Filter bubbles, MisinfoCon DC and the World Cup

Greetings, hacks and hackers! In case you missed it, the next MisinfoCon will take place next month in Washington, D.C.

Sign up soon if you plan to go. Meanwhile, there's plenty afoot this week in Zurich, Vienna, Brisbane and Dar es Salaam.

Happening this week:

• Brisbane is learning data journalism
• Miami and IRE are holding their regular open labs
• Zurich is hosting Alberto Cairo
• Lagos and Abuja are hosting meetups
• Vienna is hosting speakers and lightning talks
• Dar es Salaam is chatting about chat bots

Worth a read:

• The World Cup is happening, and nearly half the audience is watching on livestream rather than television, an advertising study found (NiemanLab)
• Filter bubbles are not, in fact, proven to affect large portions of the population - and other findings from the Knight Foundation white papers on misinformation (Knight)
• Regional markets have suffered in Latin America like they have in much of the world, and digital native sites are stepping in (Knight Center)

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