Wednesday's event is the first time we've done a live inter-city meetup. Should be interesting! We still have plenty of seats available at the NYC node, so please join us. GrubHub is across the street from Bryant Park and, as you might imagine, there will be food and drink! *RSVP* A little background on the event. The idea for this came in the run up to last years *USA-IGF* <https://www.igf-usa.org/>. We already had a session on free speech issues thus it got bumped. What it really was about how what we see on the Internet is shaped, the public interest in that, and the role of governance. Since then we've been overtaken by events - not just fake news, but a general awareness of the bubble effect. The are many facets to this, and it looks like it will merit a series. Secondly, the format. We all know how remote participants are second-class participants in meetups.. At last year's *Inbox Awesome* <http://www.inboxawesome.org/>, *Justin Gallagher*, VP of Product at Trello, spoke (video <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/inawe16/videos/139391817>). He talked about the company's policy of "*One remote? All remote!*". If any one person attends a meeting remotely, they all go back to their desks and webcams. So the idea came - if we hook up two meetups then everybody will be a remote participant together! Let's see if it works. We will use Zoom. There will also be a *livestream*, just for viewers and archive, joly posted: "On Wednesday Jan 18 2017 the New York and Washington, DC Chapters of the Internet Society will hold a joint panel discussion - Content Rules?! Newsfeeds, Algorithms, Content Moderation, and Ethics - at the American University in DC, and GrubHub in NYC. Ou" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/contentrules/>On *Wednesday Jan 18 2017* the *New York <http://isoc-ny.org>* and *Washington, DC <http://isoc-dc>* Chapters of the Internet Society <http://internetsociety.org> will hold a joint panel discussion - *Content Rules?! Newsfeeds, Algorithms, Content Moderation, and Ethics <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/content-rules-newsfeeds-algorithms-content-moderation-and-ethics-tickets-31068860799>* - at the *American University* in DC, and *GrubHub* in NYC. Our panel will address the technical and ethical questions raised by the social, political, and economic impact of the increasing prominence of these algorithmically negotiated information spaces, including: Should these platforms be considered public spaces? What are the impacts of (algorithmically) moderated content? Should the public have a right to see and know the algorithms being used to moderate and control content? At what point do we consider private platforms as media?Panelists: In Washington, DC - *Jessa Lingel* - Assistant Professor, Annenberg School of Communications; *Andrew Bridges* - Partner, Fenwick & West LLP. In New York,* Gilad Lotan* - Head of Data Science @buzzfeed; *Arthi Murugesan* - Lead Data Scientist at Grubhub. Additional panelists TBA shortly! The event will be webcast live on the *Internet Society Livestream Channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/contentrules/>* (no registration required). *What: Content Rules?! Newsfeeds, Algorithms, Content Moderation, and Ethics* * Where: American University DC & GrubHub NYC* * When: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM* * Webcast:* *​​ <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/contentrules/>* *https://livestream.com/internetsociety/contentrules/ <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/contentrules/>* * Attend NYC: * ​​ *https://www.meetup.com/isoc-ny/events/236853243/ <https://www.meetup.com/isoc-ny/events/236853243/>* * Attend DC: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/content-rules-newsfeeds-algorithms-content-mode... <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/content-rules-newsfeeds-algorithms-content-moderation-and-ethics-tickets-31068860799>* * Twitter: #contentrules https://twitter.com/hashtag/ContentRules <https://twitter.com/hashtag/ContentRules>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8892#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8892#comments> *​Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8892 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -