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Re: [Air-L] OA article: “The Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights: In Search of Enaction, at Risk of Inaction”
by Luciano Floridi 14 Jan '23

14 Jan '23

In case it may be of interest to members of the list: “The Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights: In Search of Enaction, at Risk of Inaction” has been accepted for publication in Minds and Machines. The free OA preprint can be downloaded @SSRN https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4279449 With best wishes, Luciano ______________ Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information Oxford Internet Institute Fellow, Exeter College University of Oxford PA Krystal Whittaker<mailto:lucianofloridi.pa@gmail.com> Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication Director, Centre for Digital Ethics Department of Legal Studies Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna SA Elisabetta Bulla<mailto:segreteria.amministrativa.cde@gmail.com>

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Upcoming important Deadlines and Workshops at Wiki Education
by Helaine Blumenthal 13 Jan '23

13 Jan '23

The deadline to run a Wikipedia assignment in Winter/Spring 2023 is approaching. Sign up to run your free Wikipedia project by Jan. 16 and do your part to ensure that accurate knowledge is available to all! Visit teach.wikiedu.org <https://wikiedu.org/teach-with-wikipedia/> to sign up and find out more about the program. If you're ready to sign up, go directly to dashboard.wikiedu.org <https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/> to get started. If you'd like to find out more about the program, we're hosting an info session on January 18 at 9 AM Pacific. Click here <https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcucOiqrj4vGN1nfmWqsQ4Sp3hawrsFnm…>to register. There are never any fees to run a Wikipedia assignment, and Wiki Education provides robust support to ensure that you and your students learn the ins and outs of Wikipedia editing. Only faculty teaching courses at post-secondary institutions in the U.S. or Canada are eligible. Wikipedia is by definition never complete, but you and your students can ensure that it's up-to-date, accurate, and above all, representative of the full scope of human experience! Best, Helaine -- Helaine Blumenthal,Ph.D. (she/her) Senior Program Manager Wiki Education teach.wikiedu.org <https://wikiedu.org/teach-with-wikipedia/> Twitter <https://twitter.com/WikiEducation?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7C…>, Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/WikiEducationFoundation/>

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Re: [Air-L] TikTok Bans and Research
by Jacqueline Vickery 13 Jan '23

13 Jan '23

Hi David, Fellow Texan here currently writing 2 papers on TikTok and teaching about/with it in my courses. It's beyond frustrating. Our university (University of North Texas) has said we can submit an exemption request for "legitimate purposes," but I haven't done it yet (this all conveniently happened right before winter break). You might see what UTA is doing in terms of exceptions for researchers. In terms of teaching, I plan to download the videos (from my partner's laptop since the only laptop I have is university-owned) and embed them directly into my slides so that I'm not accessing the platform from campus computers or networks. My students are researching the platform for class this semester and since most of them don't have university-owned laptops & they all have phones, they can do this work from home, but I'm going to have to be mindful that they can't access the platform from the library etc. and make accommodations if needed Anyway, this is my "for now" plan until I can figure out how to get a "legitimate purpose" exemption from the university, hopefully! Best, jac *Dr. Jacqueline Ryan * *Vickery* (*s**he/her/hers)* Associate Professor & Graduate Director - Department of Media Arts Director of Research - Youth Media Lab @ UNT <https://mediaarts.unt.edu/about-us/youth-media-lab> University of North Texas https://www.jrvickery.com/

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Digital disconnection network: Online event Sept. 21st with Kate Mannell and Mariek Vanden Abeele
by Trine Syvertsen 13 Jan '23

13 Jan '23

Dear all This is to inform you about a network of scholars engaged in research on digital disconnection. The network has organised preconferences at ECREA 2021 and ICA2022, and has a preconference accepted for ICA2023 in Toronto. There is also a network of PhD-candidates. You are welcome to join seminars, mailing lists etc. The first seminar is Wednesday, September 21st: Typologies in disconnection practices with Kate Mannell and Mariek Vanden Abeele. Details here: https://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/research/projects/digital-disconnection/e… The following seminars are: Oct. 28, 2022. Dis/Connect final workshop and presentation of results with Ana Jorge and others. Nov. 23, 2022. What do we know about digital disconnection in society? Existing and planned surveys, cross-national collaboration with Minh Hao Nguyen, Malene Hornstrup Jespersen and Trine Syvertsen Jan. 18, 2023. Responsibility and regulation: Political paradoxes with Niall Docherty and Gunn Enli More seminars will be scheduled for the spring term. Contact trine.syvertsen(a)media.uio.no for information and a zoom link. The seminars are organised by the DIGITOX-project at the University of Oslo. https://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/research/projects/digital-disconnection/i… The Digitox PhD and young scholars network has planned two seminars this autumn. You may send an email to kari.spjeldnaes(a)kristiania.no<mailto:kari.spjeldnaes@kristiania.no> to register. The preconference at ICA Toronto will be held locally on May 25th 2023, the day before the main conference. https://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/research/projects/digital-disconnection/e… Best regards, Trine We run two mailing lists from Digitox: DIGITOX MAILING LIST: digitox-info: info from the Digitox-project. To join, write an email to sympa(a)media.uio.no and write subscribe digitox-info in the subject field. To unsubscribe: Write an email to sympa(a)media.uio.no and write unsubscribe digitox-info in the subject field (or let me know that you want to be taken off the list). DISCONNECTION-LIST disconnection-research: to post information about research, publications, events etc. All members can post. To join: write to sympa(a)media.uio.no and write subscribe disconnection-research in the subject field. DO YOU HAVE A NEW PUBLICATION? OR A CFP? NOTIFY PEOPLE USING THE DISCONNECTION LIST, ALL MEMBERS CAN POST ON THIS LIST ------------------------------------------------------- Trine Syvertsen, professor, IMK, UiO Project: Intrusive media, ambivalent users and digital detox (NFR) Recent book: Digital detox: The politics of disconnecting (Emerald 2020) Recent articles: Framing digital disconnection: Problem definitions, values and actions among digital detox organisers (Convergence 2022); Offline tourism: Digital and screen ambivalence in Norwegian mountain huts with no Internet access (Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, 2022)

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WEBCAST JAN 13 – Match On! A discussion on online gaming regulations in India
by Joly MacFie 13 Jan '23

13 Jan '23

Just starting. Real Time Text https://bit.ly/3H1pYit A lot to talk about so a 2 hour session! [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/16215>On *Friday 13 January 2023* at *5:30pm-7:30pm IST* (12:00-14:00 UTC) *CCAOI <http://ccaoi.in/>* and *Grade Ace <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahulsharma86/?>* host '*Match On! A discussion on online gaming regulations in India <https://bit.ly/3Zxb1fe>*'. Stakeholders from the gaming ecosystem (business, users, law enforcement and government) will examine the *proposed amendments in the IT Rules 2021 <https://www.meity.gov.in/content/draft-amendments-it-intermediary-guideline…>* in context of online gaming and e-sports, and deliberate on the path forward to make the gaming industry reach its true potential, whilst addressing challenges, risks and user harm. *KEYNOTE* *Rakesh Maheshwari*, GC- Cyber Laws, MeitY *OVERVIEWS* *Salone Sehgal*, Lumikai *Rachna Shroff*, Gaming & Tech Lawyer *Nachiket K. Yagnik*, Sports & Gaming, Krida Legal *PANEL* *Shailendra Vikram Singh* (ex-MHA Director) *Dr Triveni Singh* (IPS), SP, STF (UP Police) *Shivani Jha*, Director EWA Centre (eSports Players Welfare Association) *Abhishek Malhotra*, Managing Partner, TMT Law Practice *Saumya Singh Rathore*, Co-Founder, Winzo *Gowree Gokhale*, Nishith Desai and Associates *Ranjana Adhikari*, Indus Law *RESPONDENTS* *Kazim Rizvi*, Founder, The Dialogue *Sarvjeet Singh*, MPL *Deepro Guha*, The Quantum Hub *MODERATORS / HOSTS* *Rahul Sharma*, The Perspective *Amrita Choudhury*, CCAOI *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/ccaoi-gaming <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/ccaoi-gaming>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3Zxb1fe <https://bit.ly/3Zxb1fe>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3H1pYit <https://bit.ly/3H1pYit>* *TWITTER #ITRules2021 <https://bit.ly/3QG67IH> @AmritaChoudhury @AIGFofficial @wisdom_stoic @GoI_MeitY #onlinegaming #esports #MeitY @ISOCapac* *SIMULCASTS* *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/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/> *(AI Captions) *https://www.facebook.com/isocasiapacific/ <https://www.facebook.com/isocasiapacific/>* (AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/ccaoi-gaming <https://archive.org/details/ccaoi-gaming>* *Permalink https://isoc.live/16215 <https://isoc.live/16215>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Online event: Open Science movement and the future of the field of media and comms (by IAMCR PC Committee)
by Maria Michalis 13 Jan '23

13 Jan '23

(apologies for cross posting) The IAMCR Publications Committee invites you to its first event around issues of open access and the politics of knowledge production and dissemination. Through these conversations, envisaged as a series of round tables, we hope to arrive at some ideas for more inclusive and equitable models. Free online event but registration required. IAMCR and non-IAMCR members can register. **What does the Open Science Movement mean for the future of the field of media & communication?** with Prof. Lucy Montgomery (Curtin University) and Dr. Ferestheh Rafieian Najafabadi (Unesco). Moderator: Prof. Claudia Padovani WHEN: 9 February 2023 14h00 UTC / 09h00 New York / 14h00 London / 15h00 Paris / 17h00 Nairobi / 19h30 Kolkata / 22h00 Beijing (via Zoom) Details and registration link at <https://iamcr.org/pc-talks/open-science> We look forward to having you there! Maria Michalis Chair, IAMCR Publications Committee The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW. This message and its attachments are private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it and its attachments from your system.

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29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023): Fourth Call for Workshops and Minisymposia
by Announce Announcements 13 Jan '23

13 Jan '23

*** Fourth Call for Workshops and Minisymposia *** 29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023) August 28 - September 1, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus http://2023.euro-par.org SCOPE Euro-Par is the prime European conference covering all aspects of parallel and distributed processing, ranging from theory to practice, from small to the largest parallel and distributed systems and infrastructures, from fundamental computational problems to applications, from architecture, compiler, language and interface design and implementation, to tools, support infrastructures, and application performance aspects. To provide a meeting point for researchers to discuss and exchange new ideas and hot topics related to parallel and distributed computing and their applications, Euro-Par 2023 will co-locate workshops and, for the first time, minisymposia with the main conference. This is an invitation to send proposals for the workshop and, for the first time, a minisymposium program. Both workshops and minisymposia will be held on August 28 - August 29, 2023, the first two days of the conference. WORKSHOPS Workshop Proposal Guidelines The proposals should include the following information: • Workshop title and acronym, preference for length (half or full-day) • Information of the organizers, including a short biography of each organizer (5-10 lines). Each workshop will have a single main organizer, the corresponding contact. Others can be co-organizers. All the organizers must be a staff member at an institution or a company, and no PhD or other students can be organizers. • A tentative program committee (10-15 members) • Motivation of the workshop: * scientific objective * interest to the Euro-Par community * positioning with respect to the currently existing Euro-Par workshops • Description of the workshop: * content * format (contributed papers, invited talks, panels, posters or any other kind of activity i including european project meetings) * organizational aspects • Workshop background (number of previous editions jointly with Europar or in any other format) • Link to international projects/initiatives The decision about the acceptance/rejection of a workshop proposal will be made on the basis of the overall quality of the proposal and the degree to which it matches the scope of the conference. In the case that several workshop proposals have very similar objectives and scopes, a merge of overlapping workshops may be recommended. The topics covered by a workshop should not overlap with the main topics of the conference. Decisions will be made on a rolling basis. Proposals can already be sent, and the organizers may be notified before the notification deadline in case of a strong proposal. Workshop Organizer Responsibilities • Preparing the call for papers for the workshop and publicizing it • Preparing and maintaining the workshop Web site including the relevant sections according to the organization guidelines • Selecting the workshop program committee considering that each member of the committee should make at least one review • Selecting papers through a rigorous peer-review process including at least three reviews per submission using the provided EasyChair installation and considering the possible conflicts of interest • Delivering the final workshop program to the Euro-Par 2023 conference co-chairs in time • Delivering the preliminary workshop proceedings in time before the conference • Providing the Euro-Par Steering Committee with a Management Report, after the conference, with key indicators such as: number of submitted and accepted papers, program committee and review process management • Delivering the final workshop proceedings with a revised version of the papers in time after the conference in the required Springer LNCS format (12 pages max.) and writing a preface to the workshop. Camera-ready papers will be published only if the management report has been delivered • Short papers can be accepted and presented at the workshop. However, to be included in the formal Springer proceedings, the minimum length is of 10 pages per paper • Registering for the conference • Meet the deadlines according to the organization guidelines Workshop Proceedings and Paper Review The workshop proceedings will be published in a separate LNCS workshop volume after the conference. The principal coordinator of each workshop will appear as co-editor of the workshop volume. Registered workshop participants will receive an electronic copy of the volume by email. All authors of accepted papers will be requested to sign a Springer copyright form. The Euro-Par organizers will provide an EasyChair setup for all Euro-Par 2023 workshops, and its use is mandatory to facilitate paper submissions, reviewing, and collecting the camera-ready versions. The workshop papers will not be published in the proceedings otherwise. Each workshop will be an independent track within the Workshops' EasyChair installation, but it will be fully manageable by the respective organizers. Papers of less than 10 pages will be considered as short papers that can be presented at the conference but not published in the proceedings. MINISYMPOSIA A minisymposium is a session of coordinated presentations for promoting interdisciplinary communication on a topic of current interest and importance in the field of parallel and distributed computing, ideally having potential application in other domains. The length and program will be decided by the organizers; half-day (three-hour) minisymposia are very welcome, longer is possible, not exceeding one day (6 hours). The contributions to the minisymposia will not be published in the proceedings. Minisymposium Proposal Guidelines The proposals should include the following information: • Minisymposium title and acronym, preference for length (half or full-day) • Information of the organizers (full name, affiliation, country and email address), including a short biography of each organizer (5-10 lines). Each minisymposium will have a single main organizer, the corresponding contact. Others can be co-organizers. • Motivation and scope of the minisymposium: * Problem area to be addressed by the speakers and possible applications [max 1500 characters]; * Description of target audience and estimated number of participants [max 1500 characters] * Link to international projects/initiatives • Format (contributed papers, invited talks, panels, posters or any other kind of activity including European project meetings), • Speakers: * a tentative list of speakers detailing their names, affiliation, email address and title of their presentations. Nominated speakers should be approached in advance and should have agreed that they will participate. * companies and/or institutions involved Minisymposium Selection Process All the submitted proposals will be assessed by the organizing committee. The decision about the acceptance/rejection of a minisymposium proposal will be made on the basis of the overall quality of the proposal and the degree to which it matches the scope of the conference. Overlapping minisymposia will be avoided (or possibly merged). Decisions will be made on a rolling basis. Proposals can already be sent, and the organizers may be notified before the notification deadline. Minisymposium Organizer Responsibilities Minisymposium organizers will be in charge of making publicity of the minisymposium and specify the number of talks and other activities. The contributions will be sent to the same web page as the contributions for the workshops. The review process will be decided by the minisymposium organizers. One of the organizers will be the contact with the conference organization. The responsibilities are as follows: • Preparing the call for papers for the workshop and publicizing it • Preparing and maintaining the minisymposium website mentioning the Euro-Par vinculation • Deciding the length of the minisymposium, the program and type of activities and the names of the speakers • Use the provided EasyChair installation for receiving the contributions • Delivering the program to the Euro-Par 2023 conference co-chairs in time • Providing the Euro-Par Steering Committee with a Management Report, after the conference, summarizing the experience and including number of persons involved in the activities as well as any consideration useful for future editions • Registering for the conference as well as all the participants to the minisymposium • Meet the deadlines according to the organization guidelines Minisymposium publication The contributions to the minisymposia will not be published in the proceedings. However, the organizers are invited to send one non-compulsory 4-page summary of the minisymposium. The document should summarize the scientific discussion promoted by the minisymposium and it will be published in the same LNCS volume as the workshop proceedings after the conference. The authors of the summary will be requested to sign a Springer copyright form. SUBMISSION (for Workshop and Minisymposium Organizers) Workshop and Minisymposium proposals should be sent in PDF format via email to the workshop co-chairs (contact details at the end of this call). An email verification will be sent to each successful submission. In case the verification is not received, submitters are asked to contact the workshop chairs. IMPORTANT DATES (for Workshop and Minisymposium Organizers) • Workshop and minisymposium proposals due: February 10, 2023 • Workshop and minisymposium notifications: February 24, 2023 • Workshop website online and launches of Call for Workshop Papers: March 24, 2023 • Workshop and minisymposium dates: August 28-29, 2023 • Workshop and minisymposium management report summarizing the experience and results of the activity due: September 15, 2023 WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS • Demetris Zeinalipour, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (dzeina-AT-ucy.ac.cy) • Dora Blanco Heras, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (dora.blanco-AT- usc.es)

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CFP: Journal of Right-Wing Studies
by A.J. Bauer 12 Jan '23

12 Jan '23

Dear colleagues, I'm co-editing a special issue of the new *Journal of Right-Wing Studies*, alongside Isis Giraldo (Lausanne) and Clara Juarez Miro (Vienna), focused on the unique theoretical and methodological challenges for researchers, not to mention their enhanced vulnerability to physical and psychological harm. Given all the new and exciting work on right-wing Internet cultures, I thought I'd share the call in case any AIR-L folks are interested: https://jrws.berkeley.edu/special-issue-call-papers Feel free to reach out if you have any questions, and to share with colleagues who might be interested! Best wishes, AJ -- A.J. Bauer Assistant Professor | Journalism and Creative Media, University of Alabama Co-Editor | *News on the Right* <https://global.oup.com/academic/product/news-on-the-right-9780190913533?cc=…> 214.244.8247

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[IPSA 2023] Open panel on disinformation
by Victor Piaia 12 Jan '23

12 Jan '23

Hi! We would like to invite you to submit papers for the Open Panel *The Landscape and Strategies to Combat Disinformation in Comparative Perspective <https://wc2023.ipsa.org/wc/panel/landscape-and-strategies-combat-disinforma…>* *,* which will take place at the *IPSA World Congress* in Buenos Aires, July 15-19, 2023. Submissions can be made until January 18, through the event website <https://wc2023.ipsa.org/wc/home>. Here is the summary of the panel: *The Landscape and Strategies to Combat Disinformation in Comparative Perspective* *The social transformations that affected the functioning of politics in the global scenario in the last decade have been raising warnings about the survival of democratic regimes, especially with the emergence of actors and political groups that do not show appreciation nor commitment to democracy. Social rights backlash, polarization and fierce conflicts within civil society are impacting policy outcomes, all in the midst of the emergence and increasingly central force of the internet and social media as spaces of power struggles. Disinformation, hateful, intolerant and polarizing speeches have been mobilized as a political propaganda strategy that goes beyond electoral contexts. In this perspective, and taking into account the oscillations in time and in the different regional and local realities, it is in the interest of this space to foster this discussion and identify the role of civil society, agents and political institutions, and how social science and political science can contribute to a more purposeful agenda, in order to amplify voices and dialogues for coping strategies for these phenomena.* Best regards! Sabrina and Victor

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WEBCAST JAN 12 – DiploFoundation Trends and Predictions for 2023
by Joly MacFie 12 Jan '23

12 Jan '23

Starts shortly. Real Time Text https://bit.ly/3Qw1lgZ Both Diplo and Prof Kleinwächter have blogged their predictions https://www.diplomacy.edu/blog/2023-digital-governance-predictions/ https://circleid.com/posts/20230111-internet-governance-outlook-2023-will-d… [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/16211>On *Thursday January 12 2023* at *2pm-3pm CET* (13:00-14:00 UTC) the *DiploFoundation <https://www.diplomacy.edu/>* will host its annual prediction event '*Trends and Predictions for 2023 <https://www.diplomacy.edu/event/trends-and-predictions-for-2023/>*'. What will 2023 bring for digital geopolitics, AI, data, and cryptocurrencies? Will the '1998 deal' on digital government still hold? What issues will dominate the United Nations and multilateral agenda in Geneva, and beyond? All these, and numerous other questions that will shape the digital landscape in 2023, will be discussed. *SPEAKERS* *Wolfgang Kleinwächter*, Professor Emeritus, University of Aarhus *Asoke Mukerji*, Former Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations *Katherine Getao*, ICT Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communications, Kenya *Richard Werly*, EU correspondent, Blik *Marilia Maciel*, Head, Digital Commerce and Internet Policy, DiploFoundation *Rodney Taylor*, Secretary-General, Caribbean Telecommunications Union *MODERATOR* *Jovan Kurbalija*, Executive Director, DiploFoundation *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/2023digitaltrends <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/2023digitaltrends>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3ZtV0qo <https://bit.ly/3ZtV0qo>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3Qw1lgZ <https://bit.ly/3Qw1lgZ>* *TWITTER #2023digitaltrends <https://bit.ly/3GC9oUK> @DiplomacyEdu Wolfgang Kleinwächter @jovankurbalija Asoke Mukerji @KatherineGetao @WerlyCH @MariliaM Rodney Taylor @CTUSecGen @TheCtunion* *SIMULCASTS* *https://youtu.be/LOs5P18U3Eo <https://youtu.be/LOs5P18U3Eo>* (DiploFoundation) *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/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>* (AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/2023digitaltrends <https://archive.org/details/2023digitaltrends>* *Permalink https://isoc.live/16211 <https://isoc.live/16211>* -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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