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Propaganda and Emerging Technologies Conference - Yale Law School, April '24
by Chinmayi Arun Nov. 9, 2023

Nov. 9, 2023

(apologies for cross-posting) Dear All, We're inviting abstracts for an international conference on Propaganda and Emerging Technologies that we're hosting at Yale Law School next Spring. Details are below. My wonderful colleague ( salwa.hoque(a)yale.edu ) will be happy to answer any questions that you might have. Best, Chinmayi *April 5th and 6th, 2024, Yale Law School* *Propaganda and Emerging Technologies Conference* We invite abstracts for ‘Propaganda and Emerging Technologies,’ a conference hosted by the *Information Society Project <https://law.yale.edu/isp>*, and to be held at Yale Law School on April 5th and 6th, 2024. Problems of propaganda, hate speech, misinformation, manipulation, and electoral influence have persisted for years. These problems will likely increase as generative AI and extended reality technologies become more sophisticated and accessible. Because the problems are global as well as domestic, the solutions require a global as well as a domestic perspective. This international and interdisciplinary conference aims to explore how generative AI, extended reality, and other emerging technologies create new problems for the public sphere, and the best ways to deal with these problems. The goal of the conference is to help lawyers, policy makers and social media companies anticipate and plan for a new wave of propaganda in the age of artificial intelligence. We invite abstracts from legal scholars and experts, as well as scholars from other disciplines – including history, public health, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, media studies, information science, computer science, statistics, and cultural studies – that investigate questions of propaganda: historic, contemporary and emerging. We welcome papers that explore (but are not limited to) how new technologies like AI and extended reality might undermine or increase distrust in knowledge-producing and credentialing institutions, including science, journalism, and academia, and how best to counteract these effects. We also seek work that discusses how new technologies will produce new forms and new kinds of propaganda. *Please submit your 500 words abstract in this **submission form <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle…>*. Authors whose papers are accepted will be expected to provide full paper drafts by March 1st prior to the conference, which will be circulated to all conference participants. Please send your questions to *Salwa Hoque <salwa.hoque@yale.edu?subject=Propganda%20and%20Emerging%20Technologies%20-%20CfP%20-%20Inquiry>* . *Deadline: Our submissions portal will close on November 10th*. We request people who will require an invitation letter to apply for a U.S. visa, to apply by October 30th. Yale-ISP is unable to assist with visa procedures for international presenters; all presenters are requested to obtain the necessary visa(s) and make their own travel arrangements. *Click here for additional information on this Call for Papers and Propaganda and Emerging Technologies Conference.* <https://law.yale.edu/isp/initiatives/majority-world-initiative>

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Call for Applications: Fellowship HIIG Berlin
by NoC ＠HIIG Oct. 16, 2023

Oct. 16, 2023

Dear friends of the NoC, please feel free to have a look and share the call for application for the 2024 fellowship program of the HIIG in Berlin. Call for Applications: Internet and Society Fellowship 2024 (hiig.de) <https://www.hiig.de/en/fellowship-2024/> Here you can also find the contact details for further questions. Best regards from Berlin Vincent Hofmann -- Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft gGmbH Französische Straße 9 · 10117 Berlin T +49 30 200 760 82 · F +49 30 206 089 60 · www.hiig.de <http://www.hiig.de> · Twitter <https://twitter.com/hiig_berlin> · Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/hiigberlin/> · LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/school/hiigberlin/> Gesellschaftssitz Berlin | Amtsgericht Berlin Charlottenburg | HRB 140911B | USt-ID DE 291 151 171 Forschungsdirektorium: Prof. Dr. Jeanette Hofmann (Geschäftsführung) · Prof. Dr. Björn Scheuermann · Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Schildhauer · Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz | Geschäftsführung: Dr. Karina Preiß

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CTS-FGV at IGF
by Luca Belli Oct. 7, 2023

Oct. 7, 2023

Dear colleagues, As many of know, today the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is starting in Kyoto. The Center for Technology and Society at Fundação Getulio Vargas (CTS-FGV<https://twitter.com/CTS_FGV>) is participating in a good number of sessions presenting research and discussing IGF outcomes regarding a variety of issues including digital sovereignty, digital commons, AI, community networks, internet openness, platform governance and digital cooperation. You are all kindly invited to join us in the various session you can check here https://medium.com/@ctsfgv/cts-fgv-researchers-will-participate-in-the-igf-… You can check the main highlights of the sessions here https://twitter.com/CTS_FGV/status/1709644049018224888 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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