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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>fyi<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Subject: Call for Proposals: Quantified Society<br>From: info@mediademocracyfund.org<br>To: ggithaiga@hotmail.com<br>Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 16:33:22 +0000<br><br>
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Media Democracy Fund, Ford Foundation and Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce an inceptive study of Big Data and the practices around large scale data collection, analysis and use: <a href="http://mediademocracyfund.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7c408a3f033e02fb502950f34&id=75fd7576c1&e=294b346f10" target="_blank" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#6DC6DD;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;">“Quantified Society: Examining the Consequences of Algorithmic Decision Making for Open Societies”.</a><br>
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This international Call for Proposals invites submissions from researchers, academicians, journalists, human rights defenders, civil society organizations, and professionals. Successful proposals will help synthesize an understanding of how technologies and policies around Big Data collection, analysis and use are driving changes in innovation, human rights, and relevant regulations.<br>
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