from education, transportation, to public health, safety, and security. Submissions will be evaluated on the criteria of originality, significance, clarity, relevance, and accuracy. TOPICS OF INTEREST They include but not limited to: Theory, Modelling, and Methodologies • Mobile cloud computing models, architectures, infrastructures, and platforms • Mobile intelligence theories, concepts, algorithms, and methodologies • Mobile cloud data management • Mobile cloud tools, middleware, and data centres • Mobile intelligence as a service • Mobile networking, protocols, and technologies • Quality of service (QoS) • Mobile intelligence security and privacy Applications and Industry Practice • Mobile intelligence for autonomous driving systems, V2X, intelligent transportation systems (ITS), telematics • Mobile intelligence for robotics, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) • Mobile intelligence for sensor networks, Industrial IoT, industrial 4.0, and industry 5.0 • Mobile intelligence for future wireless technologies, 5G/6G, WiFi, Satellite, etc. • Mobile intelligence for aviation, airports, and railway • Mobile intelligence for Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) • Mobile intelligence for computer vision and video analytics • Mobile intelligence for surveillance and disaster management • Mobile intelligence for healthcare • Mobile intelligence for the metaverse • Mobile intelligence for smart city • Mobile intelligence for satellite • Mobile intelligence for mission-critical systems • Mobile intelligence for community services and social networking • Mobile intelligence computing for sustainable development PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Papers must be written in English. All papers must be prepared in the IEEE double column proceedings format. Please see the following link for details: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html . All accepted conference papers will be published by IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Explore digital library with EI-index. Selected papers will be recommended to SCI-index journals as special issue papers. The paper length should be up to 8 pages for regular conference papers and 6 pages for work-in-progress papers. Submitted papers should contain original work and not being submitted elsewhere. Each paper must be presented by an author at the conference. Presentations via teleconference are not permitted. Permissions to have the paper presented by a qualified substitute presented may be granted by the TCP Chairs under extraordinary circumstances, upon written request. Submissions should be made via Easy Chair using the following link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=imc24 . IMPORTANT DATES • Abstract submission: March 31st, 2024 (AoE) • Paper submission: April 7th, 2024 (AoE) • Notification of acceptance: May 15th, 2024 • Final manuscript submission: May 22nd, 2024 • Author registration: May 22nd, 2024 • Conference: July 15th-18th, 2024 COMMITTEES General Chairs • Hiroyuki Sato, University of Tokyo, Japan • Yan Bai, University of Washington Tacoma, USA Program Chairs • Lan Zhang, Clemson University, USA • Sun Yao, The University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK • Tomoki Watanabe, Kanagawa Institute Technology, Japan • Fan Wu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Publicity Chair George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Committee • Ouri Wolfson, University of illinois • Felix Beierle, University of Würzburg • Thomas Richter, Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences • Dan Grigoras, University College Cork • Sergio Ilarri, University of Zaragoza • Iulian Sandu Popa, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin & INRIA Saclay-Ile-de-France • Haiping Xu, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth • Prasad Calyam, University of Missouri • Dana Petcu, West University of Timisoara • Fabio Costa, Federal University of Goias • Cristian Borcea, New Jersey Institute of Technology • Lei Huang, Prairie View A&M University • Chunsheng Zhu, Southern University of Science and Technology • Xuyun Zhang, Macquarie University • Jia Zhao, Changchun Institute of Technology • Richard Han, University of Colorado Boulder CISOSE General Chairs • Jerry Gao, San Jose State University, USA • Iraklis Varlamis, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece CISOSE Steering Committee • Jerry Gao, San Jose State University, USA • Guido Wirtz, University of Bamberg, Germany • Huaimin Wang, NUDT, China • Jie Xu, University of Leeds, UK • Wei-Tek Tsai, Arizona State University, USA • Axel Kupper, TU Berlin, Germany • Hong Zhu, Oxford Brookes University, UK • Longbin Cao, University of Technology Sydney, Australia • Cristian Borcea, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA • Sato Hiroyuki, University of Tokyo, Japan

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Last call for IGF-USA Topics
by Joly MacFie 16 Mar '24

16 Mar '24

Today, Saturday, the last chance to submit an IGF-USA topic. If you are not on the mailing list, sign up at https://mailchi.mp/igfusa/signup Deadline is Saturday! IGF-USA 2024 Call for topics. *The IGF-USA Call for Topics is open through 16 March 2024 !* *https://www.igfusa.us/igf-usa-2024-call-for-topics/ <https://igfusa.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=358411e27b5e6aa5e77bfc9f2&…>* So, that only leaves a couple of days to get your favored Internet policy chew toy on the agenda! Don't be shy! You can see what has come in so far on the *IGF-USA Wiki <https://igfusa.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=358411e27b5e6aa5e77bfc9f2&…>.* After the close of the submission period, the IGF-USA Steering Committee will review all submissions, determine the interest level, and create teams to produce panels on selected topics. If you need more information, please *let us know <info(a)igf-usa.us?subject=Re%3A%20IGF-USA%20call%20for%20topics>*. -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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CFP: Care-ful convening "Fantasize" and "Actualize" sections
by Shirley Roburn 15 Mar '24

15 Mar '24

Dear Colleagues, A reminder that 500-1500 word submissions to the "Fantasize" and "Actualize" sections of the Journal of Environmental Media special issue 6.2 "Care-ful Convening: towards low carbon and inclusive knowledge sharing” are due May 15th. As per the CFP: The consequences of human-induced climate change, the extinction of flora and fauna, pollution, environmental predation, and injustices are causing a spectrum of constraints, shrinkage, alteration and loss (Murphy, 2017; Elliott, 2018; Dokumaci, 2023). In response, people are figuring out how to think, communicate and act differently to account for damages done by systems whose human, more-than-human, and planetary harms are fueled by petrocultures (Chapman & Ahmed, 2021; Gomez-Barris, 2018; Táíwò, 2022). Carbon-concerned researchers, professionals, and citizens are advancing necessary shifts, including the design and implementation of alternative forms of communicating and gathering. Our call invites scholars across disciplines to explore the articulation between media and new forms of collaborative and non-extractive ways of knowledge exchange and communication. The short call is attached. Link to the full call:https://www.intellectbooks.com/asset/79161/1/JEM_6_2_CFP.pdf Shirley Roburn Assistant Professor Department of Communication and Media Studies Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies 3018 Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building York University 4700 Keele Street • Toronto ON • Canada M3J 1P3 saroburn(a)yorku.ca

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Liz Rodwell visits the CaMP virtual reading group
by Ilana Gershon 15 Mar '24

15 Mar '24

Dear Colleagues, Liz Rodwell will be talking about her book, Push the Button: Interactive Television and Collaborative Journalism in Japan, in two weeks -- March 29th. She has asked us to read chapter 5. Please read as much as you can, but do feel free to join us even if you haven't managed to read everything. The reading can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XZ5QlKe9-KVb7fbE3vpTMNlm4qvfh7_X/view?usp=… PLEASE NOTE: The reading group meets from 12-1 pm EST on the last Friday of the month in a semester based US-American academic calender. The meeting will be 12-1 pm EST on March 29th and can be reached by clicking on this Zoom link: https://iu.zoom.us/j/949202698 Looking forward to seeing you all virtually, Ilana Press blurb: In *Push the Button*, Elizabeth Rodwell follows a battle over what interactivity will mean for Japanese television, as major media conglomerates took on independent media professionals developing interactive forms from new media. Rodwell argues that at the dawn of a potentially transformative moment in television history, content conservatism has triumphed over technological innovation. Despite the ambition and idealism of Japanese TV professionals and independent journalists, corporate media worked to squelch interactive broadcast projects such as smartphone-playable television and live-streamed and open press conferences before they caught on. Instead, interactive programming in the hands of major TV networks retained the structure and qualities of most other television and maintained conventional barriers between audiences and the actual space of broadcast. Despite their lack of success, the innovators behind these experiments nonetheless sought to expand the possibilities for mass media, national identity, and open journalism.

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WEBCAST MAR 15 – Living with Personal AI Agents: Risks, Challenges, Opportunities
by Joly MacFie 15 Mar '24

15 Mar '24

Not an ISOC webcast, this is underway. Very good opening keynote from Prof. Kozuka, I will look at doing a quick transcript once done. [image: ISOC LIVE] <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=da776e27bda3740ad9568d3…> On *Friday March 15 2024* at *1pm-4:45pm EET* (11:00-14:45 UTC) the *University of Vilnius <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=3023d8de2288ba5ae44a663…>* hosts a half-day conference '*Living with Personal AI Agents: Risks, Challenges, Opportunities <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=20243dc41217a422477d95a…>*' featuring global practitioners and academics working in the areas of data and AI *AGENDA* (UTC+2) *13:00 Welcome/Opening Talks* *Prof. Dr. Valdas Jaskunas -* Vice-Rector of Vilnius University *Doc. Dr. Haroldas Sinkunas* - Dean of the Faculty of Law, Vilnius University *13:15 Keynote Presentation: Foundations* *Prof. Dr. S. Kozuka* - Gakushuin University *13:45 Panel 1: Practical Applications* *AI in Public Sector* *Goda Strikaite-Latusinskaja* - Ph.D. candidate, Vilnius University Faculty of Law *Personal AI for Consumers* *Jouko Ahvenainen* - Co-Founder & Chairman, Prifina *AI in Education* *Danielius Stasiulis* - Co-Founder, BitDegree *Investor perspectives* *Marijus Andrijauskas* - Investor, FIRSTPICK Capital Moderator: *Dr. Paulius Jurcys* - Lecturer at Vilnius University Faculty of Law *15:00 Panel 2: Designing Regulatory Framework for Personal AI Agents* *Melanie Trezise - *Ph.D. Candidate, Sydney University *Jekaterina Govina* - Fintech Expert, Partner, Response Legal *Dr. Mindaugas Civilka* - Partner, TGS Baltic Moderator: *Martynas Bieliunas* - Managing Partner, Privacy Partners *15:50 Keynote Panel* *Monika Bielskyte* - Protopia Futures Moderators: *Dr. Davey Whitcraft* and *Dr. Paulius Jurcys* *16:30 Closing Remarks* *Prof. Dr. S. Kozuka* - Gakushuin University *VIEW ON YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/n_iJl6N4-w4 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=dd990cb0f22cc0a06634a7c…>* *TWITTER #AIagents #personalAI <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=b29d0cd73fc4cc5b77ab977…> #AI @VU_LT @pjurcys @jahven @monikabielskyte @myprifina @marijusan @Danielius @KaterinaGovina* Permalink https://isoc.live/17449 - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Queer Data Days online event – Today and tomorrow!
by Metilli, Daniele 15 Mar '24

15 Mar '24

============= Queer Data Days ============= A Wikidata Gender Diversity Project Event 15 & 16 March 2024 at 14:00 - 19:30 GMT A two-day virtual event hosted on the Zoom platform The Wikidata Gender Diversity project (https://wigedi.com) is proud to present Queer Data Days, a two-day virtual event hosted on the Zoom platform. The aim of the event is to provide an opportunity for researchers, activists, and artists investigating or applying queer approaches to data and technology to meet in an open and inclusive venue, share their latest work, and engage in fruitful discussion. During the event, speakers with different backgrounds — both academic and non-academic — will share short papers on a broad range of topics including queer data, queer identities, queer language, data justice and power, queer design, and queer communities on digital platforms. The event will be held on Friday the 15th and Saturday the 16th of March 2024, from 2:00pm to 7:30pm GMT. The first day will be primarily centred on the Wikimedia ecosystem. Both days will include presentations about the outcomes of the Wikidata Gender Diversity project. The event is convened by Daniele Metilli (University College London), Chiara Paolini (KU Leuven), Beatrice Melis (University of Pisa & Gran Sasso Science Institute), and Marta Fioravanti (oio.studio), and organised by Ciara Adeniyi-Jones (University College London). See the schedule and list of speakers, and register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-data-days-wikidata-gender-diversity-pr…

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Influencer Ethnography Research Lab's report <Platformed Creator Discourse in Chinese Markets>
by Jin Lee 15 Mar '24

15 Mar '24

Dear colleagues, I hope this email finds you well. On behalf of Influencer Ethnography Research Lab [IERLab], an interdisciplinary and international group of social scientists who study the socio-cultural impact of Influencers, I'm excited to share our recent Open Access report here that might be of interest to you. - *Platformed Creator Discourse in Chinese Markets *(Curated and Authored by Crystal Abidin & Jia Guo, 2023) < https://ierlab.com/platformed-creator-discourse-chinese/> - analyses creator discourses on popular social media platforms in various cultural and language markets, to explore how platforms impact people’s understanding of the ‘creator’ in different contexts - particularly focuses on Chinese markets by studying six Chinese platforms. - We recommend this report to researchers, students, and the general public who are interested in Chinese platforms and social media industries in China. You can find more about IERLab's work; please visit our website < https://ierlab.com/> and our socials <https://twitter.com/IERLab_tw>, < https://www.instagram.com/ierlab_ig/>. Best, Jin -- Jin Lee, PhD Research Fellow, Internet Studies, Curtin University & ARC Centre of Digital Child Affiliate researcher, Korean Research Centre of Western Australia Visit my website <https://ljin8788.wixsite.com/website> for more

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DSA Data Access Audit and Survey
by Tromble, Rebekah 14 Mar '24

14 Mar '24

Dear colleagues, First, a TL;DR: Today's announced CrowdTangle shutdown demonstrates the urgency of gathering systematic evidence that can be shared with the European Commission and other policymakers regarding the efficacy of platform data access programs that are required under Article 40.12 of the Digital Services Act. *Please take and share this survey <https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8qqOhoz3tVut3E2>* (jointly launched by IDDP and CITR) to help us understand 1) which of the programs you were aware of (there are a lot!), 2) your experiences applying for access to these programs, and 3) other concerns and considerations*.* *This is relevant to researchers living and working anywhere, not just in Europe.* Now for the full details... By now most of you have probably heard that Meta has announced an end date for CrowdTangle: August 14, 2024. That Meta didn't shut down CrowdTangle earlier, and that they've created a replacement tool--the Meta Content Library (MCL)--is itself a real, if bitter, victory. A victory made possible by the tireless efforts of so many academic researchers and civil society organizations, including many AoIR members. More specifically, after listening to researchers, the European Union introduced Article 40.12 of the DSA, which requires Meta and other very large online platforms and search engines to provide real-time access to public data to academic and civil society researchers. The MCL is Meta's response. Twelve other services run by seven companies have launched data access programs as well <https://iddp.gwu.edu/platform-transparency-tools-brussels-effect>. *However, the MCL is far from perfect. It's certainly nowhere near an adequate replacement for CrowdTangle. And we have real reason to be concerned about the programs that the other companies have established.* With that in mind, George Washington University's Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics and the Coalition for Independent Technology Research have collaborated to launch the *DSA Data Access Audit <https://independenttechresearch.org/introducing-the-dsa-data-access-audit/>* . As a first step, we're fielding a survey <https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8qqOhoz3tVut3E2> that's focused on gathering information about 1) people's awareness of all these data access programs, 2) experiences applying for them (or deciding *not* to apply for them), and 3) broader data access concerns you might have. We'll also be conducting interviews and undertaking more traditional audits of the data access programs, but this survey will allow us to gather some initial data to begin informing the Commission, other policymakers, and the public about the current state of affairs. Please take the survey <https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8qqOhoz3tVut3E2>. And please share the survey widely. *Regardless of where you live, where you work, or whether or not you’ve applied for access already—if you work with internet data in some way, we'd really value hearing from you.* And if you'd like to know more about all of the data access programs launched to date, IDDP has created a tracker that summarizes all of the (known) requirements for each of the programs <https://iddp.gwu.edu/platform-transparency-tools-brussels-effect>. Rebekah Dr. Rebekah Tromble Director, Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics, George Washington University | Associate Professor, School of Media & Public Affairs, George Washington University | Advisory Board, European Digital Media Observatory | www.rebekahtromble.net iddp.gwu.edu

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