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Identifying Insurrectionists
by Natalie Rock 11 Jan '21

11 Jan '21

In case you haven’t seen it, John Scott Railton’s Twitter thread for identifying the Capitol insurrectionists triangulating screengrabs, Parler messages and the like (would you call that digital forensics??) is absolutely fascinating. https://mobile.twitter.com/jsrailton Sent from my iPhone > On 11 Jan 2021, at 05:55, Simon Lindgren <lists(a)simonlindgren.com> wrote: > > > Hi all! > > The Centre for Digital Social Research (DIGSUM) at Umeå University, Sweden, invites you all to our spring 2021 online seminar series, DIGZOOM, starting on January 28, and featuring: > > - Zizi Papacharissi > - José van Dijck > - Nick Couldry > - Sarah T. Roberts > - Charles Ess > - Deen Freelon > - Whitney Phillips > - Brooke Foucault Welles > - Hannah Metzler > - Mark Carrigan > - Chris Bail > > These are trying times, and this is a way to offer a space for exchange and dialogue in this field, as we hope for better days. The aim is for the events to be informal and friendly. 🦄 > > This is a broad invitation, and anyone, anywhere, who is interested in these topics should feel welcome to attend as many sessions as you like. We in fact encourage you to. We are proud to be able to offer such an impressive lineup of speakers! 🎉 This a somewhat unique opportunity. > > Browse our programme at https://digsum.org/digzoom <https://digsum.org/digzoom> > > Then, request zoom links (buttons following each speaker bio) for the ones you want to attend (the sooner the better). We will approve your “requests”, but just want to avoid posting the links directly in this email. > > If you prefer, send an email to digsum(a)digsum.net <mailto:digsum@digsum.net> listing which sessions you want links for. > > If you want to make extra sure not to miss out, you can add the entire DIGZOOM series to your calendar, with the attached *ics file. You still need to request the Zoom links however. > > See you there! > > Simon Lindgren > > Director, DIGSUM > > > -- > DIGSUM > digsum(a)digsum.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/

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Online talks with leading digital scholars
by Simon Lindgren 11 Jan '21

11 Jan '21

Hi all! The Centre for Digital Social Research (DIGSUM) at Umeå University, Sweden, invites you all to our spring 2021 online seminar series, DIGZOOM, starting on January 28, and featuring: - Zizi Papacharissi - José van Dijck - Nick Couldry - Sarah T. Roberts - Charles Ess - Deen Freelon - Whitney Phillips - Brooke Foucault Welles - Hannah Metzler - Mark Carrigan - Chris Bail These are trying times, and this is a way to offer a space for exchange and dialogue in this field, as we hope for better days. The aim is for the events to be informal and friendly. 🦄 This is a broad invitation, and anyone, anywhere, who is interested in these topics should feel welcome to attend as many sessions as you like. We in fact encourage you to. We are proud to be able to offer such an impressive lineup of speakers! 🎉 This a somewhat unique opportunity. Browse our programme at https://digsum.org/digzoom <https://digsum.org/digzoom> Then, request zoom links (buttons following each speaker bio) for the ones you want to attend (the sooner the better). We will approve your “requests”, but just want to avoid posting the links directly in this email. If you prefer, send an email to digsum(a)digsum.net <mailto:digsum@digsum.net> listing which sessions you want links for. If you want to make extra sure not to miss out, you can add the entire DIGZOOM series to your calendar, with the attached *ics file. You still need to request the Zoom links however. See you there! Simon Lindgren Director, DIGSUM -- DIGSUM digsum(a)digsum.net

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[Media Architecture Biennale] CfP - 2 WEEKS LEFT until deadline
by Media Architecture Biennale 11 Jan '21

11 Jan '21

*MEDIA ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE <http://www.mab20.org/>* (MAB20) June 28th - July 2nd, 2021 | Amsterdam & Utrecht *CALL FOR PAPERS* [2 WEEKS LEFT] *Deadline Jan 25th, 2021* The conference proceedings will be published through the ACM Digital Library. MAB20 would like to invite papers from academics, students, and industry practitioners that align with the theme *Futures Implied* and the sub-themes, *Playful & Artistic Civic Engagement*, *More-Than-Human Cities* , *Restorative Cities*, just to mention a few. The paper contributions should address current practices, discuss theoretical approaches, or present novel research that explores and further develop our understanding of media architecture through relevant case studies, design processes, and community and industry examples. The papers should have a minimum of six and a maximum of ten pages in length, in ACM format, and the submission deadline is *25 January 2021.* All papers should be submitted via https://easychair.org/cfp/mab20 You can find more details about the themes and the submission on *MAB Call for Papers <https://mab20.mediaarchitecture.org/calls/call-for-papers/>*. In case you have any questions, please contact our *Papers Chairs:* · *Glenda Caldwell*, Queensland University of Technology – g.caldwell(a)qut.edu.au · *Joel Fredericks*, The University of Sydney – joel.fredericks(a)sydney.edu.au We hope to welcome you to one of our online pre-events and at the biennale in June! All the best, *Martijn de Waal, Frank Suurenbroek, Nanna Verhoeff **and Michiel de Lange* MAB20 Executive Committee Media Architecture Biennale <http://www.mab20.org/> To stay up to date with all MAB20’s activities through other channels, follow us on: Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/MABiennale/?__tn__=kC-R&eid=ARB4ZAfvoxwAR5URX2Agrc…> / Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/mabiennale/> / Twitter <https://twitter.com/MABiennale> / LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/media-architecture-biennale> Sign up for our monthly newsletter *here <http://lists.mediaarchitecture.org/?p=subscribe&id=9>*.

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Revue Humanités numériques : appel à contribuer au numéro 5, « Enseigner et apprendre les humanités numériques »
by Michael Bourgatte 11 Jan '21

11 Jan '21

Dear all, We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the issue no 5 of the journal *Humanités numériques*: *https://journals.openedition.org/revuehn/682 <https://journals.openedition.org/revuehn/682> *entitled « *Enseigner et apprendre les humanités numériques* » directed by *Michaël* *Bourgatte* & *Laurent* *Tessier.* *---* Cher.e.s collègues, Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer la publication de l’appel à contributions pour le numéro 5 de la revue *Humanités numériques* : https://journals.openedition.org/revuehn/682 intitulé « *Enseigner et apprendre les humanités numériques* » dirigé par *Michaël* *Bourgatte* et *Laurent* *Tessier*. Avec tous nos bons vœux, M.B. & L.T. -- *Michaël Bourgatte* Maître de Conférences HDR à l'Institut Supérieur de Pédagogie <http://www.icp.fr/a-propos-de-l-icp/decouvrez-l-icp/facultes-et-instituts/i…> Directeur du département Humanités Numériques et Innovations Educatives Responsable de l'Atelier du Numérique <http://www.icp.fr/a-propos-de-l-icp/decouvrez-l-icp/campus-numerique/atelie…> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Institut Supérieur de Pédagogie - faculté d'éducation de l'ICP Bureau 603 | 3, rue de l'Abbaye 75270 Paris Cedex 06 ✆ + 33 (0)1.70.64.29.92 | +33 (0) 6.87.23.66.8 7 Twitter : @michaelbourgatt <https://twitter.com/michaelbourgatt> Blog : http://celluloid.hypotheses.org/ <http://celluloid.hypotheses.org/%E2%80%8B>

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Meme Studies Research Network
by GALIP Idil 11 Jan '21

11 Jan '21

Dear all, My name is İdil and I am a final year PhD candidate in sociology at the University of Edinburgh, I study internet memes, digital labour and digital culture and am currently in the process of writing up my thesis which is titled Art Worlds Online: Memes, Labour and Politics. In November 2020 I circulated a call on Twitter for co-editors and collaborators for a "Meme Studies" reading list that I had put together. The positive response received from other researchers who study memes motivated me to set up the Meme Studies Research Network. So now I've built a website, twitter page, a mailing list and a discord server for the network. We have been active on both Twitter and discord for the past two months and are now ready to circulate the first issue of our Meme Bulletin which will be sent out via our mailing list on January 15th, 2021. Our main goal with the network is to bring together researchers, artists, creatives who study memes and foster discussion and collaboration. The network's monthly Meme Bulletin is curated by members and explore different themes, methodologies, and theoretical standpoints all relating to the study of memes. The aim with the bulletin is to make our growing index of meme studies resources more accessible, and to put these resources into context. I wanted to send this email and reach out to other scholars who are also interested in memes and might want to become a part of our network. If you would like to know more about this project, please visit http://memestudiesrn.wordpress.com which is our website or http://twitter.com/MemeStudiesRN which is our Twitter page. You can sign up for the discord server here: https://memestudiesrn.wordpress.com/discord-server/ and the mailing list here: https://memestudiesrn.wordpress.com/mailing-list/ Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or queries 🙂 You can reach me at igalip(a)ed.ac.uk or i.galip(a)sms.ed.ac.uk. Best wishes, Idil Idil Galip PhD Candidate University of Edinburgh Department of Sociology http://www.sociology.ed.ac.uk/people/research_students2/idil_galip The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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ACM UMAP 2021: Third Call-for-Papers - Updated submission information
by Oana Inel 11 Jan '21

11 Jan '21

--- Apologies for cross-posting --- ———— Updated Submission and Review Process Information ———— ============================ Call for Papers - ACM UMAP 2021 29th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization Theme: "Re-Evaluating Evaluation in Personalization Research" Hybrid: Utrecht (The Netherlands) and Online June 21-25th (tentative), 2021 Website: https://www.um.org/umap2021/ ============================ Abstracts due: January 17, 2021 (mandatory) Full paper due: January 24, 2021 ============================ BACKGROUND AND SCOPE: ============================ ACM UMAP – User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization – is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or to groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP is sponsored by ACM SIGCHI and SIGWEB, and organized with User Modeling Inc. as the core Steering Committee, extended with past years’ chairs. The proceedings are published by ACM and will be part of the ACM Digital Library. ACM UMAP covers a wide variety of research areas where personalization and adaptation may be applied. This includes a number of domains in which researchers are engendering significant innovations based on advances in user modeling and adaptation, recommender systems, adaptive educational systems, intelligent user interfaces, e-commerce, advertising, digital humanities, social networks, personalized health, entertainment, and many more. We welcome submissions related to user modeling, personalization and adaptation; the conference web site provides a detailed list. Below we present a short (but not proscriptive) list of topics of importance to the conference. As the theme for UMAP 2021 is “Re-Evaluating Evaluation” we encourage submissions in all areas that offer a critical analysis of evaluations of personalized systems. We particularly want to acknowledge that some of the research might be influenced by Covid-19 related constraints (e.g., difficulty of running lab studies), and welcome submissions which introduce novel methodologies arising from a need to conduct research in new ways. CONFERENCE TOPICS: ============================ We welcome submissions related to user modeling, personalization and adaptation in any area. The topics listed below are not intended to limit possible contributions. Final decisions will be made on the basis of suitability for, and fit to, the overall conference (not for specific tracks). Additionally, there is no quota for the maximal number of accepted papers per track. Topics include (but are not limited to): • Personalized Recommender Systems • Track chairs: Alejandro Bellogin, Sole Pera, Ludovico Boratto • Adaptive Hypermedia and the Semantic Web • Track chairs: Maria Bielikova, Panagiotis Germanakos, Ben Steichen • Intelligent User Interfaces • Track chairs: Katrien Verbert, Denis Parra • Personalized Social Web • Track chairs: Julita Vassileva, Jie Zhang • Technology-Enhanced Adaptive Learning • Track chairs: Ella Haig, Manolis Mavrikis • Fairness, Transparency, Accountability, and Privacy • Track chairs: Christine Bauer, Michael Ekstrand • Personalization for Persuasive and Behavior Change Systems • Track chairs: Jaap Ham, Rita Orji SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS ============================ Papers will be submitted through EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmumap2021 Long (14 pages + references) and Short (7 pages + references) papers in the new ACM single-column style. Appendices count toward the page limit, we recommend that supplementary material is linked to an external source using an anonymised URL. Original research papers addressing the theory and/or practice of UMAP, and papers showcasing innovative use of UMAP and exploring the benefits and challenges of applying UMAP technology in real-life applications and contexts are welcome. * Long papers should present original reports of substantive new research techniques, findings, and applications of UMAP. They should place the work within the field and clearly indicate its innovative aspects. Research procedures and technical methods should be presented in sufficient detail to ensure scrutiny and reproducibility. Results should be clearly communicated and implications of the contributions/findings for UMAP and beyond should be explicitly discussed. * Short papers should present original and highly promising research or applications. Merit will be assessed in terms of originality and importance rather than maturity, extensive technical validation, and user studies. Separation of long and short papers will be strictly enforced so papers will not compete across categories, but only within each category. Papers must be formatted according to the new workflow for ACM SIG publications. The templates and instructions are available here: Standard (SIGCONF) proceedings template: https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow.<https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow> Authors should submit their papers as single-column. The templates are available here (we strongly recommend the usage of LaTeX for the camera-ready papers to minimize the extent of reformatting): * LaTeX (use \documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart} in the sample-authordraft.tex file for single-column): https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/consolidated-tex-t… * Overleaf (use\documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart} for single-column): https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/acm-conference-proceedings-master-… * MS Word: https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/taps/acm_submissio… NB: Accepted papers will require a further revision in order to meet the requirements and page limits of the camera-ready format required by ACM. Instructions for the preparation of the camera-ready versions of the papers will be provided after acceptance. UMAP uses a double blind review process. Authors must omit their names and affiliations from submissions, and avoid obvious identifying statements. For instance, citations to the authors' own prior work should be made in the third-person. All accepted papers will be published by ACM and will be available via the ACM Digital Library. To be included in the Proceedings, at least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper there. Student registration fee is allowed for students who present a student paper. IMPORTANT DATES ============================ Abstracts: January 17, 2021 (mandatory) Full paper: January 24, 2021 Notification: March 8, 2021 Camera-ready: April 11, 2021 Video submission: May 5th, 2021 Conference: June 21-June 25, 2021 (tentative) Note: The submissions times are 11:59pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth) ORGANIZERS ============================ General chairs Judith Masthoff, University of Utrecht Eelco Herder, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen Program chairs Nava Tintarev, University of Maastricht Marko Tkalcic, University of Primorska RELATED EVENTS ============================ Separate calls will be sent for Workshops and Tutorials, Doctoral Consortium, and Demo/Late Breaking Results, as these have different deadlines and submission requirements.

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CfP: e-Democracy & e-Participation @EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2021 (IFIP 8.5 WG in ICT & Public administration)
by Noella Edelmann 11 Jan '21

11 Jan '21

e-Democracy & e-Participation @IFIP EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2021 Organized by the IFIP 8.5 WG in ICT & Public administration & held 7-9 September 2021 University of Granada, Spain https://dgsociety.org/egov-2021/ Deadline for submissions: 19. March 2021 The IFIP EGOV2021 conference represents the merge of the IFIP WG 8.5 Electronic Government (EGOV), the IFIP WG 8.5 IFIP Electronic Participation (ePart) and the Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government Conference (CeDEM).The conference focuses on e-Government, Open Government, eParticipation and e-Democracy, but on several other related topics too, such as the role of social media, digital transformation in society, Artificial Intelligence, policy informatics, cybersecurity, legal informatics, smart governance and social innovation. We look forward to your submission to the e-Democracy & e-Participation Track: The General e-Democracy & e-Participation track aims to present recent developments in electronic participation and digital engagement covering all relevant technical, political and social aspects. E-democracy and e-participation and are multidisciplinary fields of study. They are particularly timely and relevant in various contexts focusing on issues such as participatory public service design engagement, open government data, social media interactions, engagement in co-design and co-delivery of services and top-down and bottom-up initiatives related to economic, societal, public and welfare issues. This is a multi-disciplinary track that aims to bring together researchers from disciplines in order to present and discuss topics related to e-participation and e-democracy, discuss new ideas, meet other researchers and practitioners, and to facilitate future collaborations. We welcome theoretical papers, qualitative and quantitative papers, case studies, critical analyses, and encourage authors to address challenges that can lead to further developments in this area. Areas of focus and interest include, but are not limited to, the following topics: -Foundations of e-democracy and e-participation research including theories, methods, models and approaches -Enabling electronic decision-making (e-participation, e-voting) in times of a pandemic, such and COVID-19 -Advances in participatory policy making using policy modeling, simulation, impact assessment and visualization methods and tools -New forms of analog and digital participation, participation and communication platforms, mobile media, social media and applications for citizens, Living Labs, innovation labs -Enhancing democracy and public participation using ICT and new technologies, AI, block chains, etc. -Analysis of digital interactions between citizens, businesses, governments, service providers and other stakeholders -Advances in online deliberation and discourse, participatory budgeting, e-consultation, e-polling, and e-legislation, e-electioneering, e-campaigning and e-voting -Impact of big and open data on public engagement, sustainability of e-democracy, e-participation and citizen engagement -Analyses of good practices and key factors for success, motivational factors, and reasons for failures -The impact of transparency, digital literacy, digital competences, and open access on public engagement and democracy -Design and co-creation of participatory public services -Case studies on top-down and bottom-up initiatives in e-participation and e-democracy -The role of e-democracy and e-participation in national and global crisis situations -Citizen inclusion and digital divide: gender, age, education, etc. -New approaches to direct democracy, Inclusive e-Governance in the context of Regional Smart Specialization -E-democracy and e-participation projects: design, implementation, evaluation, quality and impact -Impact assessment and public value considerations in real world decision making -Digital research methods and big data applications for e-participation and e-democracy research -Critical perspectives: failures, bad experiences, co-destruction, digital hype but not reality, fringe groups Track Chairs -Noella Edelmann, Danube University Krems, Austria -Peter Parycek, Fraunhofer Fokus, Germany / Danube-University Krems, Austria -Robert Krimmer, University of Tartu, Estonia We look forward to seeing you there! Best regards Noella Dr. Noella Edelmann Senior Researcher Department for E-Governance and Administration Danube University Krems Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30 A-3500 Krems Austria Tel. +43 (0)2732 893 2303 www.donau-uni.ac.at/deg

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news online
by Paul Levinson 11 Jan '21

11 Jan '21

new video which (in part) discusses news online https://youtu.be/m-807cD3pX0 -PL *Welcome Up: Songs of Space and Time * - digital <https://open.spotify.com/album/4S1oaV75qF6tRFfdDwDczE>, CD <http://paullev.com/product/welcome-up-songs-of-space-and-time-cd/>, vinyl <https://lightintheattic.net/releases/6371-welcome-up-songs-of-space-and-time> "Eight slices of interstellar delight" -- Jon Pruett, *Ugly Things Magazine*, September 2020 <https://www.reverbnation.com/page_object/join_mailing_list/artist_86705>

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Call for tutorials: Diagrams 2021
by Mikkel Willum Johansen 08 Jan '21

08 Jan '21

Hi all, In line with previous iterations of the conference Diagrams 2021 would like to host 1.5 hour tutorials. Please find details in the call for tutorial proposals below. Best, Mikkel ******************************************************************* *** Call for Tutorials: Diagrams 2021 *** 12th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams September 28 – 30, 2021 Virtual Event www.diagrams-conference.org/2021<http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021> *** Highlights *** - FREE REGISTRATION - Proceedings published by Springer - Three Tracks: Main, Philosophy, and Psychology and Education. - Graduate Symposium - Best Paper and Best Student Paper awards - Tutorial submission date April 30, 2021. ***************************************************************** Diagrams is the only conference series that provides a united forum for all areas that are concerned with the study of diagrams and has a multidisciplinary emphasis. Diagrams is an international interdisciplinary conference series, covering all aspects of research on the theory and application of diagrams. We invite proposals for tutorials of 1.5 hours in length. Tutorials are expected to address topics that are of interest to the Diagrams 2021 conference attendees. Please refer to the calls for the three tracks for their associated list of topics: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021/index.php/calls/main-track/ http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021/index.php/calls/philosophy/ http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021/index.php/calls/psychology-of-diagr… Tutorials differ from workshops in that they do not solicit contributions from attendees. Previously, attendees have particularly enjoyed tutorials that are interactive and spark debate. Authors of accepted tutorial submissions will be expected to be in attendance at the virtual conference to present their tutorial and respond to questions presented by delegates. ***************************************************************** Submission of Tutorial Proposals We invite submissions for review that focus on any aspect of diagrams research. A tutorial proposal must contain: 1. A single page listing: the title of the tutorial, the names and contact information for all organizers, and brief biographies of the main organizers. 2. A description of the topic and rationale for the tutorial, including a brief description of why the tutorial will be relevant to Diagrams 2021 conference attendees. 3. Information on any requirements for delivering the tutorial, with particular regard to those that arise using an online delivery mechanism. This could include, for example, the use of a digital whiteboard or the necessity to run an audience poll. 4. An abstract, of up to 500 words, describing the tutorial that can be used to advertise the tutorial on the Diagrams 2021 website. More details, including formatting instructions, and all important dates can be found on at www.diagrams-conference.org/2021<http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021>. ***************************************************************** ________________________________ Mikkel Willum Johansen Associate professor Department of Science Education University of Copenhagen Tlf: (+45) 28 72 84 41

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Save The Date: WikiCredibility Demo Hour | Tuesday, Jan 12 @ 12pm EST
by Ahmed Medien 08 Jan '21

08 Jan '21

Good evening, Happy new year! The WikiCredibility Initiative is hosting its first event of 2021 next Tuesday Jan 12 at 12 pm - 1 pm EST. (more information below). The WikiCredibility Demo Hour is a monthly online meetup of people invested in the credibility space and Wikimedians with interest to strengthen trust and information integrity in the online information ecosystem. -- The monthly WikiCred Demo Hour kicks off on *Tuesday, January 12th at 12pm ET.* You will receive a reminder of the event shortly before Tuesday with a Zoom link and passcode. *WikiCred Demo Hour Details:* *When:* Tues January 12 @9 am PT / 12 pm EST / 5 pm UTC *Sign up form:* https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEpva_wwZA9xIjtTni7-y0tZ_VgXW8nzV… *Agenda:* This one-hour Zoom meetup will feature several short presentations and updates of WikiCred projects and other projects at the intersection of openness, credibility, and journalism, followed by a Q&A session. Details about the project are included in the agenda. *Demo Hour agenda link:* https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Blz4OAXypJe8yqMHFt4nQDufan2ZcmTWvHs5uXW… <https://credibilitycoalition.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e4407b70250…> *About WikiCred Demo Hour* WikiCred Demo Hour is a regular series of 1-hour sessions where several WikiCred participants discuss their projects. The demo hour is an opportunity to check out innovative new projects that demonstrate the role the Wikimedian community can play in promoting credibility on the open Internet. More about WikiCred here: https://www.wikicred.org/ <https://credibilitycoalition.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e4407b70250…> WikiCred Team wikicred.org Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCayLmyzjzcV72UBAXoyHHzQ>/ Projects <http://wikicred.org/#projects> / Funders <http://wikicred.org/#funders>

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