Dear colleagues, <br><br>I urge anyone who can, to join this crucial working group (WG). You don't need to be a member of IEEE. "Fake news online" is a subject that has been in discussions, and discussants (including many of us) are always of the view that something should be done about the problem. This WG is a step in this direction. <br><br>Best,<br>Chris<br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: IEEE Standards Association <<a href="mailto:ieee-sa-exec@ieee.org">ieee-sa-exec@ieee.org</a>><br>Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2018<br>Subject: Call for Participation: IEEE P7011™, Standard for the Process of Identifying and Rating the Trustworthiness of News Sources<br>To: "<a href="mailto:udochukwu.njoku@unn.edu.ng">udochukwu.njoku@unn.edu.ng</a>" <<a href="mailto:udochukwu.njoku@unn.edu.ng">udochukwu.njoku@unn.edu.ng</a>><br><br><br><<a href="https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/c3K_nFxB7JsxIOa6_vjsvfbbHQ2Ck5EaP02v8bTQEwzJmDKSzZT4hhU45Z4AktMnEodj3FrLc6QBkumBE7PocYuc8IAqGCw2bmuwzuk23PYCr4cVA7gaNcziLA=s0-d-e1-ft#http://i10.cmail19.com/ti/t/40/57C/BEE/074740/images/d_header_bar.png">https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/c3K_nFxB7JsxIOa6_vjsvfbbHQ2Ck5EaP02v8bTQEwzJmDKSzZT4hhU45Z4AktMnEodj3FrLc6QBkumBE7PocYuc8IAqGCw2bmuwzuk23PYCr4cVA7gaNcziLA=s0-d-e1-ft#http://i10.cmail19.com/ti/t/40/57C/BEE/074740/images/d_header_bar.png</a>><br><<a href="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/wfvpdlPgb-89EX55YKCSMFaBHjDZgEOeQ4i8RBIuUaNeYkwkHuAjegaBunHGEgtDGDbRQyn3PaGccxJd2hCq__pkpEW95PccQ7TgonwveNnYcA=s0-d-e1-ft#http://i2.cmail19.com/ti/t/40/57C/BEE/074740/images/ieee.jpg">https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/wfvpdlPgb-89EX55YKCSMFaBHjDZgEOeQ4i8RBIuUaNeYkwkHuAjegaBunHGEgtDGDbRQyn3PaGccxJd2hCq__pkpEW95PccQ7TgonwveNnYcA=s0-d-e1-ft#http://i2.cmail19.com/ti/t/40/57C/BEE/074740/images/ieee.jpg</a>><br> <br><<a href="https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/JRa4ymUU64b7h349ClzHvPENM2ZD1jn8XzzjkbO68yzVwoZyDZp16_Q0j_BPLCl5v9zMnVgPo9gtMmxqR33_3xGg7hb9wgDNJWI8U4so5WSKmNsesQrsBrfvaCvXEM0=s0-d-e1-ft#http://i1.cmail19.com/ei/t/4D/8F0/361/csimport/D_Participation.104730.png">https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/JRa4ymUU64b7h349ClzHvPENM2ZD1jn8XzzjkbO68yzVwoZyDZp16_Q0j_BPLCl5v9zMnVgPo9gtMmxqR33_3xGg7hb9wgDNJWI8U4so5WSKmNsesQrsBrfvaCvXEM0=s0-d-e1-ft#http://i1.cmail19.com/ei/t/4D/8F0/361/csimport/D_Participation.104730.png</a>><br> <br> <br>IEEE P7011™,<br>Standard for the Process of Identifying and Rating the Trustworthiness of News Sources<br> <br> <br>IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology/Social Implications of Technology Standards Committee (SSIT/SC) <<a href="https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/qGTnnETu1DpUd0NdeN2LEtUBkgF4tAXETcO02GP_e5o7iN_9CxvkukYHuQCo3Anl9En8z2NYukEw5sudHRjnACxksDDZLxxSwtBwuqiHQrdGm4qOKL89eQ=s0-d-e1-ft#http://i2.cmail19.com/ei/t/4D/8F0/361/csimport/Register.150610.png">https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/qGTnnETu1DpUd0NdeN2LEtUBkgF4tAXETcO02GP_e5o7iN_9CxvkukYHuQCo3Anl9En8z2NYukEw5sudHRjnACxksDDZLxxSwtBwuqiHQrdGm4qOKL89eQ=s0-d-e1-ft#http://i2.cmail19.com/ei/t/4D/8F0/361/csimport/Register.150610.png</a>><br> <br> <br> <br><br>IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) invites your participation in the working group for IEEE P7011™, Standard for the Process of Identifying and Rating the Trustworthiness of News Sources.<br><br>Why get involved:<br><br>This standard provides semi-autonomous processes using standards to create and maintain news purveyor ratings for purposes of public awareness. It standardizes processes to identify and rate the factual accuracy of news stories in order to produce a rating of online news purveyors and the online portion of multimedia news purveyors. This process will be used to produce reputation scorecards through multi-faceted and multi-sourced approaches. The standard defines an algorithm using open source software and a score card rating system as methodology for rating trustworthiness as a core tenant in an effort to establish trust and acceptance.<br><br>Who should participate: <br><br>Individuals and Companies/Entities engaged in the following areas:<br><br>News Media<br>Internet Search <br>Social Media <br>Online Advertising <br>Big Data <br>Human Interface<br>Design Ethics<br>Open Source Communities<br><br>Individuals working as: <br><br>Software Engineers<br>Journalists <br>AI Developers <br>Big Data Developers <br>Statisticians <br>Psychologists<br>Website Developers<br><br>Obtain more information about this Working Group <br><br><<a href="https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/aeu-Goiex62A3ct_5CYqdX_poODJ_zxq598LHBDOrWwW5qclhNfR2qQXRUjpOTdI_RzcxDOUJ_LAvx9HX5965p5y3KBP3XA1wSxRu9WxGcKkUA=s0-d-e1-ft#http://i7.cmail19.com/ti/t/40/57C/BEE/074740/images/line.jpg">https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/aeu-Goiex62A3ct_5CYqdX_poODJ_zxq598LHBDOrWwW5qclhNfR2qQXRUjpOTdI_RzcxDOUJ_LAvx9HX5965p5y3KBP3XA1wSxRu9WxGcKkUA=s0-d-e1-ft#http://i7.cmail19.com/ti/t/40/57C/BEE/074740/images/line.jpg</a>><br><<a href="https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/NORWRACtNVChEXAhqNX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:large"><font color="#0000ff">_______________________________</font></span></div><div><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B577ZHXalqL8RXRfUnNZYzBQTU0&revid=0B577ZHXalqL8VG9WZEM4dFU1Sm9VU0xWZmlrMlo2cTdUVzFzPQ" width="96" height="95"><font color="#0000ff">----------------------------------------------------</font><br></div><div><p style="font-size:12.8px"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><font color="#999999">Chris Prince Udochukwu Njọkụ, Ph.D.</font></span></b></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#666666"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">E-learning specialist; </span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Information and knowledge management
expert; </span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Educator; </span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">ICT4D advocate;</span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Researcher; </span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Founder & President, Researchers on
ICTs in Higher Education in Africa (RICTHE Africa); </span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Founder, ICT4TeLe (ICT for Teaching and Learning
- an e-learning initiative for educators and allied workers)</span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#00b050">Alternate e-mail</span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">: <a href="mailto:udochukwu.njoku@ieee.org" target="_blank">udochukwu.njoku@ieee.org</a>, <a href="mailto:dr.c.p.udochukwunjoku@outlook.com" target="_blank">dr.c.p.udochukwunjoku@outlook.com</a></span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#ff00ff">Skype</font></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">:
pastoronmission</span><span style="font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">;  </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#ff00ff">Twitter</font></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">:
@DrCPUNjoku</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">Tel.:
+234 8077227038, 8063450674, 8108218762</span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><font color="#0000ff">Project 1</font></span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">: <span> </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/unn.edu.ng/eteachingproject/" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/a/unn.edu.ng/eteachingproject/</a></span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">Project’s
Facebook page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ETeachingProjectUniversityofNigeria" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/ETeachingProjectUniversityofNigeria</a></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><font color="#0000ff">Project 2</font></span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">: 
<a href="https://sites.google.com/a/unn.edu.ng/nidnet" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/a/unn.edu.ng/nidnet</a></span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80)">Blog</span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">:<span> </span><a href="http://www.chrisprinceudochukwunjoku.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://www.chrisprinceudochukwunjoku.blogspot.com</a></span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#c00000">Facebook</span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/prince.udochukwunjoku" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/prince.udochukwunjoku</a></span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,112,192)">LinkedIn</span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisprinceudochukwunjoku" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisprinceudochukwunjoku</a></span><span lang="EN-NZ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size:8.66667px"> </font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span lang="EN-NZ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size:8.66667px"> </font></span><span style="background-color:blue;color:white;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt">We mustn't remain with old ways of doing things,
especially if they're not yielding desired results.</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br>