The Wilson Center's Commons Lab just released a new brief titled "Towards Trustworthy Social Media and Crowdsourcing," by George Chamales. It explores the potential vulnerabilities of social media and crowdsourcing, and calls for the development of best practices to address these cybersecurity risks to increase trust in these approaches. <br>
<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/138508756/Towards-Trustworthy-Social-Media-and-Crowdsourcing">http://www.scribd.com/doc/138508756/Towards-Trustworthy-Social-Media-and-Crowdsourcing</a><br><br>Also watch George Chamales, BK DeLong, and Riley Eller on a Commons Lab panel "Security of Crowdsourcing": <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTXqBaAa8HU&list=PLzM1iiQhVrdHQdp7-wGm7luRCDF3MD81a">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTXqBaAa8HU&list=PLzM1iiQhVrdHQdp7-wGm7luRCDF3MD81a</a> <br>
<br><b><br>Other Commons Lab publications</b>:<br><br>* On Cybersecurity, Crowdsourcing, and Social Cyber-Attack (2013): <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/127219170/On-Cybersecurity-Crowdsourcing-and-Social-Cyber-Attack-Commons-Lab-Policy-Memo-Series-Vol-1">http://www.scribd.com/doc/127219170/On-Cybersecurity-Crowdsourcing-and-Social-Cyber-Attack-Commons-Lab-Policy-Memo-Series-Vol-1</a> <br>
<br>* Privacy and Missing Persons after Natural Disasters (2013; published jointly with CLIP; on crowdsourced registries): <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/136520439/Privacy-and-Missing-Persons-after-Natural-Disasters">http://www.scribd.com/doc/136520439/Privacy-and-Missing-Persons-after-Natural-Disasters</a><br>
<br>* Responding to Liability: Evaluating and Reducing Tort Liability for Digital Volunteers (2012): <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/106278311/Responding-to-Liability-Evaluating-and-Reducing-Tort-Liability-for-Digital-Volunteers">http://www.scribd.com/doc/106278311/Responding-to-Liability-Evaluating-and-Reducing-Tort-Liability-for-Digital-Volunteers</a><br>
<br>* Coordinating Efforts by Volunteer and Technical Communities for Disaster Preparedness, Response and Relief (2011): <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/126605125/Coordinating-Efforts-by-Volunteer-and-Technical-Communities-for-Disaster-Preparedness-Response-and-Relief">http://www.scribd.com/doc/126605125/Coordinating-Efforts-by-Volunteer-and-Technical-Communities-for-Disaster-Preparedness-Response-and-Relief</a><br>
<br>* 2011 Social Media + Emergency Management Camp (2011; published jointly with CNA): <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/114043823/2011-Social-Media-Emergency-Management-Camp">http://www.scribd.com/doc/114043823/2011-Social-Media-Emergency-Management-Camp</a><br>
<br>* The National Broadband Map: A Case Study on Open Innovation for National Policy (2012; on crowdsourcing): <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/109998799/The-National-Broadband-Map-A-Case-Study-on-Open-Innovation-for-National-Policy">http://www.scribd.com/doc/109998799/The-National-Broadband-Map-A-Case-Study-on-Open-Innovation-for-National-Policy</a><br>
<br>* Too Big to Succeed: The Need for Federal IT Reform (2012; on need for open source, open data, agile development): <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/115456977/Too-Big-to-Succeed-The-Need-for-Federal-IT-Reform-A-Wilson-Center-Policy-Brief">http://www.scribd.com/doc/115456977/Too-Big-to-Succeed-The-Need-for-Federal-IT-Reform-A-Wilson-Center-Policy-Brief</a><br>
<br><br>If you don't want to use Scribd, you can also download these PDFs directly from the Wilson Center: <a href="http://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication-series/commons-lab">http://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication-series/commons-lab</a> <br>
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