JULY 2018 https://networkofcenters.net/ https://www.facebook.com/NetworkofCenters/ Fake News Welcome to the NoC Newsletter. This editions’ focus is on Fake News & Freedom of Expression. Five centers of the NoC explore how the issue has been dealt within their respective countries, offering a glimpse of the worldwide discussion: Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University (United States), Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (Italy), InternetLab (Brazil), Institute for Communication Sciences (France), and QUT Digital Media Research Centre (Australia). Read more (https://networkofcenters.net/newsletter-noc-1) . Highlighted Publications and ongoing projects Harnessing Artificial Intelligence the European Way Author: Dr. Christian Djeffal Available here (https://verfassungsblog.de/harnessing-artificial-intelligence-the-european-w...) . Children’s Digital Rights and Big Data: The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), 2016, and the Children’s Online Personal Data Protection Act (Coppa). (2018) Author: Ana Azurmendi Available here (http://www.elprofesionaldelainformacion.com/contenidos/2018/ene/03.html.) . Accounting for the Most Vulnerable: Ensuring Big Data Works for Sustainable and Inclusive Development Authors: Sabrina Rau & Sheldon Leader. Available here (https://www.hrbdt.ac.uk/accounting-for-the-most-vulnerable-ensuring-big-data...) . In the Shades of the Uncanny Valley: An Experimental Study of Human-Chatbot Interaction Authors: Aleksandra Przegalinska, Leon Ciechanowski, Mikolaj Magnuski & Peter Gloor. (2018) (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167739X17312268) Available here (http://nerds.kozminski.edu.pl/) . (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167739X17312268) GDPR national adaptation laws fall behind schedule: Report on progress in the EU Member States, supervisory authorities and data controllers Author: Irene Kamara. Available here (https://pure.uvt.nl/portal/en/publications/gdpr-national-adaptation-laws-fal...) . PEGABOT PegaBot (Catch-a-bot) is a platform where users can check the activity of a social network account to discover the probability of a profile being a bot, bringing more transparency to the use of bots in Brazil. Check our website. (https://pegabot.com.br/) Check other selected publications and projects (https://networkofcenters.net/newsletter-noc-1) here (https://networkofcenters.net/newsletter-noc-1) . Upcoming Events Annual Conference of the European Hub When: 28 - 30 November Where: Haifa Host: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) More info (https://noc-europeanhub.net/#events) Social Informatics 2018 When: 25 - 28 September Where: Saint Petersburg, Russia Organizer: Laboratory for Internet Studies (LINIS), National Research University HSE, St. Petersburg. More info (https://socinfo2018.hse.ru/) Check for other selected events here (https://networkofcenters.net/newsletter-noc-1) Open Calls and Opportunities for Engagement https://cyber.harvard.edu/ Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society (BKC), Harvard University NoC centers can engage with BKC through our fellowship and internship programs - calls take place in the fall and spring - public events and webcasts (https://cyber.harvard.edu/events) , as well as courses (http://copyx.org/) and tools that can be used or co-developed. This is the Newsletter from the Global Network of the Internet and Society Research Centers. Want to receive the NoC Newsletter? Subscribe here (http://eepurl.com/dzhTBH) . Contact us: itsrio@itsrio.org (mailto:itsrio@itsrio.org?subject=Contato%20via%20newsletter) Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences (https://itsrio.us12.list-manage.com/profile?u=b2433258ec47fc6f9a063fd7b&id=a...) or unsubscribe from this list (https://itsrio.us12.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=b2433258ec47fc6f9a063fd7b&...) . ============================================================