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Misinfocon India kicks off on Friday, May 12. Check out schedule updates here!
misinfoconindia.com/schedule
Organized by @HacksHackers @meedan @tattlemade and supported by @thoughtworksIN
Discuss AI, product provenance, fact-checking and other misinformation techniques at the upcoming #HacksHackers #MediaParty Chicago: mailchi.mp/hackshackers/disc…
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Empowering Nigeria's Information Professionals:Join Wikicred Boot Camp to master the “Art of Reliable Knowledge!"
See our metapage for more information:
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There are at least ten thousand pages on Wikipedia that contain errors caused by auto-populating referencing and citation templates. CiteFix, a new WikiCred project, aims to help solve this problem: misinfocon.com/citefix-a-too…
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The Academic Research in Action segment of lectures are being live streamed now
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Last call for in-person sign-ups for #MisinfoconIndia conference! Join us in Bangalore to discuss, ideate and learn about misinformation in India. Limited financial support available for in-person participation. Full agenda at misinfoconindia.com/schedule #misinformation #Bangalore
You can still register for #MisinfoCon India, happening this weekend in Bangalore: mailchi.mp/hackshackers/anno…
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Want to know what #MisinfoconIndia has in store for you?
Here's a sneak peek into the "Storytelling and Misinformation" theme 🧵
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A founder of #HacksHackers India, @DigitalAnika, is joining the Board of Directors mailchi.mp/hackshackers/anik…
On May 12-14, #misinfocon India will convene a gathering of technology, policy, media and design professionals to foster understanding and action around misinformation in India. Check out the newly updated agenda below!
The agenda for MisinfoCon India has been updated! misinfoconindia.com/schedule
Fact checkers, academics, performance artists, game designers...this will be a unique gathering committed to a healthier information ecosystem in India:
Register (in-person/ remote): forms.gle/jzHBtkSZNGbv7efQ9
This week in the #MisinfoCon newsletter: new studies on memes, sharing and algorithmic amplification mailchi.mp/hackshackers/a-st…
Misinfocon kicks off once again, this time @misinfocon
in India at the @thoughtworksIN Office in Bangalore from May 12-14. Thank you @tattlemade !
Hello everyone!!
@HacksHackers @meedan and @tattlemade are extremely happy and excited to announce the first-ever hosting of a @misinfocon in India at the @thoughtworksIN Office in Bangalore from May 12-14 🎊
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This new @ClimateStepsUS #WikiCred collaboration with @EarthHeroOrg will research and share how people can fight the climate crisis by increasing research + output of credible information on climate change action misinfocon.com/increasing-re…
"How can we ensure that a platform’s accountability to their shareholders doesn’t result in decisions that deprioritize democratic integrity?"
Introducing Arbiter: Auditing the Spread of News in Online Information Ecosystems misinfocon.com/introducing-a…
By @swapneel_mehta #wikicred
As @krmaher has noted, “Wikipedia is the mirror of the world’s gender biases.” With her new WikiCred project, doctor and Wikipedian @nethahussain aims to help address this issue:
> Strengthening women’s health information on Wikipedia misinfocon.com/strengthening…
There is evidence that identifying non-reliable sources is an effective tool to increase the knowledge integrity of Wikipedia. WiSCoM’s new WikiCred initiative generates and assesses actionable metrics for source controversiality in Wikipedia. misinfocon.com/wiscom-wikipe…
On Facebook, you can discover thousands of high-quality pictures of a subject, yet on Wikipedia page for the same place, there are none. Project Korikath aims to correct this by bringing Wikimedia Commons closer to daily life: misinfocon.com/project-korik…
New tools, experiments and a survey in this week's #MisinfoCon newsletter: mailchi.mp/hackshackers/new-…
The sheer availability of information has led to info overload & an increase in misinformation, making it difficult to determine what is credible, and what is not. A new #WikiCred project aims to address this challenge, writes @OlutolaJames1 misinfocon.com/wiki-cred-boo…
The sheer availability of information online has led to info overload and an increase misinformation, making it difficult to determine what is credibile, and what is not. A new #WikiCred in Nigeria aims to address this challenge.
misinfocon.com/wiki-cred-boo…