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CTS-FGV at IGF
by Luca Belli Nov. 26, 2022

Nov. 26, 2022

Dear colleagues, As you know, next week the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Center for Technology and Society at Fundação Getulio Vargas (CTS-FGV<https://twitter.com/CTS_FGV>) will participate in a good number of sessions presenting research and discussing IGF outcomes regarding a variety of issues including digital commons, AI, community networks, internet openness, platform governance, and cybersecurity. You are all kindly invited to attend the sessions below: Monday, 28 November 2022 * IGF 2022 Day 0 Event #17 Internet Commons Forum: Internet as a Commons<https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2022-day-0-event-17-internet-com…> Banquet Hall B | 10:30-12:30 (GMT-3) Wednesday, 30 November 2022 * IGF 2022 DCPR Platform responsibilities in times of conflict<https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2022-dcpr-platform-responsibilit…> Banquet Hall B | 07:15-08:45 (GMT-3) Thursday, 01 December 2022 * IGF 2022 Town Hall #104 Designing an AI ethical framework in the Global South<https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2022-town-hall-104-designing-an-…> Caucus Room | 06:00-07:00 (GMT-3) * IGF 2022 DCNN Internet Openness Formula: Interoperability + Device + Net<https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2022-dcnn-internet-openness-form…> CR3 | 09:05-10:35 (GMT-3) * IGF 2022 DC3 Community networks as human rights enablers <https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2022-dc3-community-networks-as-h…> Banquet Hall B | 10:50-12:20 (GMT-3) Friday, 02 December 2022 * IGF 2022 Town Hall #110 Security Meets Responsibility: Connected Everything’s Resilience <https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2022-town-hall-110-security-meet…> CR6 | 09:00-10:00 (GMT-3) Please feel free to share this email through your networks. Kind regards Luca [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_direito_rio.jpg] Luca Belli, PhD Professor | FGV Law Schoool Coordinator | Center for Technology & Society [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_tel.jpg]+55 21 3799 5763 t@1lucabelli<https://twitter.com/1lucabelli> [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_direito_rio_map.j… de Botafogo, 190 13º andar Botafogo - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - CEP: 22250-900 [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_url.jpg]perso… www.lucabelli.net<https://lucabelli.net/> [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_url.jpg]CTS-F… direitorio.fgv.br/cts<https://direitorio.fgv.br/cts> [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_url.jpg]CPDP LatAm www.cpdp.lat<http://www.CPDP.lat> [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_url.jpg]cyber… www.cyberbrics.info<http://www.cyberbrics.info/> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This message, as well as any attached document, may contain personal data and information that is confidential and privileged and is intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying or distribution of this email or attached documents, or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email by mistake.

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Data (Re)makes the World: Call for Abstracts (Nov 25)
by Chinmayi Arun Nov. 25, 2022

Nov. 25, 2022

*Dear All,* *We are inviting paper submissions for our Spring Conference,* * Data (Re)makes the World <https://law.yale.edu/isp/events/data-remakes-world>. *The deadline for abstracts is November 25th. I’ve shared more details below. *aaron.mendon-plasek(a)yale.edu <aaron.mendon-plasek(a)yale.edu>* *can answer any questions that you might have.* *Best,* *Chinmayi* Chinmayi Arun Executive Director, Yale Information Society Project Research Scholar in Law, Yale Law School *CALL FOR PAPERS* We invite paper submissions for Data (Re)makes the World <https://law.yale.edu/isp/events/data-remakes-world>, a conference hosted by the Information Society Project <https://law.yale.edu/isp> to be held at Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut, on March 31-April 1, 2023. Artificial intelligence, data science, and algorithmic approaches to decision making often assume we can better describe and predict social phenomena through the collection, imputation, and manipulation of data. But the problems and issues of how to measure, how to count, and what counts in counting, have a long history that predates the digital revolution. Quantifying social life shapes not only what we know but how we know. It simultaneously describes, imposes perspectives, and presupposes values. New forms of quantification and data analysis displace earlier ways of understanding. They may transform and threaten existing practices and professions, and, in the process, create social conflict and breed distrust. Using machine learning systems to augment or replace human decision making may conflict with existing social norms, political values, and legal interpretations. The rise and spread of machine learning systems, and of algorithmic decision making more generally, have spurred calls for legal and social reform. But these technologies may also may change people’s existing values, lead to new political and cultural norms, and novel conceptions (and measures) of community, justice, and equality. We seek paper submissions that investigate the ways our quantification practices are informing and reshaping our values and our communities—including the effects on democratic representation, civil rights, civil liberties, civil and criminal justice, and the promotion of sound public policy. We are particularly interested in papers discussing artificial intelligence, machine learning, and algorithmic decision-making, but also welcome papers that explore quantification practices across different times, places, and cultures. We hope to bring together an interdisciplinary group of scholars, technologists, and policy activists working in and outside of the academy, including but not limited to those working in and across the disciplines of history, public health, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, computer science, statistics, mathematics, economics, cultural studies, medicine, and law. We will cover travel, accommodation and reasonable travel expenses (as per Yale University policies and procedures <https://your.yale.edu/policies-procedures/policies/3301-travel-university-b…>) for participants invited to present papers at the conference. *Please submit your 400-word abstract (not including references) in a PDF file that also includes your name and email by 11:59 pm EST on November 25, 2022, via this* *submission form <https://forms.gle/gmoEZDkRF8BWdpCo6>. Authors whose papers are accepted will be expected to provide full paper drafts two weeks prior to the conference, which will be circulated to all conference participants. Please send your questions to* *aaron.mendon-plasek(a)yale.edu <aaron.mendon-plasek(a)yale.edu>. We look forward to reading your submissions!*

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Webinar 5G Regulation: Standards, Surveillance, and Ideology
by Luca Belli Nov. 17, 2022

Nov. 17, 2022

Dear colleagues, In case you are interested in the discussions revolving around 5G, especially regarding the latest development at the international level and from Brazil, you are kindly invited to participate to the CyberBRICS Webinar we are organising tomorrow to explore 5G Regulation: Standards, Surveillance, and Ideology<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3VWl_D6wLg&list=PLQcRbDJ1JYKK972aGHejOq8am…> We will have our new CTS-FGV Visiting Professor Niels ten Oever and Vanessa Copetti Cravo, cybersecurity specialist at ANATEL (the Brazilian telecoms regulator) discussing the issue with us at 11:00 BRT (GMT-3) The webinar will be livestreamed here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3VWl_D6wLg&list=PLQcRbDJ1JYKK972aGHejOq8am… Please feel free to share this email All the best Luca [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_direito_rio.jpg] Luca Belli, PhD Professor | FGV Law Schoool Coordinator | Center for Technology & Society [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_tel.jpg]+55 21 3799 5763 t@1lucabelli<https://twitter.com/1lucabelli> [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_direito_rio_map.j… de Botafogo, 190 13º andar Botafogo - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - CEP: 22250-900 [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_url.jpg]perso… www.lucabelli.net<https://lucabelli.net/> [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_url.jpg]CTS-F… direitorio.fgv.br/cts<https://direitorio.fgv.br/cts> [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_url.jpg]CPDP LatAm www.cpdp.lat<http://www.CPDP.lat> [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_url.jpg]cyber… www.cyberbrics.info<http://www.cyberbrics.info/> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This message, as well as any attached document, may contain personal data and information that is confidential and privileged and is intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying or distribution of this email or attached documents, or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email by mistake.

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Job posting: Research Fellow, AI and Inclusion @ uOttawa
by Florian Martin-Bariteau Nov. 15, 2022

Nov. 15, 2022

Dear All, [My apologies for cross-posting.] The AI + Society Initiative<https://techlaw.uottawa.ca/aisociety/alextrebek-postdoc-cihr-fellowship-hea…> is seeking an enthusiastic Scotiabank Research Fellow to pursue an innovative research program focused on reimagining how to design ethical and inclusive artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The research fellow will work closely with Prof. Jane Bailey<https://techlaw.uottawa.ca/people/bailey-jane>, Dr. Valerie Steeves<https://techlaw.uottawa.ca/people/steeves-valerie>, and/or Dr. Jason Millar<https://techlaw.uottawa.ca/people/millar-jason> as part of the University of Ottawa AI + Society Initiative, as well as teams from The eQuality Project<https://techlaw.uottawa.ca/initiatives/equality> and the Canadian Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Ethical Design Lab<https://techlaw.uottawa.ca/initiatives/craiedl> (CRAiEDL). Applicants are encouraged to propose creative ideas for a research fellowship, emphasizing how they plan to contribute to new knowledge in developing effective inclusive and participatory ethical design/engineering frameworks for AI systems that avoid the disturbing risk of amplifying global digital injustices through AI for marginalized populations (women, youth, seniors, Indigenous People, LGBTQIA2S+, racialized people, people with disabilities, and linguistic minorities��and those marginalized by intersecting oppressions such as racism, sexism, and homophobia). We are particularly, but by no means exclusively interested in proposals aligning with the following topics: Developing Ethical Engineering Design Practices, Youth and AI, and AI and Justice. More details are available at: https://aisociety.ca/scotiabank-research-fellow-ai-inclusion-2023 The selection committee will start to review applications on December 1, 2022. Applications will be considered until a successful candidate is found. We expect the fellowship to start in January 2023. However, should the candidate be available, and subject to university and immigration procedures, the fellowship could start earlier in the fall. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to send a message to aisociety(a)uottawa.ca<mailto:aisociety@uottawa.ca>. All the best, Florian �z�z�z Florian Martin-Bariteau, LL.D. Fellow, Berkman-Klein Center for Internet & Society | Harvard University Professeur agr��g��, Section de common law | Associate Professor, Common Law Section Chaire de recherche de l��Universit�� en technologie et soci��t��<https://droittech.uottawa.ca/chaires/cru-technologie-societe> | University Research Chair in Technology and Society<https://techlaw.uottawa.ca/chairs/urc-technology-society> Directeur, Initiative IA + Soci��t��<http://www.iasociete.ca/> | Director, AI + Society Initiative<http://www.aisociety.ca/> Directeur (en cong��), Centre de recherche en droit, technologie et soci��t��<https://droittech.uottawa.ca/> | Director (on leave), Centre for Law, Technology and Society<https://techlaw.uottawa.ca/> Universit�� d��Ottawa | University of Ottawa

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Yale ISP Majority World Initiative Fellowship
by Chinmayi Arun Nov. 14, 2022

Nov. 14, 2022

Dear All, I am very excited to share that the Yale ISP is hiring a fellow for our new Majority World Initiative <https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/isp-launches-majority-world-initiative-…>. Please do pass this on to your networks, and to people you think might enjoy working with us. I've extracted some details below and attached the call for applications <https://law.yale.edu/isp/join-us>to this email. Best, Chinmayi Chinmayi Arun Executive Director, Yale Information Society Project Research Scholar in Law, Yale Law School MWI is our new initiative to support social media governance scholars from the Majority World by amplifying their work and thinking, and drawing them into the global social media governance scholars’ community. You can read more about it here <https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/isp-launches-majority-world-initiative-…> . The MWI Fellowship is an opportunity for a research scholar to build and engage with a community of majority world scholars, nurturing their ideas and finding ways to publish and amplify them. A J.D., Ph.D., or equivalent degree is required. The ideal candidate will be familiar with social media governance scholarship and with the challenges majority world researchers face while thinking and writing about global online platforms. They will also have excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, will be capable of writing persuasively. We encourage candidates from the majority world to apply. The duties of the MWI Fellow may include: - Identifying thematic focus areas in consultation with the Executive Director - Building relationships with majority world scholars - Writing white papers or academic articles, and publishing blog posts and op-eds - Commissioning papers and blog posts from scholars, and publishing interviews with them - Executing the MWI project, including organizing workshops and a conference, and working with the others involved in the project and institution when necessary - Supporting the Executive Director, and coordinating with the ISP staff and Yale law school staff wherever necessary

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AI Tech & Policy Talks - Tuesday November 15, 2022
by Ammihud Joseph Nov. 4, 2022

Nov. 4, 2022

Dear NoC collegues, We are pleased to invite you to join us online, on Tuesday November 15, from 5:30 to 7 pm (Swiss /CET time), for the next session of our AI Tech and Policy Talks (AITPT), organized by our Digital Law Center. This talk will feature a presentation Presentation by P<https://www.idiap.ch/~marcel/professional/Welcome.html>rof. Sébastien Marcel<https://www.idiap.ch/~marcel/professional/Welcome.html>, Professor at i<https://www.kuleuven.be/english/kuleuven/>diap<https://www.idiap.ch/en>: Spoofing and deepfakes in biometrics and the risk of identity theft The presentation will be followed by comments from: P<https://itsrio.org/en/institutional/>rof. Sérgio Branco<https://itsrio.org/en/institutional/>, co-founder and Director of the Institute for Technology & Society of Rio de Janeiro (ITS Rio<https://itsrio.org/en/institutional/>) and Irmak Erdo<https://www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/en/staff-members/staff/00157508>ğan<https://www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/en/staff-members/staff/00157508>,<http://www.f.waseda.jp/uenot/profile_e.html> Postdoctoral researcher at the Center for IT & IP Law (CiTiP<https://www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/en>) of KU Leuven University The participation is free upon registration (until Monday November 14) at: https://formulaire.unige.ch/outils/limesurveyfac/droit/index.php/682166?lan… More information about this talk and AITPT's concept are available at: https://www.digitallawcenter.ch/en/event/AITPT Kindly feel free to share the information to interested colleagues and to reach out should you have any questions on AITPT (digitallawcenter(a)unige.ch<mailto:digitallawcenter@unige.ch>). Thank you and best regards, Prof. Jacques de Werra Ammihud Joseph [digital_law_center_logo_noir_rvb] University of Geneva, Faculty of Law Uni Mail, 40 bd du Pont-d'Arve 1204 Geneva, Switzerland +41 22 379 30 50 www.digitallawcenter.ch<http://www.digitallawcenter.ch/> digitallaw(a)unige.ch<mailto:digitallaw@unige.ch> www.linkedin.com/company/digitallawcenter/<http://www.linkedin.com/company/digitallawcenter/>

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