The International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMsociety) is a gathering of leading social media researchers from around the world. It is the premier venue for sharing and discovering new peer-reviewed interdisciplinary research on how social media affects society. Organized by the Social Media Lab at Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University, #SMSociety provides participants with opportunities to exchange ideas, […]
Debora Nozza - "Roadmap to universal hate speech detection" Hybrid presentation: Tuesday, July 19 12:30 PST (note this talk is not Tuesday, not our usual Wednesday) Bio: Debora Nozza (she/her) is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Computing Science at Bocconi University. Her research interests mainly focus on Natural Language Processing, specifically on the detection and counter-acting […]
CDT & SIIA Event Examines Digital Information Campaigns & Online Trust Register here. The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) and the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) are hosting Democracy Affirming Technology: Restoring Trust Online, an event highlighting the consequences of malign information campaigns and how stakeholders can restore trust online. Taking place at […]
Caste Bias in Tech Many people lump Indian tech workers into the “model minority”, a racist stereotype that creates a pecking order with Asian people on top. What many people (and many companies) don’t understand is that India’s caste system, a socioeconomic hierarchy that divides Hindus into four main categories (and excludes Dalits outside of […]
The Data Power Conference hosts critical reflections on data’s power and the social, political, economic and cultural consequences of data’s increasing presence in our lives, workplaces, and societies. The most recent conference in 2019 focused on the specific theme of global in/security. The 4th Data Power Conference, in June 2022, returns to some of the fundamental […]
DOKU.TECH brings to Prizren on the 6th of August, a Seminar/Workshop on the Decolonial Gesture: embodied acknowledgments of settler colonial violences offline & online with Tiara Roxanne, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Data & Society in NYC. The workshop with Tiara will be held at ITP Prizren and will be focused on Setter Colonialism/Data colonialism and […]
This fellowship will place you among the top tech decision makers in the United States government at a time when technology is reshaping society in fundamental ways. Even if you've never considered working in government, you should apply. The Congressional Innovation Fellowship will allow you to make change at the highest levels and at a […]
The Congressional Innovation Scholars fellowship program will place you among the top tech decision makers in the United States government at a time when technology is reshaping society in fundamental ways. Even if you've never considered working in government, the Congressional Innovation Scholars program will allow you to make change at the highest levels and […]
#BlackTechFutures Research Institute is excited to have you register for our Virtual 2022 Regional City Panel Discussions for Tennessee & Texas. The panels will outline how to build a thriving black tech ecosystem within these states. This two-night virtual event will take place on Tuesday, August 30th and Wednesday, August 31st beginning at 6:00 pm […]
The Commission is hosting a public forum regarding its Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on commercial surveillance and data security practices that harm consumers and competition. The public forum will include panel discussions and the public is invited to provide remarks. This is a virtual event. During the last portion of the public forum, members […]
New America and Arizona State University are pleased to invite you to the 2022 Future Security Forum, which will be held online September 13, 2022. The Forum is the premier annual event of New America and Arizona State University’s Future Security project—a research, education, and policy partnership that develops new paradigms for understanding and addressing […]
System Error exposes the root of our current predicament: how big tech’s relentless focus on optimization is driving a future that reinforces discrimination, erodes privacy, displaces workers, and pollutes the information we get. This optimization mindset substitutes what companies care about for the values that we as a democratic society might choose to prioritize. Well-intentioned […]
Black people have shaped and curated what we have come to know as American culture. From music to fashion, academia, politics and pop culture it all begins and ends with Black people leading the way. The same can be said about what we know of Internet culture today. Join us for a special screening of […]