Dear all Apologies for cross-posting. *** *Call for papers**International Counterathon Workshop**AI, Extreme Speech and Disinformation: Global Challenges and the Way Ahead* 26-27 July 2021 Venue: Centre for Advanced Studies, LMU Munich *Abstract deadline: 20 May 2021* *AI4Dignity,* the European Research Council (ERC) funded project, is hosting a two-day *Counterathon *workshop at LMU Munich, to develop global perspectives around AI and online content moderation. The workshop will create a collaborative coding space where fact checkers from selected countries around the world will enter into a facilitated dialogue with AI developers and academic experts to improve machine learning models to flag and label online extreme speech. The event will also feature thematic panels and public plenaries. Confirmed speakers include Hossein Deerakshan (LSE), Joan Donovan (Harvard), Bharat Ganesh (Groningen), Kiran Garimella (MIT), Duncan Omanga (SSRC), Jonathan Corpus Ong (UMass), Pablo Ortellado (Uni of São Paolo), and Cristina Tardeguilla (Agência Lupa). We are inviting submission of abstracts in these thematic areas: - Policy frameworks for AI and online content moderation in the EU/North America/the ‘global Souths’ - Critical studies of the promise and limits of AI systems for online extreme speech moderation - Ethnographic approaches to AI assisted efforts against hate and disinformation Please send your abstracts (300 words) to ai4dignity@ethnologie.lmu.de before 20 May 2021. Selected participants will be notified by 25 May 2021. Abstracts should contain a clear outline of the argument, theoretical framework, methodology, and a brief note on how your research is connected to one or more of the three thematic areas. Please also include 3-5 keywords that describe your work, and a short bio (100 words, stating affiliation). The workshop is planned as a hybrid event but will go fully online based on the pandemic situation. Travel and accommodation costs will be covered for the physical event. Selected presentations will be invited to contribute to an edited collection. If you have any questions, please contact Sahana Udupa (Principal Investigator) at ai4dignity@ethnologie.lmu.de More on the workshop: https://www.ai4dignity.gwi.uni-muenchen.de and https://www.fordigitaldignity.com/international-counterathon-workshop/ *** Sahana Udupa Professor of Media Anthropology LMU Munich Latest: Digital Hate: The Global Conjuncture of Extreme Speech <https://iupress.org/9780253059253/digital-hate/> Access publications here <https://lmu-munich.academia.edu/SahanaUdupa>