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Web scraping is legal, US appeals court reaffirms
by Joly MacFie 19 Apr '22

19 Apr '22

https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/18/web-scraping-legal-court/ Web scraping is legal, US appeals court reaffirms Zack Whittaker@zackwhittaker / 12:16 PM PDT•April 18, 2022 Good news for archivists, academics, researchers and journalists: Scraping publicly accessible data is legal, according to a U.S. appeals court ruling. The landmark ruling by the U.S. Ninth Circuit of Appeals is the latest in a long-running legal battle brought by LinkedIn aimed at stopping a rival company from web scraping personal information from users’ public profiles. The case reached the U.S. Supreme Court last year but was sent back to the Ninth Circuit for the original appeals court to re-review the case. In its second ruling on Monday, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed its original decision and found that scraping data that is publicly accessible on the internet is not a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, or CFAA, which governs what constitutes computer hacking under U.S. law. The Ninth Circuit’s decision is a major win for archivists, academics, researchers and journalists who use tools to mass collect, or scrape, information that is publicly accessible on the internet. Without a ruling in place, long-running projects to archive websites no longer online and using publicly accessible data for academic and research studies have been left in legal limbo. But there have been egregious cases of web scraping that have sparked privacy and security concerns. Facial recognition startup Clearview AI claims to have scraped billions of social media profile photos, prompting several tech giants to file lawsuits against the startup. Several companies, including Facebook, Instagram, Parler, Venmo and Clubhouse have all had users’ data scraped over the years. The case before the Ninth Circuit was originally brought by LinkedIn against Hiq Labs, a company that uses public data to analyze employee attrition. LinkedIn said Hiq’s mass web scraping of LinkedIn user profiles was against its terms of service, amounted to hacking and was therefore a violation of the CFAA. LinkedIn first lost the case against Hiq in 2019 after the Ninth Circuit found that the CFAA does not bar anyone from scraping data that’s publicly accessible. On its second pass of the case, the Ninth Circuit said it relied on a Supreme Court decision last June, during which the U.S. top court took its first look at the decades-old CFAA. In its ruling, the Supreme Court narrowed what constitutes a violation of the CFAA as those who gain unauthorized access to a computer system — rather than a broader interpretation of exceeding existing authorization, which the court argued could have attached criminal penalties to “a breathtaking amount of commonplace computer activity.” Using a “gate-up, gate-down” analogy, the Supreme Court said that when a computer or website’s gates are up — and therefore information is publicly accessible — no authorization is required. The Ninth Circuit, in referencing the Supreme Court’s “gate-up, gate-down” analogy, ruled that “the concept of ‘without authorization’ does not apply to public websites.” “We’re disappointed in the court’s decision. This is a preliminary ruling and the case is far from over,” said LinkedIn spokesperson Greg Snapper in a statement. “We will continue to fight to protect our members’ ability to control the information they make available on LinkedIn. When your data is taken without permission and used in ways you haven’t agreed to, that’s not okay. On LinkedIn, our members trust us with their information, which is why we prohibit unauthorized scraping on our platform. -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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AoIR 2022 Dissertation Award Submission deadline is 1 May 2022
by Michelle, Association of Internet Researchers 19 Apr '22

19 Apr '22

*The deadline for the 2022 AoIR Dissertation Award nominations is 1 May 2022.* To be eligible for the AoIR Dissertation Award, a PhD dissertation in the area of internet research must have been filed in the 2021 calendar year. Nominations (self and other) must be received by 1 May 2022. All methods and disciplines are welcome. Submissions Details: A nomination letter that explains why the dissertation is deserving of the award How it contributes to internet research - A PDF copy of the dissertation and nomination letter should be emailed to dissertationaward [at] aoir.org - The graduate or their supervisor must be a member of AoIR (by 1 May 2022) - Self-nominations are permitted - Filed in 2021 (meaning fully defended, all edits complete, filed/published with a 2021 copyright) The recipient of this award will be announced mid-year 2022. In addition to winning a cash prize, the individual will also be invited to present their research during a session at #AoIR2022 in Dublin, November 2022. The committee this year is comprised of Andra Siibak-University of Tartu (Chair), Rafael Grohmann-Unisinos University, Anne Kaun-Södertörn University, John G. Mcnutt-University of Delaware, and Lynete Lusike Mukhongo-Fort Valley State University. For any questions please contact Andra Siibak dissertationaward [at] aoir.org or Tama Leaver prez[at]aoir.org.

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Online seminar 21 April | Francesca Musiani: "Infrastructuring" Digital Sovereignty?
by Orsolya Gulyás 19 Apr '22

19 Apr '22

Dear colleagues, A quick message to invite you to the launch event of a new online seminar series<https://brussels-school.be/event/data-sovereignty-seminar-series> on the contested notion of "data sovereignty”. For this first seminar, which will be held online on 21 April at 15:00 (CET), we are pleased to welcome Francesca Musiani, who will present her recent work on “infrastructuring” digital sovereignty. Details and registration: https://brussels-school.be/event/data-sovereignty-seminar-1-infrastructurin… In the next parts of our seminar series we will also be joined by Roxana Radu (Graduate Institute) on 25 May, and in June (date tbc) by Nick Couldry (LSE) and Ulises Mejias (State University of New York). The series is co-organised by the Centre for Digitalisation, Democracy and Innovation (BSOG-VUB)<https://brussels-school.be/research/digitalisation-democracy-and-innovation> and the VUB/UNU-CRIS Chair in Digital Sovereignty<https://www.vub.be/en/chair/digital-sovereignty>. Kind regards, Orsolya Gulyás and Clément Perarnaud ORSOLYA GULYÁS PhD Researcher Brussels School of Governance<https://brussels-school.be/> Pleinlaan 5 - 1050 Brussels

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CFP: 20th Community Informatics Research Network conference Nov 9 - 11
by Colin Rhinesmith 19 Apr '22

19 Apr '22

Dear colleagues, Please see the following Call for Papers for this year's 20th Community Informatics Research Network conference. 20 YEARS OF CIRN Examining the past, present, and future of communities and technology Conference | 9 - 11 November 2022, Monash University, Prato, Italy. The theme of the 2022 conference, 20 years of CIRN: Examining the past, present and future of communities and technology aims to both look back at 20 years of the Prato conferences and the rich knowledge, and experience that have emerged from them, but as well, look at new emerging themes and challenges in a very different world. The conference may well be unique as an international long-term reflective event concerned with the internet. We invite referred and non-referred papers and presentations and workshop or panel proposals that can take into account the changes that have occurred with communities and technologies since the earliest days of the internet, as well as accounts of contemporary innovation and challenges across the full range of community informatics interests: libraries, community action and engagement, international development, archives and memory, dis/ability, gender, race & class, identity, and the creative arts. And now, we add environmental informatics. For more details, please see https://sites.google.com/monash.edu/cirn2022/ <https://sites.google.com/monash.edu/cirn2022/> Key dates: 30 May 2022 Call closes/notification to follow. By 30 July 2022 - confirm your participation 15 September 2022 - full papers for refereed track due. 30 September 2022 - referee reports due mid-October 2022 - resubmitted papers due 15 September 2022 - all other papers and submissions 9-11 November 2022- Early 2023 - conference proceedings available 2023 Special issue of the Journal of Community Informatics. While this is a physical event, we recognize in a post-COVID world that there is considerable potential for real-time participation and some events may be live-streamed. — Colin Rhinesmith, Ph.D. Pronouns: he/him Founder and Director Digital Equity Research Center Metropolitan New York Library Council http://crhinesmith.com <http://crhinesmith.com/> Adjunct Faculty School of Library and Information Science Simmons University Co-Editor-In-Chief The Journal of Community Informatics

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AoIR2022 abstract reviews deadline
by Kylie Jarrett 19 Apr '22

19 Apr '22

Hi all, This is just a friendly reminder that the reviews of the AoIR2022 conference submissions are due in by the end of Friday, April 22nd. Even if you haven't submitted this year, you may have been allocated reviews so please do login to conftool to check - https://www.conftool.org/aoir2022/ We can't do this conference without you so thanks for your contribution. Dr. Kylie Jarrett AoIR2022 Programme Chair Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) Department of Media Studies Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare Ireland Author: Digital Labor (coming soon from Polity) Feminism, Labour, and Digital Media: The Digital Housewife Co-author: NSFW: Sex, Humor and Risk in Social Media Google and the Culture of Search

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Webinar: Why Is Sex Objectionable?, April 26
by Susanna Paasonen 18 Apr '22

18 Apr '22

Dear all, Please join us on Zoom, or in person, should you be in Sydney (and sorry for cross-posting): Why is sex objectionable? Tue, 26 Apr 2022 • 06:00PM - 07:00PM AEDT (10:00 - 11:00 AM CEST) Online / Social Sciences Building Seminar Room 210, University of Sydney Despite the significance of sexuality in people’s lives, sex is a topic of constant contestation. This panel asks why sex, particularly mediated depictions of sex, are often termed objectionable. Why are female nipples zoned out from social media? Why is porn framed as a social problem? Join us as our experts discuss what is really at stake in platform regulation of explicit content. Chair: Professor Kane Race (University of Sydney) Participants: Professor Kath Albury (Swinburne University of Technology), Professor Alan McKee (UTS), Professor Susanna Paasonen (University of Turku/Hunt-Simes Visiting Chair @SSSHARC, University of Sydney) https://whatson.sydney.edu.au/event/7ae7ef2c-668b-48ff-a494-168209e76ae6 This is a hybrid In person/online event. In person seating is limited so please so please send RSVPs to sssharc.research(a)sydney.edu.au to ensure your spot. Online registration link: https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Im57SHm9RqCCjG7fd5Fh9g ---------------------------- Susanna Paasonen Professor of Media Studies University of Turku susannapaasonen.org Hunt-Simes Visiting Chair in Sexuality Studies SSSHARC, University of Sydney PI, Intimacy in Data-Driven Culture, www.dataintimacy.fi/en/ Author of Dependent, Distracted, Bored, https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/dependent-distracted-bored ---------------------------- Susanna Paasonen Professor of Media Studies University of Turku susannapaasonen.org Hunt-Simes Visiting Chair in Sexuality Studies SSSHARC, University of Sydney PI, Intimacy in Data-Driven Culture, www.dataintimacy.fi/en/ Author of Dependent, Distracted, Bored, https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/dependent-distracted-bored

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Call For Papers for Special Issue of Homelessness and Mobile Media for MMC
by Justine Humphry 18 Apr '22

18 Apr '22

Dear all, Please consider responding to this Call For Papers for a Special Issue of *Homelessness and Mobile Media* in the *Journal of Mobile Media and Communication *edited by Maren Hartmann, Justine Humphry, David Lowis and Will Marler. https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/MMC_CfP_Homelessness-and-Mobile-Medi… Please submit an extended abstract of 500 words (including references) that states the paper’s main argument, contribution, and takeaway. The abstract should clearly explain how the full submission will contribute to the aims of this special issue. Please email abstracts to homelessmedia2024(a)gmail.com by 30/05/2022. Abstracts should be accompanied by a short biography for each author (approx. 200 words). Also, include the names, titles, and contact information for 2-3 suggested reviewers. Many thanks, Justine Humphry (Co-Editor of the Special Issue and Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures at the University of Sydney) https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/about/our-people/academic-staff/justine-hump…

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Deadline Extended to May 8, 2022 -- IEEE Globecom 2022 -- Green Communication Systems and Networks Symposium
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 18 Apr '22

18 Apr '22

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CFP: IEEE Globecom 2022 -- Green Communication Systems and Networks Symposium, Deadline: 8 May 2022 https://globecom2022.ieee-globecom.org/ https://globecom2022.ieee-globecom.org/sites/globecom2022.ieee-globecom.org… ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- === === === === === === === === === === === === === === === === Globecom 2022 will be held as a hybrid event. Presenters may choose to present their papers in person in Rio de Janeiro and/or virtually. Presenters must provide their choice of presentation format after their papers/presentations have been accepted. ====== === === === === === === === === === === === === === === === ------------------------ *** IMPORTANT NOTICE: The best accepted papers will be invited to submit an extended version to a special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking. *** ------------------------ Scope and Motivation Over the years, the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has come to dominate several areas, e.g., improving our lives, offering us convenience, and reshaping our daily work circumstances in the process. Despite the passion about advances in the ICT infrastructure industry, enterprises and governments face the renewed challenges of tackling sustainability issues and adopting environmentally sound practices. Computers and other ICT infrastructure consume significant amounts of electricity, consequently placing a heavy burden on electric grids and contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. Moreover, the large number of devices with high transmission capacity connected to the Internet is playing a major role in increasing the energy consumption by communication networks. The Green Communication Systems and Networks Symposium aims to consolidate and disseminate the latest developments and advances in the emerging research areas relevant to green communications and computing. This symposium invites participation from both academic and industry researchers working in the areas of green-enabled communications and computing networks, as well as communication and computing technologies enabling other green solutions such as smart grids, green cloud and fog computing data centers, green buildings and green logistics, and smart cities. Authors are invited to submit papers present novel technical research studies as well as broader position papers. Topics of Interest The Green Communication Systems and Networks Symposium seeks original contributions in the following topical areas, plus others that are not explicitly listed but are closely related: * Advanced metering infrastructure and smart meter technologies * Architectures, models, security, and approaches for smart grids and smart grid networks relevant to energy efficiency * Big data to meet green challenges * Carbon-neutral communication and computing systems * Context-based green approaches & green awareness * Cross-layer design and optimization for green communications and computing * Economics and pricing for green systems and services * Energy efficiency and scalability of communication networks and infrastructures * Energy efficiency in 5G and beyond * Energy harvesting, storage, recycling, wireless power transfer * Energy-aware communications and networking * Experimental testbeds and results for green communications and computing * Field trials and deployment experiences and green industrial processes * Green intelligent transportation systems * Green management of communication networks * Green network monitoring * Green optical communications, switching and networking * Green scheduling for communications and computing * Green software, hardware, devices, and equipment * Green storage, cloud and fog computing, and data centers * Green traffic shaping and policy implementation * Green transmission technologies and network protocols * Green wireless cellular networks * Green wireline communications and networking * ICT for green buildings * Low cost, energy-efficient antenna and RF designs * Machine learning and AI for energy efficiency and green operation in communication systems and networks * Measurement and profiling of green issues * Mitigation of electromagnetic pollution * Modelling and analysis for green communications and computing * Non-energy based green topics, issues and approaches * Novel network concepts and architectures lowering the overall footprint of ICT * Physical layer approaches for green communications and computing * Power consumption trends and reduction in communications and computing * Power-efficient cooling and air-conditioning systems for communications and computing * Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces and Green Communications * Renewable energies for ICT * Security in green communications and computing * Standardization, policy and regulation for green communications and computing * Transport and logistics efficiency, e.g., applications to road traffic optimization and supply chain management * Use of cognitive principles to achieve green objectives * Zero-emission base stations, communication devices, and networks IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submissions: 8 May 2022 Acceptance Notification: 25 July 2022 Accepted Author Registration: 1 September 2022 Camera-Ready: 1 September 2022 Symposium Co-Chairs Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, University of New Mexico, USA, eirini(a)unm.edu<mailto:eirini@unm.edu> Changqing Luo, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA, cluo(a)vcu.edu<mailto:cluo@vcu.edu> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Assistant 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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CFP||Global Media and China_Special Issue: China’s Digital Infrastructures: Networks, Systems, Standards
by Xiao Han 18 Apr '22

18 Apr '22

Global Media and China CFP (Follow us at: https://twitter.com/GCHjournal <https://twitter.com/GCHjournal>; https://www.facebook.com/Global-Media-and-China-110136464998539/ <https://www.facebook.com/Global-Media-and-China-110136464998539/>) Special Issue: China’s Digital Infrastructures: Networks, Systems, Standards Guest Editor: Gabriele de Seta, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bergen, Norway (gabriele.seta(a)uib.no <mailto:gabriele.seta@uib.no>) Time Schedule: —15 May 2022: abstracts (250-300 words) Submit to Gabriele de Seta (gabriele.seta(a)uib.no <mailto:gabriele.seta@uib.no>) —15 June 2022: Invasion’s to submit full papers sent to authors —15 October 2022: full paper submission —15 January 2023: peer review reports sent to authors —15 March 2023: final paper submission to Global Media and China Overview: This special issue of Global Media and China seeks to chart and unravel China’s digital infrastructure by examining how networks, systems and standards coalesce in sociotechnical assemblages with profound cultural, economic and geopolitical implications. Decades of infrastructure studies scholarship have demonstrated the increasingly central role played by large technical systems in societies around the world (Bratton, 2015; Edwards et al., 2009; Misa et al., 2003; Parks & Starosielski, 2015). From the beginning of the reform era, the Chinese state has consistently promoted its infrastructure-building achievements by connecting them with economic growth, social stability and poverty reduction. The success of China’s informational network-building efforts (Hong, 2017), resulting in the world’s largest population of internet users and a national tech industry challenging the global dominance of Silicon Valley, testify to the increasing importance of digital infrastructure ‘with Chinese characteristics’ (Stevens, 2019). As of 2020, the term xin jijian, or ‘New Infrastructure’, has become a top policy priority earmarking developments related to key domains of digital technology, including telecommunication networks, smart cities, industrial automation, cloud computing, and energy production (Meinhardt, 2020). Two years into the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, digital infrastructure remains a key priority for both state and tech industries, underpinning experiments in social governance, economic resilience and technological innovation (de Seta, 2021). But what is China’s digital infrastructure? How do networks overlap and intersect, producing new infrastructural effects or reinforcing existing inequalities? Where do large sociotechnical systems emerge and which user populations do they enlist? When do practices and protocols become standards, reshaping global flows of devices and data? In order to answers these questions, we invite contributions from a broad range of disciplines including media and communication studies, sociology, anthropology, science and technology studies, digital humanities, cultural studies, human geography and area studies. This special issue revolves around a broad understanding of digital infrastructure that ranges from physical and material components (QR codes, 5G stations, data centers, surveillance cameras) to software and quantification protocols (social apps, fintech, artificial intelligence, credit scoring), and from policy imaginaries (New Infrastructure, New Silk Road) to industry hypes (smart cities, blockchain, the metaverse). Open to historical reviews, contemporary accounts and future speculations, we welcome contributions that revisit and respond to concepts and theories from infrastructure studies, drawing on empirically driven analyses of networks, systems and standards to articulate new critical understandings of China’s digital infrastructure. References Bratton, B. H. (2015). The Stack: On software and sovereignty. MIT Press. de Seta, G. (2021). Gateways, sieves, and domes: On the infrastructural topology of the Chinese stack. International Journal of Communication, 15, 2669–2692. Edwards, P. N., Bowker, G. C., Jackson, S. J., & Williams, R. (2009). Introduction: An agenda for infrastructure studies. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 10(5), 364–374. Hong, Y. (2017). Networking China: The digital transformation of the Chinese economy. University of Illinois Press. Meinhardt, C. (2020, June 4). China bets on “new infrastructure” to pull the economy out of post-Covid doldrums. MERICS. Misa, T. J., Brey, P., & Feenberg, A. (Eds.). (2003). Modernity and technology. MIT Press. Parks, L., & Starosielski, N. (Eds.). (2015). Signal Traffic: Critical Studies of Media Infrastructures. University of Illinois Press. Stevens, H. (2019). Digital infrastructure in the Chinese register. Made in China Journal, 4(2), 84–89. Dr HAN Xiao Research Associate, State Key Lab of Media Convergence and Communication, Communication University of China (CUC) Commissioning Editor, Global Media and China http://journals.sagepub.com/home/gch <http://gch.sagepub.com/>

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Call For Papers - HICSS 56 | Human-Centered Digital Privacy Solutions
by Michele A. L. Villagran 17 Apr '22

17 Apr '22

Conference: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-56) | January 3-6, 2023*Minitrack: Human-centered Digital Privacy Solutions for Digital and Social Media**Track: Digital and Social Media**Submission Deadline: June 15, 2022 (11:59 PM HST)* The burgeoning growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) solutions, the ubiquity of social media and digital repositories, and cross-platform data usage have raised the stakes of addressing digital privacy. Semi-structured digital records, like emails, and unstructured text, like social media posts, present a significant threat of privacy breaches. The enormity of data presents an uphill task to identify and mitigate private information on digital and social media platforms. While AI-powered privacy solutions are a welcomed step, it is only recently that researchers have focused on more human-centered and transdisciplinary (Polk, 2015) digital privacy solutions. Privacy protection is a legal and ethical responsibility of both public and private sector organizations, and AI development and deployment should account for the diversity of the target audience, the cultural contexts, and extant biases (Ehsan et al., 2021). Privacy solutions should not only be effective and accurate but also human-centered and accountable (Hepenstal et al., 2019). This minitrack aims to attract submissions on digital privacy solutions that bring different disciplines together, especially computer science, system sciences, information science, social science, and law. The focus of this minitrack is to bridge the gap between algorithmic development (automated decision-making systems, fair, accountable, and transparent systems) and human-centered approaches (usability studies, surveys, user interviews). We encourage submissions that address privacy concerns in digital and social media through inter- and trans-disciplinary approaches, including but not limited to AI and ML. Potential submissions for this minitrack should address (but are not limited to) the following research topics: - quantitative, qualitative, and computational studies on digital (e.g., images, webpages, emails, websites) and social media (e,g., Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, Facebook, TikTok, Weibo) privacy; - qualitative studies using interviews, surveys, and usability studies to identify the privacy behavior of users (when using digital and social media); - quantitative work on digital privacy using statistical analysis; - machine and deep learning approaches to identify, classify, and mitigate sensitive and private information on digital and social media platforms; - novel privacy solutions using explainable AI, transparent ML algorithms, or any interdisciplinary methods. Minitrack Chair and Co-Chairs: Dr. Souvick Ghosh San Jose State University, USA souvick.ghosh(a)sjsu.edu Dr. Darra Hofman San Jose State University, USA darra.hofman(a)sjsu.edu Dr. Aylin Imeri (Ilhan) Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany Aylin.ilhan(a)hhu.de Dr. Michele A. L. Villagran San Jose State University, USA michele.villagran(a)sjsu.edu

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