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SUMMARY:Big Brother Meets Bedlam: Resisting Mental Health Surveillance Tech | Center for Democracy and Technology
DESCRIPTION:In 2017\, the FDA approved Abilify MyCite\, a psychotropic medication that tracks whether a person has actually taken their pills and can send that data to their doctor. Policymakers routinely advocate for expanding and increasing surveillance over and institutionalisation of people with mental health disabilities. \nThe growing use of predictive policing tools and other surveillance technologies at school\, at home\, and in the workplace has led to a rush among researchers and developers to create new algorithms that can even assess or predict a diagnosis of mental illness. People with psychosocial disabilities have long advocated for self-determination\, community-based services and treatment\, and resistance to surveillance as a means of exercising paternalistic control or advancing public safety. \n\n\n[…]
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/big-brother-meets-bedlam-resisting-mental-health-surveillance-tech-center-for-democracy-and-technology/
LOCATION:Center for Democracy and Technology
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SUMMARY:Center for Democracy & Technology Tech Prom
DESCRIPTION:CDT’s Tech Prom has been around for more than 15 years\, and brings together over 1\,000 leaders and innovators in tech policy — from government\, industry\, civil society\, and academia. A night of networking\, idea sharing\, and learning about emerging issues\, Tech Prom celebrates our annual progress within the tech policy landscape.
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/center-for-democracy-technology-tech-prom/
LOCATION:901 Wharf St SW\, Washington\, DC 20024\, 901 Wharf St SW\, DC\, 20024\, United States
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SUMMARY:Bearing Witness\, Seeking Justice | MIT
DESCRIPTION:LIVESTREAM\nWe are excited to announce the plenary speakers will be live-streamed. Be mindful\, the presentations and rich panel discussions between leading academics from all over the world will be in-person only. Those who cannot fully attend in person will be able to view a portion of the conference by live-streaming the speakers. Register here for the live-stream if you would like to\, and please share it with those who would be interested in viewing remotely. \n*Registration is currently closed. Thanks to YOU\, we have REACHED CAPACITY! BUT\, please click the link above to watch the LIVESTREAM of the plenary speakers on Thursday and Friday\, Oct. 5 and 6!* \nComparative Media Studies/Writing in the School of Humanities\, Arts\, and Social Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will host a three-day\, in-person international conference\, “Bearing Witness\, Seeking Justice: Videography in the Hands of the People.” \nThe conference will open with a welcome reception Wednesday\, Oct. 5 from 3 to 6 p.m. After a host of dynamic\, engaging\, and thought-provoking speeches and panel discussions\, the conference will end on Friday\, Oct. 7 at 6:30 p.m. \n\n\n\n[…]
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/bearing-witness-seeking-justice-mit/
LOCATION:Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221001T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221001T220000
DTSTAMP:20221004T151228Z
CREATED:20221001T145558Z
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SUMMARY:Software For Artists Day #7 | Pioneer Works
DESCRIPTION:Pioneer Works is ecstatic to present the 7th annual Software for Artists Day (S4AD)\, featuring an exciting lineup of artists\, writers\, and technologists bringing much needed context and form to a new and shifting technological landscape.
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/software-for-artists-day-7-pioneer-works/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221001T084500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221002T120000
DTSTAMP:20220824T195227Z
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SUMMARY:Professional Development | Black Women In Data
DESCRIPTION:The Black Women in Data (BWD) Summit 2022 is the two-day forum for Black women leaders to plan their next career move in the data industry by hearing from data expert speakers\, expanding their data skills\, leveling up in their data career path and more.
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/professional-development-black-women-in-data/
LOCATION:The Georgia State University College of Law
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220928T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220928T190000
DTSTAMP:20221004T153349Z
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for *This Is Not A Drill* Exhibition | NYU Tisch School of the Arts
DESCRIPTION:*This Is Not A Drill* Exhibition on Technology\, Equity\, and the Climate Emergency\n\n\nOPENING RECEPTION: September 28\, 2022\, 5-7pm ET\nEXHIBITION DATES: September 28\, 2022 – December 4\, 2022\nLOCATION: Bobst Library\, New York University\, 70 Washington Square S\, New York\, NY 10012 \n\n\nThe opening reception for the *This Is Not A Drill* exhibition will celebrate the artworks of the nine inaugural *This Is Not A Drill* Fellows whose work focuses at the intersection of technology\, equity\, and the climate emergency.
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/opening-reception-for-this-is-not-a-drill-exhibition-nyu-tisch-school-of-the-arts/
LOCATION:NYU Tisch School of the Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220926T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220926T160000
DTSTAMP:20220913T211234Z
CREATED:20220913T210220Z
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SUMMARY:Health Data Privacy in the Library | METRO
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will explore the role libraries play in patron health journeys\, which includes the layout of our physical spaces\, the way we handle sensitive documents\, which resources we share\, and more. Privacy advocate Tess Wilson will discuss practical approaches to patron support and ways we might teach patrons about their health data safety. This workshop is intended for any library worker with an interest in privacy. \nAt the end of this session\, attendees will be able to:\n– Identify points of vulnerability in interactions with patron health data\n– Share tips and tools with patrons to support their data privacy\n– Apply practical approaches to library spaces\, policies\, and procedures as a way to maximize privacy
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/health-data-privacy-in-the-library-metro/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTAMP:20220607T172538Z
CREATED:20220603T164056Z
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SUMMARY:D4BL III - D4BL
DESCRIPTION:During our first two conferences\, we brought together people to envision a world where data was no longer a weapon but a powerful tool to promote self-determination\, build generational wealth\, develop resilience and resistance to environmental catastrophe\, and anchor a future where Black lives truly do matter. \n\nThis year\, through panel discussions\, workshops\, live performances and a range of multi-modal experiences\, we will be charting a new future for the role that data can and should play in the lives of Black people. We are hosting D4BL III at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts because we know that to change the role that data plays in our lives is to also change culture. \nWill you join us this fall? RSVP and let us know if you can make it. Tickets will go on sale in July\, so please note that this is not your official registration. Stay tuned for this announcement and details about speakers\, logistics\, and the official conference agenda. \nWe are also inviting submissions for workshops\, please share your visions with us here.
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/d4bl-iii-d4bl/
LOCATION:Lincoln Center for teh Performing Arts\, New York City\, NY\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220922T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220922T160000
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SUMMARY:Public Benefits Tech Advocacy Hub: An Introduction
DESCRIPTION:Technology is causing real harm for people in the form of public benefits cuts\, denials\, and terminations. The new Benefits Tech Advocacy Hub offers practical tools to support immediate fights against harmful benefits tech and is building a community to collectively strategize and change the way that benefits tech is implemented. Join us for a walkthrough of the new Benefits Tech Advocacy Hub. During the webinar we’ll: \n– Share the goals of the project\,\n– Highlight the resources we’ve developed to help legal services attorneys identify and\naddress issues with benefits technology\,\n– Explain how advocates\, technologists\, and others can become part of the community; and\n– Use a successful advocacy example from Missouri about intervening early in technology changes for Medicaid services to explore the Hub’s identification of advocacy points in the public benefits tech lifecycle and associated resources. \nWe will reserve time for Q&A.
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/public-benefits-tech-advocacy-hub-an-introduction/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220915T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220915T200000
DTSTAMP:20220913T212017Z
CREATED:20220913T211648Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220913T212017Z
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SUMMARY:The Internet is Black | AMP Seeds
DESCRIPTION: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 That’s So Black\, a pop culture video series produced by MediaJustice about how Black people have created\, shaped\, and nourished Internet culture. \n[…]
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/the-internet-is-black-amp-seeds/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220913T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220913T200000
DTSTAMP:20220824T195338Z
CREATED:20220809T201340Z
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SUMMARY:System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot | A Species Between Worlds
DESCRIPTION: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 optimizers fail to measure all that is meaningful and\, when their creative disruptions achieve great scale\, they impose their values upon the rest of us. Armed with an understanding of how technologists think and exercise their power\, three Stanford professors—a philosopher working at the intersection of tech and ethics\, a political scientist who served under Obama\, and the director of the undergraduate Computer Science program at Stanford (also an early Google engineer)—reveal how we can hold that power to account. \n[…]
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/system-error-where-big-tech-went-wrong-and-how-we-can-reboot-tickets-a-species-between-worlds/
LOCATION:Skylight Modern\, 537 West 27th Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10001
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220913T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220913T173000
DTSTAMP:20220907T154341Z
CREATED:20220906T221508Z
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SUMMARY:Future Security Forum 2022
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe 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 new and emerging global challenges. Forum sessions will assess the state of global affairs\, from revisiting the security situation in Afghanistan one year after the Taliban takeover\, analyzing the rise of domestic extremism\, and planning for future cybersecurity threats. \nCo-sponsors for the 2022 Future Security Forum are Joint Special Operations University and the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/future-security-forum-2022/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220908T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220908T193000
DTSTAMP:20220824T200133Z
CREATED:20220824T195458Z
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SUMMARY:Commercial Surveillance and Data Security Public Forum | Federal Trade Commission
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThis is a virtual event. \nDuring the last portion of the public forum\, members of the public are invited to share feedback on the FTC’s Commercial Surveillance and Data Security Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Members of the public must sign up on a first come\, first serve basis for an opportunity to speak at the September 8 event\, and the total number of speakers will be limited to ensure the event concludes on time. \nEach commenter will be given two minutes to share their comments. Speaker registration will be available through Wednesday\, August 31\, 2022 at 8 pm ET. \nThis event will be recorded and submitted to the ANPR record. The Commission retains discretion to make public remarks available following the event on ftc.gov.
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/commercial-surveillance-and-data-security-public-forum-federal-trade-commission/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220830
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220901
DTSTAMP:20220824T201257Z
CREATED:20220824T195449Z
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SUMMARY:Fall Regional Panels Registration Form | #BlackTechFutures Research Institute
DESCRIPTION:#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. \n\nThis two-night virtual event will take place on Tuesday\, August 30th and Wednesday\, August 31st beginning at 6:00 pm CT. Each panel will be streamed live\, for free on #BlackTechFutures Research Institute’s Facebook page.
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/fall-regional-panels-registration-form-blacktechfutures-research-institute/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220817
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220818
DTSTAMP:20220811T192739Z
CREATED:20220809T201314Z
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SUMMARY:Join the Congressional Innovation Scholars Program | TechCongress
DESCRIPTION: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 at a scale unparalleled in the private or public sectors. \nWe are bridging the divide between Congress and the technology sector by placing tech savvy people like you– an early-career technologist (two – six years professional experience)\, including those who have recently finished\, or are on track to finish a Master’s program or PhD– to work with Members of Congress and Congressional Committees. Our goals are to build capacity in Congress\, train cross-sector leaders — who can understand the challenges of government and in the technology community — and keep Congress up to date about the latest challenges and opportunities relating to technology. \n\n[…]
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/join-the-congressional-innovation-scholars-program-techcongress/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220817
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220818
DTSTAMP:20220811T192535Z
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SUMMARY:Join the Congressional Innovation Fellowship | TechCongress
DESCRIPTION: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 scale unparalleled in the private or public sectors. \nWe are bridging the divide between Congress and the technology sector by placing tech savvy candidates like you to work with Members of Congress and Congressional Committees in order to build capacity in Congress\, train cross-sector leaders — who can understand the challenges of government and in the technology community — and keep Congress up to date about the latest challenges and opportunities relating to technology. \n[…]
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/join-the-congressional-innovation-fellowship-techcongress/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220806T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220806T170000
DTSTAMP:20220802T174819Z
CREATED:20220802T165850Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on decolonial gestures with Tiara Roxanne | DOKU.TECH 2022
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe workshop with Tiara will be held at ITP Prizren and will be focused on Setter Colonialism/Data colonialism and introducing the decolonial gesture/storytelling as an example from an Indigenous perspective. \nTiara’s research and artistic practice investigates the encounter between Indigeneity and AI by interrogating colonial structures embedded within machine learning systems. \n[…] \nRegister now for DOKU.TECH in DOKUFEST: https://admin.ipkofoundation.org/group/02c840e52d22cf0e5bf7a97646d298e4ddb422f1
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/seminar-on-decolonial-gestures-with-tiara-roxanne-doku-tech-2022/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220722T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220724T170000
DTSTAMP:20220105T174734Z
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SUMMARY:International Data Power Conference
DESCRIPTION: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 questions that underpinned the founding of the conference. It is conceived as a series of dialogues\, dialogues about over-arching concerns and with disciplines and stakeholders working with and on data. In particular\, the conference will reflect on: \n\nHow can stakeholders be engaged in critical conversations about data power?\nWhat constitute rigorous methods when it comes to researching data power?\nTo what extent does critical data power research need to focus on specific instances of data power in action? What contributions can more generalised critiques make to our field?\n\nTo facilitate dialogues across disciplines and with stakeholders\, we welcome papers from interdisciplinary teams including disciplines incorporating aspects of data science\, and papers which incorporate non-academic collaborators from a range of sectors.
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/international-data-power-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220721T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220721T130000
DTSTAMP:20220714T192157Z
CREATED:20220714T191451Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220714T192157Z
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SUMMARY:Caste Bias in Tech | TechEquity Collaborative
DESCRIPTION:Caste Bias in Tech\n\n\nMany 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 hierarchy)\, bars many South Asians from succeeding in the tech industry. Caste bias and oppression can deny Dalit workers promotions\, jobs\, and access to tech’s prosperity\, in India\, in the United States\, and worldwide. \nWhile tech has made many promises to address racial inequities across the industry\, caste discrimination goes largely ignored. You may have heard that Google canceled an event with Thenmozhi Soundararajan about this very topic. We think this important equity issue has gone overlooked for too long in tech and beyond. \nJoin us on Thursday\, July 21st\, 12-1 pm PT for an illuminating discussion on caste discrimination in tech\, how the caste system intersects with racism\, sexism\, and classism in the U.S.\, and how existing hierarchies in tech reinforce these caste dynamics. We’ll hear from Dalit rights activist and executive director of Equality Labs\, Thenmozhi Soundararajan\, and Nitasha Tiku\, tech culture reporter for the Washington Post. \n[…]
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/caste-bias-in-tech-techequity-collaborative/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220720T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220720T163000
DTSTAMP:20220630T180611Z
CREATED:20220630T174714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220630T180611Z
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SUMMARY:Democracy Affirming Technology: Restoring Trust Online | Center for Democracy and Technology
DESCRIPTION:CDT & SIIA Event Examines Digital Information Campaigns & Online Trust \nRegister here. \nThe 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 the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington D.C.\, the event will feature speakers including CDT’s CEO Alexandra Reeve Givens\, SIIA’s Jeff Joseph & Paul Lekas\, U.S. government officials\, members of Congress\, and policy experts. \nDate: Wednesday\, July 20th from 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm EST\nLocation: U.S. Capitol Visitor Center\, First St NE\, Washington\, D.C. 20515
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/democracy-affirming-technology-restoring-trust-online-center-for-democracy-and-technology/
LOCATION:U.S. Capitol Visitor Center\, Washington\, D.C.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220719T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220719T170000
DTSTAMP:20220706T145126Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Speaker Series - "Roadmap to universal hate speech detection"
DESCRIPTION:Debora Nozza – “Roadmap to universal hate speech detection”\nHybrid presentation: Tuesday\, July 19 12:30 PST (note this talk is not Tuesday\, not our usual Wednesday)\n \nBio: 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 of hate speech and algorithmic bias on Social Media data in multilingual context. See https://dnozza.github.io/ for more information.\n\nAbstract: An increasing propagation of hate speech has been detected on social media platforms (e.g.\, Twitter) where (pseudo-)anonymity enables people to target others without being recognized or easily traced. While this societal issue has attracted many studies in the NLP community\, it comes with three important challenges. Hate speech detection models should be fair\, work on every language\, and consider the whole context (e.g.\, imagery). Solving these challenges will revolutionize the field of hate speech detection and help on creating a “universal” model. In this talk\, I will present my contributions in this area along with my takes for future directions.
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/summer-speaker-series-roadmap-to-universal-hate-speech-detection/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220718
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220721
DTSTAMP:20220628T191950Z
CREATED:20220628T185811Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220628T191950Z
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SUMMARY:12th International Conference on Social Media & Society
DESCRIPTION: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\, present original research\, learn about recent and ongoing studies\, and network with peers. \nThe conference’s intensive program features hands-on workshops\, full papers\, work-in-progress papers\, and panels. The wide-ranging topics in social media showcase research from scholars working in many fields including Communication\, Computer Science\, Education\, Journalism\, Information Science\, Management\, Political Science\, Psychology and Sociology.
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/12th-international-conference-on-social-media-society/
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SUMMARY:Unfinished Salon 003: July 13
DESCRIPTION:Join Us! \nUnfinished Salon 003 \nWednesday\, July 13\, 2022\n2:00 – 3:00 PM ET\n11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT\nVirtual \nIn our digital age\, technology is interwoven in the very fabric of our society—our work\, our play\, and increasingly our communities and social lives. How can technology be a force for good and bring out the best in humanity? How does it help or hinder our efforts toward building a thriving multiracial democracy?
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/unfinished-salon-003-july-13/
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SUMMARY:Disability Justice in Technology Policy: Exploring the Intersections of Disability and Technology | NetGain Partnership
DESCRIPTION:Technology now impacts every dimension of our lives. Whether it’s work\, healthcare\, or education\, our experiences are shaped and influenced by technology. While technology can improve autonomy for people with disabilities and help create a more inclusive society\, it can also replicate or exacerbate forms of discrimination that historically harm people with disabilities. As public interest advocates\, scholars\, technologists\, and others continue work to advance equitable technology policy\, it is crucial that disabled people participate in these conversations at the intersection of technology and disability.In December 2021\, the Center for Democracy & Technology and the American Association of People with Disabilities released the report “Centering Disability in Technology Policy” (plain-language version here) which outlines challenges\, barriers\, and opportunities to center disability justice in technology policy work. The Ford Foundation’s leadership on this issue and support for the report has provided a learning opportunity within NetGain that we are eager to share more broadly within the field and with other funders. We welcome you to join us for a conversation about the report’s findings and the ways that technology and disability communities can work together to advance more inclusive and just technology.
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/__trashed/
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SUMMARY:Summer Speaker Series - "Communities as vague operators\, Algorithms as heuristics: Epistemological Questions for a Critical Network Science"
DESCRIPTION:Matthew Fuller and Dominik Schindler – “Communities as vague operators\, Algorithms as heuristics: Epistemological Questions for a Critical Network Science” \nVirtual presentation: Wednesday\, July 6 12:30 PST \nBios: Matthew Fuller is Professor of Cultural Studies. With Usman Haque\, he is co-author of ‘Urban Versioning System v1.0’ (ALNY) and with Andrew Goffey\, of ‘Evil Media’ (MIT)\,  Editor of ‘Software Studies\, a lexicon’ (MIT) and co-editor of the journal Computational Culture. He is involved in a number of projects in art\, media and software and is the author of the forthcoming\, ‘How to Sleep\, in art\, biology and culture’ (Bloomsbury). \nDominik Schinder has studied mathematics and digital media in Heidelberg\, Berlin and London. His PhD project in Applied Mathematics at Imperial College London draws from dynamical network analysis and machine learning. Dominik analyses far-right digital countercultures in collaboration with the Weizenbaum Institute in Berlin. \nAbstract: In this talk\, we aim to analyse the nature of what figures in network science as patterns of nodes and edges called ‘communities’. Remaining multi-faceted and vague\, we propose to describe the concept of community as a ‘vague operator’ that is similar to Susan Leigh Star’s notion of the boundary object but more loose like a collection of hints. Disentangling different lineages in network science then allows us to contextualise the founding myth of ‘community’ popularised by Michelle Girvan and Mark Newman in 2002. After studying one particular community detection algorithm\, the so called ‘Louvain algorithm’\, we comment on problems arising with some of their more ambiguous applications. We argue that ‘community’ can act as a real abstraction with the power to reshape social relations such as producing echo chambers in social networking sites. To trouble the epistemological foundations of community detection\, we thus imagine a ‘critical heuristics’ that embraces partiality\, actual humbleness\, reflexivity and artificiality.
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/summer-speaker-series-i/
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SUMMARY:AI & Human Rights: The Release of All Tech Is Human's Newest Report | Eventbrite
DESCRIPTION:Join this discussion about the takeaways from All Tech Is Human’s latest report on AI & Human Rights! You will hear from the All Tech Is Human team plus our subject matter expert for the report\, noted AI Ethicist Renee Cummings!
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/ai-human-rights-the-release-of-all-tech-is-humans-newest-report-eventbrite/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Register for the 2022 Public Interest Technology Summer Speaker Series | PITcases
DESCRIPTION:Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) is inviting people from all walks of life interested in learning about\, starting a career in\, or advancing their knowledge of public interest technology (PIT) to participate in the 2022 PIT-UN Summer Speaker Series. \nThe 12-part lecture series will draw from some of the foremost experts in the field to teach foundational concepts\, skills\, and knowledge for advancing Public Interest Technology (PIT). \nLearn More
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/register-for-the-2022-public-interest-technology-summer-speaker-series-pitcases/
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SUMMARY:Digital Rights Virtual Job Fair
DESCRIPTION:Date: June 16\, 2022  \nJoin the Digital Rights Job Fair \n\n\nMeet leading organizations at the intersection of technology\, human rights\, and social justice\, working on the most important issues facing our world.\nExpand your network and learn about the opportunities available in the digital rights field\, whether you are a seasoned professional or just starting your career.\nLearn how your skillset can be useful to organizations advancing digital rights and internet freedom worldwide! We are looking for all types of profiles and backgrounds. Folks new to the digital rights field are highly encouraged to come!\nSpace is limited\, so RSVP in the form below soon!\nCome prepared by checking out popular Digital Rights Job Board\, and have questions ready for recruiters!\n\n\nWho Should Participate?  \nIdeal candidates come from all disciplines\, ranging from community organizers to researchers to technologists. What they share in common is a desire to work in an  authentically diverse field  that supports activists\, journalists and citizen advocates from around the world\, who are facing next generation issues brought on by technology. \nIn addition\, participants can be based anywhere in the world because many of the participating organizations have distributed teams\, with staff based in various regions. If you are new to the digital rights field\, this is a great opportunity to connect with amazing organizations and see what jobs are available!   We strongly encourage the participation of people who speak one or more languages\, and are from underrepresented groups and/or diaspora communities. There is also a great need for young technologists looking to start their career in Internet Freedom spaces. \nWhat Organizations are Participating?  \nParticipating organizations  work on  issues ranging from online censorship to surveillance\, disinformation\, online harassment\, whistleblowing\, Internet freedom\, and the protection of groups such as activists\, journalists\, women\, and sexual minorities\, among others. They understand the impact the Internet is having on our societies\, and are motivated to advocate for a free and open Internet where individuals\, no matter where they come from\, can express themselves safely and securely online\, without fear of repercussions. While the list may grow in coming week\, confirmed participating organizations include: \n\n\n\n\n\nOpen Culture Foundation (OCF) is a non-profit organization based in Taiwan that believes “open” as the root of internet and social design. We dedicate ourselves to promoting open source\, open data\, open government\, digital rights and internet freedom.\n\n\n\n\nThe Tor Project is a nonprofit that advances human rights and defend users privacy online through free software and open networks.\n\n\n\n\nIVPN is a VPN service that has been independently audited by cure53\, has undergone a no-logging audit and a comprehensive pentest report.IVPN is run by a team of information security experts and privacy activists.\n\n\n\n\nJust Tech at SSRC supports and mobilizes diverse and cross-sector cohorts of researchers and practitioners to imagine and create more just\, equitable\, and representative technological futures.\n\n\n\n\nPEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression in the United States and worldwide.\n\n\n\n\n \n\n   \n\nCloudflare’s mission is to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks\, building products based on cutting edge cryptography and Internet standards to help people improve the security and performance of their web sites and services.\n\n\n\n\nThe Calyx Institute is a non-profit education and research organization devoted to studying\, testing and developing and implementing privacy technology and tools to promote free speech\, free expression\, civic engagement and privacy rights on the internet and in the mobile communications industry.\n\n\n\n\nThe Digital Asia Hub is an independent\, non-profit Internet and society research think tank based in Hong Kong. Incubated by The Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University and a diverse group of academic\, civil society\, and private sector partners\, the Hub provides an open\, and collaborative platform for research\, knowledge sharing and capacity building related to Internet and Society issues with a focus on digital Asia.\n\n\n\n\nGreatFire is an organization that monitors censorship and promotes free speech online\, particularly in China. We are united by a belief in universal rights to access information and the ability to use technology to defend these rights.\n\n\n \n\nGlobaleaks is an open source software that enables anyone to easily setup a maintain a secure whistleblowing platform.\n\n\n\n\nSMEX is a Lebanese NGO that works to advance self-regulating information societies in the Arab-Speaking region\n\n\n \n\nThe Engine Room is a nonprofit that helps activists\, organisations\, and other social change agents make the most of data and technology to increase their impact.\n\n\n\n\nHorizontal supports frontline defenders\, activists and journalists through digital security and tool development\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOpenArchive is an experienced research and development organization dedicated to advancing human rights through secure\, long-term mobile media preservation.\n\n\n\n..\nOpen Technology Fund (OTF) is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to advancing internet freedom in the world’s most repressive environments. It is one of the largest internet freedom funders in the word.\n\n\n\n\nMeedan is a technology non-profit that builds software and initiatives to strengthen global journalism\, digital literacy and accessibility of information for the world.\n\n\n\n\n\nRanking Digital Rights advances corporate accountability for human rights in the digital age. They are an independent think-tank based in New America.\n\n\n\n\nSample of roles being recruited: \n\nCommunications professionals\nCommunity builders and organizers\nDesigners\nPrivacy and security education specialists\, including digital security trainers and educators\n\nGrants managers\nOperations\nFinance Professionals\nProduct managers\n\n\nDiverse Researchers\, ranging from computer scientists to social scientists to UX experts.\nTechnologist including:\n\nEngineers\nProgrammers\nSystems administrators\nTool Developers\nAndroid OS developers\n\n\n\nThe Job Fair will include an opening presentation with information on how to break into the digital rights space\, as well as our most recent research on how to improve the health of individuals and networks in the digital rights community. This includes information on Labor Rights and mental health. \n\nThe Digital Rights Job Fair is an initiative of Team CommUNITY\, a community-based membership network that fosters and nurtures healthy\, resilient\, and inclusive networks of digital rights defenders across the globe. \n\n 
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/digital-rights-virtual-job-fair/
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SUMMARY:Brain wellness\, genomic justice\, and Indigenous communities | Eventbrite
DESCRIPTION:Hear perspectives from Krystal Tsosie\, co-founder of the first U.S. Indigenous-led biobank\, and from members of a working group that convened this past fall to explore the meanings of brain wellness in an Indigenous health context. Our conversation will span topics including research and data sovereignty\, intersections between genomic ethics and neuroethics\, and uplifting community voices and perspectives. Come ready to learn and consider how our positionalities\, lived experiences and cultures can impact the way we think and reason about ethics.
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/brain-wellness-genomic-justice-and-indigenous-communities-eventbrite/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:How Runaway Algorithms Brought Down the Dutch Government | NYU
DESCRIPTION:A Dutch court ruled in 2020 that an algorithmic system for detecting fraud in the welfare system called ‘SyRI’ violated human rights and had to be stopped. The law allowed a potentially open-ended number of public authorities to share data and run this through a risk prediction model to flag individuals as potential fraudsters. This system had mainly been targeted at low-income neighborhoods where a significant part of the population has a migrant background. But this system was not the only one of its kind in the Netherlands. In January 2021\, the Dutch government stepped down following the Child Benefit Scandal\, which involved the algorithmic risk-profiling of beneficiaries on the basis of nationality. In this conversation\, we will examine the origins\, similarities and consequences of the SyRI litigation and Child Benefit Scandal. We will ask how such systems persist despite court rulings and political backlash\, and form the mere tip of the iceberg of algorithmic government in the Netherlands.
URL:https://just-tech.ssrc.org/event/how-runaway-algorithms-brought-down-the-dutch-government-nyu/
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