[HOT] New brief on Cybersecurity Risks of Social Media and Crowdsourcing

[Lea Shanley]

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.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/138508756/Towards-Trustworthy-Social-Media-and-Crowdsourcing

Also watch George Chamales, BK DeLong, and Riley Eller on a Commons Lab
panel "Security of Crowdsourcing":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTXqBaAa8HU&list=PLzM1iiQhVrdHQdp7-wGm7luRCDF3MD81a

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Other Commons Lab publications*:

* On Cybersecurity, Crowdsourcing, and Social Cyber-Attack (2013):
http://www.scribd.com/doc/127219170/On-Cybersecurity-Crowdsourcing-and-Social-Cyber-Attack-Commons-Lab-Policy-Memo-Series-Vol-1

* Privacy and Missing Persons after Natural Disasters (2013; published
jointly with CLIP; on crowdsourced registries):
http://www.scribd.com/doc/136520439/Privacy-and-Missing-Persons-after-Natural-Disasters

* Responding to Liability: Evaluating and Reducing Tort Liability for
Digital Volunteers (2012):
http://www.scribd.com/doc/106278311/Responding-to-Liability-Evaluating-and-Reducing-Tort-Liability-for-Digital-Volunteers

* Coordinating Efforts by Volunteer and Technical Communities for Disaster
Preparedness, Response and Relief (2011):
http://www.scribd.com/doc/126605125/Coordinating-Efforts-by-Volunteer-and-Technical-Communities-for-Disaster-Preparedness-Response-and-Relief

* 2011 Social Media + Emergency Management Camp (2011; published jointly
with CNA):
http://www.scribd.com/doc/114043823/2011-Social-Media-Emergency-Management-Camp

* The National Broadband Map: A Case Study on Open Innovation for National
Policy (2012; on crowdsourcing):
http://www.scribd.com/doc/109998799/The-National-Broadband-Map-A-Case-Study-on-Open-Innovation-for-National-Policy

* Too Big to Succeed: The Need for Federal IT Reform (2012; on need for
open source, open data, agile development):
http://www.scribd.com/doc/115456977/Too-Big-to-Succeed-The-Need-for-Federal-IT-Reform-A-Wilson-Center-Policy-Brief


If you don't want to use Scribd, you can also download these PDFs directly
from the Wilson Center:
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication-series/commons-lab
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