April 2024 - netsociety - server-nexa.polito.it

CfA - PLSC Europe (24-25 October, Amsterdam)

by Jef Ausloos

Dear colleague, We are very excited to announce another edition of PLSC-Europe<https://www.ivir.nl/plsce2024/>, 24-25 October in Amsterdam. Following the format of PLSC in the United States, PLSC Europe is a conference for discussing work in progress. In the PLSC format, discussants, rather than authors, present and kick off a discussion on an assigned paper. There are no panels or presentations by the authors and everyone is a "participant”, offering their best questions and insights to stimulate discussion on fresh scholarship. Our goal is to improve and provide support for in-progress scholarship on a wide variety of issues and topics that touch upon privacy in its broadest interpretation. As such, we very much welcome submissions from different (sub)disciplines, taking alternative angles to privacy and data governance more broadly. More information on the conference and scope can be found on our website<https://www.ivir.nl/plsce2024/>. The deadline for our Call for Abstracts is May 3rd (https://www.ivir.nl/plsce2024/ + attached). Please consider submitting your work and we very much look forward welcoming you in Amsterdam! Best wishes PLSC-E Organising Committee Jef Ausloos, Kristina Irion, Laurens Naudts, Marijn Sax, Plixavra Vogiatzoglou

April 17, 2024

several openings in the UNESCO AI Ethics team

by duaa.ayounes＠gmail.com

Dear all, Feel free to disseminate widely See below announcement of a couple of openings in our AI Ethics team at UNESCO, I am not objective but the team is great and the work is really impactful, I am currently on maternity leave so my email response is slow, but I'll try to pay attention to written questions regarding any of those positions, Some of the openings are consultancies and others are more of full time positions within the team, Do you want to join UNESCO's effort to secure ethical future for AI? Are you interested in building effective AI governance frameworks worldwide? Then use your relevant knowledge and skills to contribute to these aims with UNESCO's Ethics of AI team, and apply for the newly announced vacancies for two exciting initiatives: Promoting Ethical Governance of AI Project provides comprehensive assistance to five countries to implement UNESCO's Recommendation on the Ethics of AI and produces actionable knowledge and policy-oriented research to support effective AI governance in these countries and globally. UNESCO is looking for experts to lead on the following workstreams: * Developing Models of AI Governance Framework <https://careers.unesco.org/job/Other-cities-Consultant/791818302/> (Deadline 17 April) * Mapping Global <https://careers.unesco.org/job/Other-cities-Consultant/791818602/> Market Trends in AI (Deadline 17 April) * Exploring AI <https://careers.unesco.org/job/Other-cities-Consultant/791819202/> 's impact on the Equity, Non-discrimination, and Inclusion Agenda (Deadline 17 April) Supervising AI by Competent Authorities Project aims to provide support to the Dutch Authority for Digital Infrastructure, and to the members of the Dutch and European Working Groups of Competent Authorities on AI, to enhance their competencies and capacity to supervise AI in compliance with the EU AI Act and other relevant legislation and international standards, such as UNESCO's Recommendation on the Ethics of AI. UNESCO is looking for experts for the following positions: * Project Coordinator <https://careers.unesco.org/job/Other-cities-Consultant-Project-Coordinator/ 791819602/> (Deadline 17 April) * Lead Expert for developing training outputs and facilitating knowledge transfer <https://careers.unesco.org/job/Other-cities-Project-Consultant/791770102/> (Deadline 16 April) * Lead Expert for conducting research for case studies and policy outputs <https://careers.unesco.org/job/Other-cities-Project-Consultant/791769902/> (Deadline 16 April) Please follow the instructions provided in the announcements to submit your application by the indicated deadline. If you have any questions, please contact the Ethics of AI Unit at admin-ai-ethics(a)unesco.org <mailto:admin-ai-ethics@unesco.org> Best regards Doaa

April 8, 2024

April 5-6 Propaganda and Emerging Technologies conference

by Chinmayi Arun

Dear All, I hope you’ve been well. The Yale ISP is hosting an international conference on propaganda and emerging tech this weekend. I am sharing the details in case anybody wants to watch online. Best, Chinmayi Chinmayi Arun Executive Director, Yale Information Society Project Lecturer & Research Scholar in Law, Yale Law School ------------------------------------------------------------- *Conference Theme:* Propaganda and Emerging Technologies *Date:* April 5th and 6th *Location:* Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street New Haven, CT 06511 *Mode*: In-Person Propaganda, hate speech, misinformation, manipulation, and electoral influence have persisted for years. These problems can take on new forms as generative AI and extended reality technologies increase and become more accessible. This international and interdisciplinary conference aims to explore how emerging technologies can generate propaganda in new ways as well as reinscribe propaganda in older, more familiar ways. We will collectively think of ways to handle these problems from local and global perspectives. The goal of the conference is to help lawyers, academics, policy makers, and media companies anticipate and prepare for a new wave of propaganda through technologies that operate using AI. Here is the conference schedule <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__law.yale.edu_isp_event…> and registration link <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.eventbrite.com_e_p…>. Registration is required to attend the conference. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Salwa Hoque( salwa.hoque(a)yale.edu ). Note: The schedule is subject to change. *Friday, April 5* 9.15am – 10.45am (90 mins): *Plenary Session I: Propaganda* *[Room 120: * *Webinar]* <https://yale.zoom.us/j/92762639716> Jason Stanley, Yale Law School, USA Renee DiResta, Stanford University, USA Nicole Curato, University of Canberra, Australia Moderator: Jack Balkin, Yale Law School, USA 10.45am – 11.00am (15 mins): *Coffee Break **[Room 122]* *11.00am – 12.30pm (90 mins): Paper Presentations/Breakout Sessions* *Breakout Session 1: Propaganda's Effects: Gender, Sexuality, and Rurality **[Room 120: **Webinar* <https://yale.zoom.us/j/92762639716>*]* Walker Brewer: Northwestern University, USA “Emerging Technologies and the Global Coordination of Misinformation: Unpacking the Transatlantic Flow of Anti-Transgender Disinformation between the US and the UK” Bizaa Zeynab Ali, NYU / The New School for Social Research, USA “AI as Fake News and Other Perils of Generative AI in Pakistan’s Digital Sphere” Kiran Garimella, Rutgers University, USA “The Role of Generative AI in Shaping Political Discourse on WhatsApp in India” Moderator: Dhanaraj Thakur, Research Director at the Center for Democracy & Technology *Breakout Session 2: Emerging Forms of Propaganda in Elections **[Room 128: **Webinar* <https://yale.zoom.us/s/99218905341>*]* Carlos Affonso Souza, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Brazil “The Storm After the Storm: Lessons from the contentious debate over Internet regulation and propaganda in Brazil after the Bolsonaro years” Grant Fergusson, Ben Winters and Calli Schroeder, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), USA “Election Information Avengers: A Taxonomy of AI Election Harms and the U.S. Actors that Can Remedy Them” Sinta Dewi Rosadi: University of Padjadjaran, Indonesia “The impact of the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on black campaigns in Indonesia's general elections” Moderator: Paolo Tamase, University of the Philippines (U.P.) College of Law, Philippines 12.30pm – 2.30pm (2 hours): *Lunch [Dining Hall]* *2.30pm – 4.00 pm (90 mins): Paper Presentations/Breakout Sessions* *Breakout Session 3: Information Warfare and Threat to Democracy **[Room 120: **Webinar* <https://yale.zoom.us/j/92762639716>*]* Nuurrianti Jalli, Oklahoma State University, USA “AI-Driven information warfare in Southeast Asia: Exploring propaganda, dis/information, and policy readiness in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines” Ignacio Cofone, McGill University, Canada “Obliviousness to generative AI is the biggest threat to democracy” Nathalie A. Smuha, NYU School of Law/KU Leuven Faculty of Law, USA/Belgium “Drafting, thinking, feeling: what we delegate to generative AI, and how this threatens democracy” Moderator: Chinmayi Arun, Yale Law School, USA *Breakout Session 4: Methods of Persuasion **[Room 128: **Webinar* <https://yale.zoom.us/s/99218905341>*]* Judith Pintar, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA “Automated Persuasions: Reconsidering the power of suggestion in the era of AI” Inga Kristina Trauthig, Gabrielle D Beacken, and Samuel Woolley, The University of Texas at Austin, USA “Backsliding Democracies: How Emerging Technologies Aid Autocratic Propaganda” Demanda Bimantoro, State University of Malang, Indonesia “Wayang: Catharsis and Human Dynamics in Building Public Trust” Moderator: Mason Marks, Harvard University, USA *Saturday, April 6* *9.00am – 10.30am (90 mins): Paper Presentations/Breakout Sessions* *Breakout Session 5: Content Moderation **[Room 127: **Webinar* <https://yale.zoom.us/j/92762639716>*]* Endalkachew Chala, Hamline University, USA “Digital Disinformation Dynamics in Ethiopia: Social Media, Political Manipulation, and the Challenges of Content Moderation” Sarah Fisher and Jeffrey Howard, University College London / Oxford University, UK “Moderating Misinformation: The Challenge of Generative AI” Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia “Blind spots in Platform Content Moderation in Ethiopia” Moderator: Akriti Gaur, Yale Law School, USA *Breakout Session 6: Mis/Disinformation and Trust **[Room 128: **Webinar* <https://yale.zoom.us/s/99218905341>*]* Claudia Haupt and Mason Marks, Yale Law School and Florida State University, USA “Generating Medical Misinformation: How the FTC Should Regulate Dr. DALL·E and ChatGPT, MD” David Nemer, University of Virginia, USA “The Human Infrastructure of Misinformation: A Case Study of Brazil’s Heteromated Labor” Agustina Del Campo, Center for Studies on Freedom of Expression CELE, Argentina “Disinformation: Intermediary institutions under the magnifying glass.” Moderator: Michael (Mikey) McGovern, Yale Law School, USA 10.30am –10.45am: *Coffee Break **[Room 122]* 10.45am –12.15pm (90 mins): *Plenary Session II: Regulating Propaganda* *[Room 127: * *Webinar* <https://yale.zoom.us/j/92762639716>*]* Mihir Kshirsagar and Surya Mattu, Princeton University, USA “Whatsapp Watch: Regulating Political Speech On Private Social Networks” Siddharth Narrain, Adelaide Law School, Australia “Online Propaganda and the Regulation of Hate Speech on Facebook in Contemporary India” Michael Karanicolas, UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy, USA “Combatting Metaganda” Moderator: Nga Phan, Yale Law School, USA 12.15pm – 12.30pm: (15 mins): *Break / Collect Lunch **[Dining Hall]* 12.30pm – 2.00pm (90 mins): *Plenary III: New Forms of Simulation **[Room 127: **Webinar* <https://yale.zoom.us/j/92762639716>*]* Tiffany Li, University of San Francisco School of Law, USA “Personalized Propaganda” Madelyne Xiao, Princeton University. USA “The Challenges of Machine Learning for Trust and Safety: A Case Study on Misinformation Detection” Bao Kham Chau, Cornell Tech, USA “Audio Deepfakes and the Regulation of the Landlords of Creativity” Moderator: Salwa Hoque, Yale Law School 2.00pm – 2.15pm: Closing

April 3, 2024

call for application Geneva Digital Law Research Colloquium (deadline April 17, 2024)/Digital Law Summer School

by Ammihud Joseph

Dear NoC Colleagues, This is to inform you about two digital law events taking place in Geneva that our Digital Law Center organizes next June: 1. Digital Law Research Colloquium (June 19, 2024) The 2024 edition of our Digital Law Research Colloquium (DLRC) will take place on June 19, 2024 in the wonderful setting of the Hardt Foundation (https://www.fondationhardt.ch/en/) which is just outside the city of Geneva. The DLRC is organized by our Digital Law Center in collaboration with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society<https://cyber.harvard.edu/>, the CRIDES Center for Economic Law and Society at the Catholic University of Louvain<https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/juri/crides> (UCL), the Institute for Technology and Society of Rio<https://itsrio.org/en/en-home/>, Renmin University of China<https://www.ruc.edu.cn/en> and the Geneva Graduate Institute<https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/>. The DLCR constitutes a unique opportunity for young digital law researchers and scholars working on hot digital law & policy topics to present their work-in-progress to a global panel of digital law experts (coming from all the partner institutions involved in the DLRC) and to receive valuable feedback on their research from leading scholars and to be part of a growing global digital law research community (see the testimonials for the last colloquium https://www.digitallawcenter.ch/en/event/2024/DLRC2024) The deadline to apply for the Digital Law Research Colloquium is April 17, 2024. More information at: www.digitallawcolloquium-geneva.ch<http://www.digitallawcolloquium-geneva.ch/> 1. Digital Law Summer School (June 17 to June 28, 2024) Our Digital Law Summer School (DLSS) is a two week online education program which offers a unique opportunity to discuss cutting edge digital law and policy issues with leading academics, practitioners, representatives of international organizations and other leading global digital policy actors, including the <https://cyber.harvard.edu/> Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University, the International Telecommunication Union<https://www.itu.int/en/Pages/default.aspx> (ITU), the World Intellectual Property Organization<http://www.wipo.int/portal/en/index.html> (WIPO), and the CyberPeace Institute<https://cyberpeaceinstitute.org/>. The DLSS gathers a very diverse group of talented participants that build a dynamic global community of digital law experts and creates great opportunities for social and professional interactions and networking (and to be part of the growing community of DLSS alumni). The participants of the DLSS will be part of the Digital Law Research Colloquium (DLRC, see 1 above) and will thus have the opportunity to interact with the digital law researchers presenting their work at the DLRC. The deadline to apply for the Digital Law Summer School is April 15, 2024. More information at: www.digitallaw-geneva.ch<http://www.digitallaw-geneva.ch/> Please feel free to share the information around you and do not hesitate to contact us at digitallaw(a)unige.ch<mailto:digitallaw@unige.ch> (in cc) in case of questions. Thank you and best regards The organizers of the Geneva Digital Law Summer School & Digital Law Research Colloquium

April 3, 2024