The #FreeWebSearch Charter: 10 principles for public-interest web search
Online talk on the occasion of #FreeWebSearch Day, 29 September
Nooon – a Search Engine to surface disability data
Amidst the rise of popular AI Chatbots, Search Engine systems remain relevant for marginalized knowledge ecosystems. Nooon is a Search Engine that was designed to meet the specific needs of disability data.
In this webinar, we showcase Nooon’s bold vision for rethinking digital accessibility and information equity. Designed using experiential research by and with disabled users, Nooon envisions a framework for sustainable, user-owned search architectures. Stemming from the OpenWebIndex, it transforms the act of “searching” into an inclusive, participatory, and privacy-first experience for communities historically marginalized online.
The project was brought to life by Noor Ahsan Fathima, who has been working at CERN on Open Web Search infrastructures and will soon contribute to the International Labour Organization’s Statistics department on disability labour data.
The Webinar will be conducted via Big Blue Button.
Link: https://bbb.rlp.net/rooms/lvv-q4i-kva-5qz/join
Today’s Access Key: 7a34qv
16.00 – 16.45 CEST: General introduction of Nooon
17.00 – 17.30 CEST: Showcase presentation of how to customize Nooon
7th Open Search Symposium #ossym25
The #ossym Open Search Symposium series brings together the Open Internet Search community. The interactive conference provides a forum to discuss and further develop the ideas and concepts of open internet search. Participants include researchers, data centres, libraries, policy makers, legal and ethical experts, and society.
Build your own search results: Mwmbl Curatathon
Online Event on 29 September, 9.30 -10.30 pm CEST
Description:
Daoud Clarke from Mwmbl hosts a community Curatathon event.
The idea: Help build a dataset to power a non-profit search engine. It would be great to have as many volunteers as possible curate search results.
Link to the online session:
https://bbb.rlp.net/rooms/0cu-f0u-3np-ijv/join
Access key: 9jryu4
Time: 29 September, 9.30 pm CEST
Feel free to join the Mwmbl Matrix https://matrix.to/#/#mwmbl:matrix.org beforehand!
Seek and ye shall find. What Google wants. – Why we need transparent and free search engines
Online Webinar – provided by creative agency elfgenpick
Those who search via commercial search engines search blindly. Nobody knows what criteria are used to display something. The Open Search Foundation wants to lay the foundations for independent, free and self-determined access to information on the Internet. In cooperation with research institutions, data centers and other partners, it is committed to a web search that benefits everyone. The project, funded by the EU with 8.5 million euros, is developing an open web index as a free, public good and as the basis for a variety of online (search) services.
The online event is part of the “gemeinsinn” series of events organized by the creative agency elfgenpick. The agency has been reporting according to the principles of the Economy for the Common Good since 2019. The event is part of the sustainability weeks of the Augsburg economic region and part of the Free Web Search Days. The webinar will be provided in English language.
About the Referee:
Christine Plote is a founding member and member of the board of the Open Search Foundation. She is co-moderator of the osf ethics working group and the #EthicsInSearch project. She is also head of communications for the non-profit organization and is responsible for the communication activities of the EU project OpenWebSearch.eu. Her topics are Open Search, ethical aspects of internet search, #EthicsInSearch, #SearchLiteracy.
Registration:
Register here. You will then be sent a link to the video conference prior to the event.
5th Open Search Symposium #ossym23
#ossym23 – The European conference on Open Search
In October 2023, the fifth Open Search Symposium #ossym23 will bring together experts from science, society and practice to discuss new aspects of open internet search.
6th Open Search Symposium #ossym24
#ossym23 – The European conference on Open Search
In October 2023, the fifth Open Search Symposium #ossym23 will bring together experts from science, society and practice to discuss new aspects of open internet search.
Ethics in Search – A webinar about ethical aspects of web search and search engines
„Such-Kompetenz“ ist der Schlüssel zu einer besseren Internetsuche!
29. September 2023
Behind the scenes of Google & Co: How web search works and how we can search better and safer
„Such-Kompetenz“ ist der Schlüssel zu einer besseren Internetsuche!
29. September 2023
Of crawlers and algorithms and why search engines aren’t always right – Info and downloads for children and parents
The Open Search Foundation provides information, link tips and downloads for children and parents on its website. The free information brochure explains, for example, how search engines work and gives tips on what children (and adults!) can look out for when searching the internet so that they are safer and more successful.
