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DESCRIPTION:COVID-19 Misinformation: Understanding & Seeking Truth During a 
 Pandemic\n\nHost: this event is sponsored by Division of Computing, Data 
 Science, and Society (CDSS) and the Berkeley Institute for Data Science 
 (BIDS).\n\nTuesday, December 8 at 10:30–11:30 a.m. \n\nLivestream here: 
 https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/11/20/covid-19-misinformation-understanding-and-seeking-truth-during-a-pandemic/\n\nor, 
 FB Live here: https://www.facebook.com/UCBerkeley/live/\n\nSubmit questions 
 to the panel prior to the event here: 
 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdXPgfMKLQICTyLAgRs9nq31t27mo9yuuSg9EasfWHnkCMpDg/viewform\n\n\nMisinformation 
 about the coronavirus pandemic continues to create confusion and contention 
 along scientific and political lines. Join in this conversation, where 
 Berkeley faculty will help us understand the nature of misinformation in 
 order to assess, evaluate and engage more effectively with the information 
 resources we consult. \n\nThey will discuss some of the reasons for the 
 rapid spread of misinformation, how predictive algorithms often reinforce 
 existing beliefs and stereotypes, and how current legislation is addressing 
 issues such as partisanship, accountability, and human rights. \n\nThey 
 will also present some new online tools for determining the trustworthiness 
 of news sources, and for recognizing multiple vantage points of different 
 issues.\n\nPANEL:\n\nSaul Perlmutter\nNobel Laureate Saul Perlmutter, 
 Director of the Berkeley Institute for Data Science and Professor of 
 Physics, will moderate this webcast conversation. \n\nNick Adams\nNick 
 Adams, a former BIDS Research Fellow and now Founder & Chief Scientist of 
 Goodly Labs, an organization that provides collaborative online resources 
 and opportunities that enable citizen scientists to engage with publicly 
 available data\n\nHany Farid\nHany Farid, a professor with joint 
 appointments in UC Berkeley’s School of Information and department of 
 Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, whose research focuses on 
 digital forensics, image analysis, and human perception\n\nDeirdre K. 
 Mulligan\nDeirdre K. Mulligan, a professor in the UC Berkeley School of 
 Information and a Faculty Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & 
 Technology whose research explores the legal and technical means of 
 protecting values such as privacy, freedom of expression, and fairness in 
 emerging technical systems.\n\nThis event is sponsored by Division of 
 Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS) and the Berkeley Institute for 
 Data Science (BIDS).\n\nLearn more about this and other upcoming 
 #BerkeleyConversations at 
 https://news.berkeley.edu/berkeley-conversations-covid-19/\n_______________________________________________________________\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/03/18838776.php
SUMMARY:COVID-19 Misinformation: Understanding & Seeking Truth During a Pandemic (UC Berkeley)
LOCATION:Online via livestream
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/03/18838776.php
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