MisinfoCon is a community of people focused on the challenge of misinformation: MIT 2017, London 2017-2019, Kyiv 2018, DC 2018 and 2020, Perugia 2022, DEFCON 30
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8 May 2023
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
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24 May 2023
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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@misinfocon @wikimediadc @Wikimedia
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15 May 2023
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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12 May 2023
The Academic Research in Action segment of lectures are being live streamed now
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11 May 2023
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
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10 May 2023
You can still register for #MisinfoCon India, happening this weekend in Bangalore: mailchi.mp/hackshackers/anno…
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6 May 2023
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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2 May 2023
A founder of #HacksHackers India, @DigitalAnika, is joining the Board of Directors mailchi.mp/hackshackers/anik…
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3 May 2023
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!
3 May 2023
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
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26 Apr 2023
This week in the #MisinfoCon newsletter: new studies on memes, sharing and algorithmic amplification mailchi.mp/hackshackers/a-st…
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25 Apr 2023
Misinfocon kicks off once again, this time @misinfocon
in India at the @thoughtworksIN Office in Bangalore from May 12-14. Thank you @tattlemade !
25 Apr 2023
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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24 Apr 2023
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…
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18 Apr 2023
"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
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17 Apr 2023
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…
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11 Apr 2023
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…
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11 Apr 2023
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…
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11 Apr 2023
New tools, experiments and a survey in this week's #MisinfoCon newsletter: mailchi.mp/hackshackers/new-…
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6 Apr 2023
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…
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5 Apr 2023
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…
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