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The latest article from Mishi Choudhary discusses #Algorithms, #Data, and #AI bias:

"The algorithm isn't what really matters....What we all should be demanding is, 'Show us the data and then we will know what is really going on.'"

Read her article here:
https://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/transparent-algorithms-wont-solve-the-bias-problem-you-need-to-understand-how-data-is-used-5701931.html

Ahead of India's 2019 election, Facebook has problems.

“The contrast between Facebook’s public statements and private strategies to monetise user data reveals the truth of surveillance capitalism carried out stealthily and steadily,” says Mishi Choudhary.

Read more here:
http://www.ecoti.in/W7KFvZ47

Sean O'Brien (@diggity) and Laurin Weissinger of @privacylab were interviewed by @eff.

They use, inspect, and hack on #Free and #OpenSource software in the classroom at Yale Law School.

Read this article to learn more about their work and how we have been involved:

"Securing The Institutions We Rely On: A Grassroots Case Study"
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/12/securing-institutions-we-rely-grassroots-case-study

"2018 has already been the worst year for open internet in [India]. While India had shut down the internet 31 times in 2016, it did so 79 times in 2017, according to a tracker maintained by SFLC.in."

The number of #NetShutdowns in India in 2018? 128.

Check out the full story here:
https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/internet-shutdowns-threat-to-fundamental-rights-india-shashi-tharoor

According to Eben Moglen and Mishi Choudhary, "another very important test of democracy’s power to resist the bad effects of misinformation" is happening in India.

Political propaganda on #WhatsApp is out of control.

What should Facebook do about it?

Find out:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit-page/how-to-game-elections-social-media-provide-a-costless-platform-for-political-parties-to-spread-disinformation/

At #SFLC2018 conference, Eben Moglen argued there is a #NewConsensus about developing software.

What is this new consensus? What does it mean for #FOSS? Professor Moglen explains.

📺Eben Moglen: “The New Consensus and Its Aftermath” (SFLC Fall 2018)
https://youtu.be/BEclAV5JjHA

📺Panel Discussion at #SFLC2018: FOSS, Blockchain, and AI

Moderated by #EbenMoglen and Mishi Choudhary with:

-James Waugh on Hyperledger
-Scott Nicholas of the Linux Foundation on “Why FOSS is Essential to AI”
-Susan Malaika of IBM

Everyone’s doing it. In this session, we discuss the centrality of #FOSS to #Blockchain and #AI and the legal issues that will arise as we go on.

https://youtu.be/QkBvYTb2yqU

📺Panel Discussion: “Where Are We Going With Cars?” (SFLC Fall 2018)

Moderated by Eben Moglen, featuring:
-Andrew Sinclair of Canonical
-Jeremiah Foster of GENIVI
-Leilani H. Gilpin of MIT
-Daniel Patnaik of Audi

https://youtu.be/Q9aTI7osWQs

A lot has happened between corporations and the #FOSS world recently. What does it all mean?

Find out in this video from our #SFLC2018 conference:

📺"Peace and Its Dividends: Current Legal Issues in FOSS”

Moderated by Eben Moglen with:
-David Levine of Red Hat
-Dave Marr of Qualcomm
-Mike Dolan of the Linux Foundation
-Keith Bergelt of Open Invention Network and Nicolas Schifano of Microsoft
https://youtu.be/_X2r37h--kY

Check out this video of Julia Angwin's keynote address at our #SFLC2018 conference!

She talks about her trailblazing work to reinvent journalism with the Markup.

📺Julia Angwin of The Markup: “Journalism for an Open Source World” (SFLC Fall 2018)
https://youtu.be/O31c0XexEqs

Check out this video of Max Sills' scintillating presentation at our #SFLC2018 conference! He talked about Google’s open source compliance philosophy. #FOSS #OpenSource

Max Sills of Google: “Google’s Philosophy of FOSS” (SFLC Fall 2018)
https://youtu.be/7jj8LPmKUbE?t=340

Media for SFLC’s 2018 Fall Conference is now available! We posted the media files on our website and YouTube. #SFLC2018

📺Video and audio on our website: https://softwarefreedom.org/events/2018/annual-conference/records/

📺YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE_V0MD-4ldDdbI-nNUB3NVKeUX1EppZQ

In an exclusive interview with David Branigan of IP-Watch at our #SFLC2018 conference, Eben Moglen explains how #FOSS won peace with #Microsoft:

"You really can’t have patent war between yourself and those customers...[And] you can’t have patent war with [the people who make the commercial distributions of Linux server software] either."

Article: "'Peace Has Broken Out' In Software Development, Heralding Open Source As The Future"

http://www.ip-watch.org/2018/11/07/peace-broken-software-development-heralding-open-source-future/

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📌THREAD OF THREADS: #SFLC2018 [4/4]

SESSION IV: FOSS, Blockchain, and AI
James Waugh: https://twitter.com/sflc/status/1058449392376659968
Scott Nicholas and Susan Malaika: https://twitter.com/sflc/status/1058454509331058688

SESSION V: The End of One Era, the Start of Another
Eben Moglen: https://twitter.com/sflc/status/1058467427489669121

📌THREAD OF THREADS: #SFLC2018 [3/4]

SESSION II: Peace and Its Dividends (cont.)
Keith Bergelt of OIN and Nicolas Schifano of Microsoft: https://twitter.com/sflc/status/1058386456115326976
Panel on License Restrictions: https://twitter.com/sflc/status/1058394685771784193

SESSION III: Automotive FOSS
Panel: https://twitter.com/sflc/status/1058429275974651904

📌THREAD OF THREADS: #SFLC2018 [2/4]

SESSION II: Peace and Its Dividends
David Levine of Red Hat: https://twitter.com/sflc/status/1058376904485552129
Dave Marr of Open Chain: https://twitter.com/sflc/status/1058379784940646406
Mike Dolan of Linux Foundation: https://twitter.com/sflc/status/1058382365414879233

📌THREAD OF THREADS: #SFLC2018 [1/4]

Did you miss our #SFLC2018 conference? No problem.

We organized our coverage into threads. Find session-by-session coverage in the threads below
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SESSION I: Keynotes
Keynote 1: https://twitter.com/sflc/status/1058345796947636225
Keynote 2: https://twitter.com/sflc/status/1058359237632499712

Breakfast and coffee have arrived. The #SFLC2018 conference is starting soon!

If you aren't with us in person, you can watch the livestream on our website or read our liveblog on Twitter throughout the day!

📺Livestream: https://www.softwarefreedom.org/events/2018/annual-conference/live/

Our #SFLC2018 Conference is Friday, November 2 at Columbia Law School!

If you aren't attending, follow our livestream or liveblog!

📺Livestream: https://www.softwarefreedom.org/events/2018/annual-conference/live/

⌨️Liveblog: Follow us on Twitter! Use hashtag #SFLC2018 to join the discussion.

📜Full program and schedule: http://softwarefreedom.org/events/2018/annual-conference/