Re: Invitation to a new Iteration of CredWeb

Thanks! That let me discover that I really needed to read
https://www.w3.org/2018/10/credibility-tech/ ahead of the meeting.

Jeffrey

On Fri, Feb 28, 2025, 5:26 AM Tzviya Siegman <tzviya@w3.org> wrote:

> Thank you for asking, Jeffrey. Here is the framework
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1byu_QoXyR5Br5HHuBrkE7Hl_e1L59KybSbzIbIRt7-c/edit?usp=sharing>
> for discussion.
> On 2/26/2025 5:15 PM, Jeffrey Yasskin wrote:
>
> Can you share the draft project framework that you're planning to discuss
> at the meeting?
>
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM Scott Yates <scott@journallist.net> wrote:
>
>> Dear CredWeb member,
>>
>> Below you'll find a note from some of the top honchos at the W3C. They
>> recently decided that the current state of the internet... well... it
>> sucks. And they want to make it better in the ways that they can as the
>> organization where the internet was pretty much invented.
>>
>> But rather than create a new group, they realized that there's a group
>> that's been trying to make the internet less sucky for a while now, the
>> group you belong to, the CredWeb Community Group. They approached Sandro
>> and me recently and asked if they could basically hijack our agenda,
>> turbocharge who is getting invited, and increase the possibility that we
>> might be able to produce a new standard designed to make things suck less
>> online. Sandro and I were happy to agree.
>>
>> So if you've been attending over the last couple of years, I'd encourage
>> you to join the next meeting on March 12. Details below.
>>
>> If you've been "lurking" and just keeping an eye on what we're doing from
>> afar, I'd encourage you to attend at least this first meeting. Two
>> different in-person W3C meetings recently saw a huge interest in this
>> topic. The organizers of this new series think the time is right to take
>> some bold steps. If you want a hand in shaping what those steps are, this
>> is the time to re-engage.
>>
>> Hope to see you on March 12!
>>
>>
>>
>> W3C is working on a deconstructed mini-workshop series to review
>> proposals to combat misinformation on the web. Based on discussions at TPAC
>> 2024 (Originator Profile [1] and Content Authenticity [2]) and in the W3C
>> Strategy Team [3], there is clear interest in investigating how several
>> proposals in this space can contribute and what standardization support
>> they might need.
>>
>>
>> The Credible Web Community Group [4] will host this deconstructed
>> mini-workshop series to discuss a project framework for assessing tooling
>> in the authentic web ecosystem.
>>
>>
>> We will hold a virtual meeting on 12 March 2025, 10:00-11:00 EDT /
>> 14:00-15:00 UTC, to review the framework and discuss how to move proposals
>> to interoperable standards to combat misinformation on the web. More
>> information can be found at:
>> https://www.w3.org/events/workshops/2025/authentic-web-workshop/
>>
>>
>> Attendance is free for all participants and is open to the public,
>> whether or not W3C members.
>>
>>
>> If you are interested in this area, we encourage you to attend the 12
>> March meeting to gain insights into the framework. Alternatively, you may
>> review the meeting minutes, which will be made available afterward.
>>
>>
>> To submit a proposal for presentation at a future meeting, please contact
>> Tzviya Siegman <tzviya@w3.org> <tzviya@w3.org> or Dominique
>> Hazael-Massieux <dom@w3.org> <dom@w3.org>.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Xueyuan Jia, W3C Marketing & Communications
>> On behalf of the Program Committee:
>> Sandro Hawke
>> Dominique Hazael-Massieux
>> Chris Needham
>> Tzviya Siegman
>> Scott Yates
>>
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/w3c/tpac2024-breakouts/issues/90
>> [2] https://github.com/w3c/tpac2024-breakouts/issues/70
>> [3] https://github.com/w3c/strategy/issues/483
>> [4] https://www.w3.org/community/credibility/
>>
>>
>>
>> -Scott Yates
>> Founder
>> JournalList.net, caretaker of the trust.txt framework
>> 202-742-6842 <(202)%20742-6842>
>> Chair of W3C Credibility Group
>> <https://www.w3.org/community/credibility/>
>> Member IPTC <https://iptc.org/> and Rebuild Local News
>> <https://www.rebuildlocalnews.org/>
>> Short Video Explanation of trust.txt <https://youtu.be/lunOBapQxpU>
>>
> --
> Tzviya Siegman
> Sustainability Leadtzviya@w3.org
>
>

Received on Friday, 28 February 2025 16:11:40 UTC