2020 Call For Papers

Camera ready submission

The camera-ready submission date is now October 5

Final formatting instructions for papers are as follows:

• Use the same template as submission time,
• uncomment the line with “\aclfinalcopy” to de-anonymize the manuscript
• Submit no more than 9 pages of content (you get one extra page: at submission time, it was 8 pages). You have unlimited pages for references and unlimited pages for appendix (to be included in the same PDF file).

Please submit final manuscripts via email to the following email address: admin@truthandtrustonline.com with the title: “camera ready manuscript for submission: ##” replacing ## with your submission number and title.

• Formats: PDF File AND Text Abstract (for website, 250 words max, No LaTeX)
• Answer this question: Do you want your paper in the official TTO-2020 proceedings? (YES/NO)

Presentations and video

All talks and papers are requested to submit a 250 word description of their work to accompany their video and paper.

SlidesLive will contact you with regards to the practical aspects of recording and uploading/streaming your talk.

• Keynotes Sessions: If you have been asked to provide a keynote, you will have approximately 30 minutes to speak and 10 minutes for Q&A;
• Invited Talks: If you have been asked to provide an invited talk, you will have 15 minutes to speak, followed by 10 minutes of Q&A;
• Panelists: LIVE Sessions/no-prerecording. If you have been asked to speak on a panel, you will have a total of 30 minutes to speak, followed by 15 minutes of Q&A;  
• Talk Stage Presentations: If you have been selected to provide a talk stage presentation, you will have 8 minutes to speak, followed by a group Q&A with other speakers for a total of 10 minutes in a panel format;
• In-depth Stage Presentations: The “In-depth” stage is a new format that we have developed for this online conference. Attendees are asked to review papers and prerecorded talks in advance. Presenters will be grouped with 2 or 3 others in a live online session that permits deeper discussion around a theme. These sessions will be moderated by someone from the programme committee and begin with about 20 minutes of joint Q&A and will be followed by a discussion on the theme.

If you have been selected to provide an in-depth talk, you will have 10-15 minutes to speak. Your talk and/or technical paper will be made available on the conference website in advance of the conference for attendees.

Motivation

The modern media ecosystem in which the public seeks truthful information and trustworthy sources is increasingly dominated by large-scale online social media and communication platforms (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) as well as messaging apps, which operate alongside traditional news sources. However, at the same time, this hybrid ecosystem is plagued with people’s lack of trust in both content and sources, harassment and hate speech, as well as misinformation and deliberate efforts to spread disinformation.

The quest to improve the online media ecosystem remains extremely important and is in need of concerted research efforts; now more than ever, as the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, the world is in two battles at once: one against the pandemic and another one against the first global infodemic. The latter is ranked second in terms of importance on the list of World Health Organisation’s focus areas, with dangers ranging from promoting fake cures, rumours and conspiracy theories, to disinformation and panic.

The mission of the Conference on Truth and Trust Online (TTO), now in its second edition, is to bring together all parties working toward improving the truthfulness and trustworthiness of online communications. TTO is an annual forum for academia, industry, non-profit organizations, and other stakeholders to discuss the problems facing (social) media platforms and technical solutions to understand and address them. 

Given the ongoing travel restrictions, this year’s conference will be virtual, taking place online on October 16-17, 2020. Details on participation and registration will be announced in due course.

Overall, the intended outcomes of our conference are the following: (i) for academics, to learn about the real problems that industry is facing and how their proposed solutions can be more impactful, (ii) for industry, to improve their product safety by brainstorming collective actions together with other stakeholders, and (iii) for the public, to gain insights into how their concerns on social media safety are being addressed.

Call for Papers and Talk Proposals

We invite submissions of both technical papers and talk proposals (see below for details) on technical solutions for addressing current challenges facing social media platforms on the following indicative list of topics:

The focus of the conference is on identifying what new problems and technical solutions we need to work on, rather than incremental solutions to what we are doing already.
We invite two types of submissions: technical papers and talk proposals:

Submissions have closed. Please submit papers and talk proposals through EasyChair

Key dates

Participation

We encourage wide participation from all interested parties and stakeholders on online media, including academics, startups and large industry, non-profit organizations and governmental institutions.