The replay of this event held 13th July 2017 is now available.
with thanks to Joly MacFie, Olivier Crépin-Leblond and participants at the event.
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The UK Chapter of the Internet Society and Cloudflare, Inc. invite you
to the forthcoming Event:
Fake News: annoying symptom or life-threatening disease?
Location: The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists
39a Bartholomew Close, London, EC1A 7JN
Date: Thursday 13 July 2017
Time: doors open at 17:30 for an 18:00 start
Fake news has been a buzzword since the US election provoked a debate at
presidential level. But fake news are neither new, nor are they
geographically constrained to the United States.… Read more ...
(Links to the Recording at the bottom of the page)
In preparation for the European Chapters meeting (22-23 February 2017) we will have a 90 minutes Webinar / Conference call on Tuesday 14 February 2017 from 6pm to collect input from participants about the ways in which ISOC UK can/should engage with the theme of User Trust.
In June 2016 ISOC published a working paper “A policy framework for an open and trusted Internet” outlining the four interrelated dimension to be considered when developing policies for the internet.… Read more ...
Invitation to join the UnBias project stakeholder panel
ISOC UK participants interested in the increasing role of algorithms in mediating access to information are invited to join the UnBias project stakeholder panel.
The UnBias project [http://unbias.wp.horizon.ac.uk] aims to develop recommendations for the regulation, design and education related to the role of algorithms in mediating access to information (e.g. search engines, recommender systems).
As part of our project we are running a series of online and offline stakeholder engagement activities.… Read more ...
ISOC England is partnering with the UK Chapter of the International Institute of Communications (IIC) to organise a discussion to look at how best policymakers should approach privacy and security on the Internet, considering the increasing ‘convergence’ between these two areas, especially when it comes to the Internet.
Join our speakers to discuss these issues on: 14 JULY 2016
Location:TechUK, 10 St Bride Street London EC4A 4AD
From 17:30-20:00 (Prompt start 18:00)
Moderator
- ANN LAFRANCE
Coordinating Partner, EMEA Communications Law; Co-Chair, Global Data Privacy & Cybersecurity; Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP; Director, International Institute of Communications.… Read more ...
The founder and acknowledged “father” of the Internet in Europe and ISOC UK England participant Professor Peter Kirstein CBE was honoured with a Symposium and Fellowship by the prestigious Marconi Society in London Tuesday 25th October at the Royal Society.
The Symposium produced by Peter Kirstein was on – “The Future Infrastructure of the Internet of Things”. The gathering discussing the Internet of Things and paying tribute to Peter included many of the Internet and networking world’s leading luminaries including Vint Cerf, Bob Khan, Paul Baran, Dame Wendy Hall, and many others.… Read more ...