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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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Misinfocon India kicks off on Friday, May 12. Check out schedule updates here!. Organized by @HacksHackers @meedan @tattlemade and supported by @thoughtworksIN
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Discuss AI, product provenance, fact-checking and other misinformation techniques at the upcoming #HacksHackers #MediaParty Chicago:
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RT @WikiCred4IPinNg: Empowering Nigeria's Information Professionals:Join Wikicred Boot Camp to master the “Art of Reliable Knowledge!" . Se….
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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:
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RT @tattlemade: The Academic Research in Action segment of lectures are being live streamed now.
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RT @tattlemade: Last call for in-person sign-ups for #MisinfoconIndia conference! Join us in Bangalore to discuss, ideate and learn about m….
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RT @tattlemade: Want to know what #MisinfoconIndia has in store for you?. Here's a sneak peek into the "Storytelling and Misinformation" th….
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RT @HacksHackers: A founder of #HacksHackers India, @DigitalAnika, is joining the Board of Directors
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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! 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):
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This week in the #MisinfoCon newsletter: new studies on memes, sharing and algorithmic amplification
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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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RT @HacksHackers: This new @ClimateStepsUS #WikiCred collaboration with @EarthHeroOrg will research and share how people can fight the cli….
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"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 .By @swapneel_mehta #wikicred.
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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
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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.
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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:
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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
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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.
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