From smyrnaios at hotmail.com  Tue Jun  5 12:26:48 2018
From: smyrnaios at hotmail.com (Nikos)
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2018 10:26:48 +0000
Subject: <unlike-us> Cfp: Conference on Journalism and Platforms, Toulouse,
 January 2019 (reminder)
Message-ID: <AM5PR03MB2882FA26909AE06B26EC3C45A0660@AM5PR03MB2882.eurprd03.prod.outlook.com>

Dear colleagues,

this is a reminder for the Call of Papers for the conference "Journalism and Platforms" that we're organising in Toulouse, France, on January 23-25 2019.

In particular, the conference aims to study the impact of Google, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Apple News and others on journalistic practices, on editorial and business strategies of publishers, on the nature and form of news and on audiences. Proposals will analyse socio-economic, technical, legal and political dimensions of the relations between media and platforms.


Oral presentations and proposals can be in English but will be no translation service will be available. So a minimum level of comperehension in French is necessary for participation.


A special issue of the Journal Sur le journalisme - About Journalism will be edited after the conference with papers in French, English, Portuguese and Spanish.



Proposals should be sent until July 2, 2018  to:     lerass.jep2019 at iut-tlse3.fr

Acceptance will be notified by October 17, 2018.



The entire Cfp (in French) is available on this link: https://www.lerass.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/JEP2019-V2.pdf

best

(apologies for crossposting)

Nikos Smyrnaios
University of Toulouse

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From ulises.mejias at oswego.edu  Wed Jun  6 14:00:11 2018
From: ulises.mejias at oswego.edu (Ulises Mejias)
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 08:00:11 -0400
Subject: <unlike-us> Help us test the Algorithm Observatory prototype
Message-ID: <CAG_ZJkL-+eabe1MAWTSQBtDcAybhuxtK55hfuc6Y3DdRgDXfxw@mail.gmail.com>

Dear all,

The Algorithm Observatory
<https://oswego-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1jmq29v1I4-Dtq2ipqG4zZwVW3l58tKGfE8PMZ4Kc8xU-0&key=YAMMID-14394417&link=https%3A%2F%2Falgorithmobservatory.com>
(https://algorithmobservatory.com) prototype is ready for testing, and I
was hoping you could help us.

Part media literacy project and part citizen science experiment, Algorithm
Observatory can help us understand how algorithms categorize us. This
version is only a prototype with limited functionality that works with
Facebook ads. But eventually, Algorithm Observatory will allow anyone to
study any social computing algorithm. Our hope is that educators can use it
as a learning environment.

Right now, you can help us in two ways:

First, feel free to test it by submitting reports. It's really simple. All
you need to do is fill out a survey and then upload screen captures of
Facebook ads. If you encounter any bugs, please let me know.

Second, tell your friends about Algorithm Observatory! The more people we
can get to test it, the better.

Thank you for your support.

Ulises A. Mejias
<https://oswego-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1jmq29v1I4-Dtq2ipqG4zZwVW3l58tKGfE8PMZ4Kc8xU-0&key=YAMMID-14394417&link=https%3A%2F%2Fulisesmejias.com>
Associate Professor, SUNY Oswego
author of *Off the Network*
<https://oswego-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1jmq29v1I4-Dtq2ipqG4zZwVW3l58tKGfE8PMZ4Kc8xU-0&key=YAMMID-14394417&link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.upress.umn.edu%2Fbook-division%2Fbooks%2Foff-the-network>
and, with Nick Couldry, of *Colonized by Data*
<https://oswego-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1jmq29v1I4-Dtq2ipqG4zZwVW3l58tKGfE8PMZ4Kc8xU-0&key=YAMMID-14394417&link=https%3A%2F%2Fcolonizedbydata.com>
(forthcoming)
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From geert at xs4all.nl  Mon Jun 11 14:20:53 2018
From: geert at xs4all.nl (Geert Lovink)
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 14:20:53 +0200
Subject: <unlike-us> links
Message-ID: <24419CEC-9933-4A8D-9856-E1A63212B984@xs4all.nl>

MeWe takes out an entire page in the NYT
https://mewe.com/nyt

MeWe: Let?s Start a Revolution
www.mewe.com/#video

It?s OK to leave Facebook
https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/02/its-ok-to-leave-facebook/?guccounter=1

Facebook Gave Device Makers Deep Access to Data on Users and Friends
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/03/technology/facebook-device-partners-users-friends-data.html

Facebook bug set 14 million users' sharing settings to public
http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/07/technology/facebook-public-post-error/index.html <http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/07/technology/facebook-public-post-error/index.html>

Alternatives to Google Products ? The Complete List
https://restoreprivacy.com/google-alternatives/ <https://restoreprivacy.com/google-alternatives/>




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From becha at xs4all.nl  Thu Jun 14 16:25:22 2018
From: becha at xs4all.nl (Vesna Manojlovic)
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 16:25:22 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: <unlike-us> Two more weeks to apply for funding: RIPE NCC Community
 Projects Fund
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1806141623490.19667@xs9.xs4all.nl>

Dear all,

For the second time, RIPE NCC is giving financial support to the
projects that work "for the good of the Internet".

Applications are open till 29 June 2018:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/forms/apply/rcpf-application-form/

Take a look at the projects that "won" last time:
https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf/funding-recipients-2017

Read more on RIPE Labs : guidelines, terms & conditions, background:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alastair_strachan/ripe-ncc-community-projec=
ts-fund

Any questions?  projectsfund at ripe.net

Regards,
and good luck!

Vesna

--
community, cooperation, commons, squirrels // http://becha.home.xs4all.nl
nature, anarchy, utopia, un-anthropocene // https://www.unciv.nl // @Ms_Multicolor



From gertml at xs4all.nl  Fri Jun 15 09:49:27 2018
From: gertml at xs4all.nl (gertml)
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 09:49:27 +0200
Subject: <unlike-us> =?utf-8?q?Rufus_Pollock=3A_Replace_=E2=80=9Cintellect?=
 =?utf-8?q?ual_property=E2=80=9D_with_remuneration_rights_=28pdf=29?=
Message-ID: <31baf7e160f812ba8da11c616b678c15@xs4all.nl>

Rufus Pollock: Replace ?intellectual property? with remuneration rights 
(pdf)

Announcement on openrevolution.net
https://openrevolution.net/#get-this-book

Get the book:
https://openrevolution.net/media/open-revolution.pdf

--G



From TTScanada at riseup.net  Mon Jun 18 12:23:44 2018
From: TTScanada at riseup.net (Heather Marsh)
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 11:23:44 +0100
Subject: <unlike-us> A funny thing happened at "the last bastion of free
 speech"
Message-ID: <4e9854d1-4b05-0bb5-f935-d53bd5b1fdcc@riseup.net>


Just a reminder of what we will be left with for 'free speech' if social
media continues to be censored and overrun by astroturfing.
https://boingboing.net/2018/06/01/petulant-loser.html

This is what you must not say ...
https://georgiebc.wordpress.com/2018/05/31/transcript-of-whistleblowing-panel-censored-by-oxford-union/




From douglas at publicsphereproject.org  Mon Jun 25 21:53:51 2018
From: douglas at publicsphereproject.org (Doug Schuler)
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 12:53:51 -0700
Subject: <unlike-us> More grist...
Message-ID: <CACt_=dJJrfKf6EnR78gbHEj62WoTBOGMNi6PHAUe09edTJm4XA@mail.gmail.com>

Many of you will have seen this..

More reasons to leave / mistrust / criticize FB...
(but where will they go if they leave?)


*What 7 creepy patents reveal about Facebook *

*https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/21/opinion/sunday/facebook-patents-privacy.html*
<https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/21/opinion/sunday/facebook-patents-privacy.html>


*Reading your relationships*

One patent application discusses predicting whether you?re in a romantic
relationship using information such as how many times you visit another
user?s page, the number of people in your profile picture and the
percentage of your friends of a different gender.

*U.S. PATENT APPLICATION NO. 14/295,543*
<https://patents.google.com/patent/US20150356180A1/en>



*Classifying your personality*

Another proposes using your posts and messages to infer personality traits.
It describes judging your degree of extroversion, openness or emotional
stability, then using those characteristics to select which news stories or
ads to display.

*U.S. PATENT NO. 9,740,752*
<https://patents.google.com/patent/US9740752B2/en>



*Predicting your future*

This patent application describes using your posts and messages, in
addition to your credit card transactions and location, to predict when a
major life event, such as a birth, death or graduation, is likely to occur.

*U.S. PATENT APPLICATION NO. 12/839,350*
<https://patents.google.com/patent/US20120016817A1/en>



*Identifying your camera*

Another considers analyzing pictures to create a unique camera ?signature?
using faulty pixels or lens scratches. That signature could be used to
figure out that you know someone who uploads pictures taken on your device,
even if you weren?t previously connected. Or it might be used to guess the
?affinity? between you and a friend based on how frequently you use the
same camera.

*U.S. PATENT NO. 8,472,662*
<https://patents.google.com/patent/US8472662B2/en>



*Listening to your environment*

This patent application explores using your phone microphone to identify
the television shows you watched and whether ads were muted. It also
proposes using the electrical interference pattern created by your
television power cable to guess which show is playing.

*U.S. PATENT APPLICATION NO. 14/985,089*
<https://patents.google.com/patent/US20170195435A1/en>



Facebook Creepy Patent 6.

*Tracking your routine*

Another patent application discusses tracking your weekly routine and
sending notifications to other users of deviations from the routine. In
addition, it describes using your phone?s location in the middle of the
night to establish where you live.

*U.S. PATENT APPLICATION NO. 15/203,063*
<https://patents.google.com/patent/US20160316341A1/en>



*Inferring your habits*

This patent proposes correlating the location of your phone to locations of
your friends? phones to deduce whom you socialize with most often. It also
proposes monitoring when your phone is stationary to track how many hours
you sleep.

*U.S. PATENT NO. 9,369,983*
<https://patents.google.com/patent/US9369983B2/en>


-- 
Douglas Schuler
douglas at publicsphereproject.org
Twitter: @doug_schuler

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