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=='''Upcoming Speakers'''== | =='''Upcoming Speakers'''== | ||
====Thursday, October 10, 2019: Beyond “Bots and Trolls” — Understanding Disinformation as Collaborative Work==== | |||
* Time: 10:00am PT / 1:00pm ET / 8:00pm UT | |||
* Location: Mozilla Mountain View + broadcast on [https://mzl.la/et-speaker-series-2019-10-10 Airmo] and | |||
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=498-c_SjArg YouTube] | |||
* Topic | |||
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Strategic information operations (e.g. disinformation, political propaganda, and other forms of online manipulation) are a critical concern for democratic societies—as they destabilize the “common ground” that we need to stand upon to govern ourselves. In this talk, Kate Starbird argues that defending against strategic information operations will require a more nuanced understanding of the problem. In particular, we will need to move beyond focusing on “bots” and “trolls” to looking at the collaborative nature of disinformation campaigns that target, infiltrate, shape, and leverage online communities. Drawing from three distinct case studies, Starbird describes how orchestrated campaigns can become deeply entangled within “organic” online crowds and highlights a persistent challenge for researchers, platform designers, and policy makers—distinguishing between orchestrated, explicitly-coordinated information operations and the emergent, organic behaviors of an online crowd. | |||
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* Speaker: | |||
<BLOCKQUOTE>[https://www.hcde.washington.edu/starbird Kate Starbird] is an Associate Professor at the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) at the University of Washington (UW). Starbird’s research is situated within human-computer interaction (HCI) and the emerging field of crisis informatics—the study of the how information-communication technologies (ICTs) are used during crisis events. One aspect of her research focuses on how online rumors spread during natural disasters and man-made crisis events. More recently, she has begun to focus on disinformation and other forms of strategic information operations online. She is a co-founder and executive council member of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Starbird earned her PhD from the University of Colorado at Boulder in Technology, Media and Society and holds a BS in Computer Science from Stanford University. | |||
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* Host: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jofish/ Jofish] | |||
* Questions: | |||
** During the event join us on Slack #speaker-series | |||
* Hashtag: #MozillaSpeakers | |||
===Diversity & Inclusion for Communities and Contributors=== | |||
We also host a series targeted at the broader community and contributors, focusing on Diversity & Inclusion. You can see the roster [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Diversity_and_Inclusion_for_Communities_and_Contributors#D.26I_in_Open_Communities_-_Call here]. | |||
=='''Previous Speakers'''== | |||
===2019=== | |||
====Thursday, September 5, 2019: Digital Patronage: A New Media Ecosystem Supporting Creative Content==== | ====Thursday, September 5, 2019: Digital Patronage: A New Media Ecosystem Supporting Creative Content==== | ||
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** During the event join us on Slack #speaker-series | ** During the event join us on Slack #speaker-series | ||
* Hashtag: #MozillaSpeakers | * Hashtag: #MozillaSpeakers | ||
====Thursday, August 1, 2019: Where Did This $^@#$ Autonomous Car Learn to Drive? Addressing Cross-cultural differences in Autonomous Car Design==== | ====Thursday, August 1, 2019: Where Did This $^@#$ Autonomous Car Learn to Drive? Addressing Cross-cultural differences in Autonomous Car Design==== | ||