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 Attendees are invited to submit short position papers of no more than three pages to the workshop organizers. Received position papers will be reviewed and accepted/rejected for inclusion in the workshop by the workshop organizers. Where a paper is accepted, the attendee will have the opportunity to present their ideas in 10 minutes during the workshop. We hope to stimulate a lively debate on whether explanations for AI are computable or not by providing time for an interactive discussion after each paper.
 
 ### COVID-19 update
-The workshop will follow WebSci'20 advice with regards hosting arrangements, which might include running the workshop with virtual presentations and group discussions. Updates will be posted as the situation develops.
+The WebSci organisers have issued the following update regarding the hosting arrangements:
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+> Given the situation in relation to Coronavirus (COVID-19), the ACM Web Science Conference will this year run as an online conference, where presenters will be able to present their work remotely to the online participants. Once we have the infrastructure plans in place we will publish the registration fees, which will be nominal. We will provide updates via this website and mailing lists. 
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+The workshop will therefore be run online with virtual presentations and group discussions.
 
 ## List of topics
 Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: