For more information visit the IGF website. December 20, 2017United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG)

For more information visit the IGF website. December 18, 2017United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG)

Twenty years ago, the US Supreme Court’s decision in Reno v. ACLU established the framework for internet free speech and liability that remains in place today. This conference will consider the continuing viability of the Reno vision in the face of multiplying concerns about sex trafficking online, terrorist content, election interference, and other forms of contested content.December 8, 2017San Francisco

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Clifford Lynch at First Monday: “This paper explores pragmatic approaches that might be employed to document the behavior of large, complex socio-technical systems (often today shorthanded as “algorithms”) that centrally involve some mixture of personalization, opaque rules, and machine learning components.

Springwise: “The phrase ‘fake news’, whether used accurately or not, is creating a situation where any voice can claim legitimacy or call reliable sources into question.

Zu einem einwöchigem Informationsbesuch sind Kassim Kimo Kebelo, Vice President for Research and Community Service der Arsi University in Asella, Äthiopien, Firaol Lemessa Kitila, Dozent, Diseases Control and Director of Academic Affairs Directorate und Gebi Husein Jima, Chief Academic & Research Director (CARD) of College of Health Sciences der Arsi University an der Klinik für Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie und Infektiologie.

The Commons Transition Plan describes the role and possibilities for the City of Ghent in reinforcing citizen initiatives.
From March to June 2017 peer-to-peer expert Michel Bauwens conducted a three-month research and participation project in Ghent on the ‘commons city of the future’. The result of that research is this Commons Transition Plan, describing the possibilities and role of the City of Ghent (as a local authority) in reinforcing citizen initiatives. With this, the City wishes to give further shape to a sustainable and ethical economy in Ghent.

Paper by John M.M. Rumbold and Barbara K.

The idea of commoning is on the rise, or rather, is having a resurgence. Talk of the commons appears in unexpected places, from the radical to the less so. From a marginal idea a few years ago it has drifted, with the help of digital technology, into a position where parties and campaigners refer to it and many people will know what it means. But even in radical writing it is often the idea or the technical aspects of commoning that take centre stage. What about the experience of commoning? What does it feel like to be a commoner?

En la sede del Congreso de Valparaíso se firmó el convenio de colaboración entre el Presidente de la Cámara de Diputados, Fidel Espinoza, y el decano de la FCFM, Patricio Aceituno, a través del cual ambas instituciones acordaron el uso del software Docode, que permite la detección de plagio basado en tecnologías de minería de texto y procesamiento de lenguaje natural.

Con más de 30 años de carrera, académico del Departamento de Administración de la Facultad de Economía y Negocios de la U. de Chile, recibirá el 30 de noviembre esta distinción en la categoría a la Trayectoria, que se otorgará por primera vez este año.MKTG Best es una distinción anual que se entrega a destacados profesionales, ejecutivos, empresarios, agencias y empresas avisadoras, que exhiben un quehacer de excepción y que realizan una contribución al desarrollo y al realce de las comunicaciones de marketing.

La investigación, liderada por la académica de la Facultad de Economía y Negocios de la Universidad de Chile, Valentina Paredes, detectó también que casi el 60 por ciento de las mujeres no cotiza para su pensión, cifra que contrasta con el 35 por ciento de hombres que declara no hacerlo.Las mujeres perciben como "salario justo" cifras un 30 por ciento menores a las indicadas por los hombres de acuerdo al estudio “La desigualdad entre hombres y mujeres y los roles de género”. Subestimación del trabajo propio y un mercado laboral que valora menos el trabajo d

120 fueron los integrantes de la comunidad universitaria que este miércoles 22 de noviembre fueron reconocidos por su aporte a lo largo de cuatro décadas al desarrollo de nuestra institución, y con ello, del país.

Jyoti Choudrie at the Conversation: “…Following the Arab Spring, citizens of the Persian Gulf state of Oman became aware of Twitter’s potential and decided to adopt it as a platform for addressing social problems, rather than instigating revolutions.

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Kaushik Basu at Project Syndicate: “… it is important to recognize that data alone are not enough to determine future expectations or policies. While there is certainly value in collecting data (via, for example, randomized control trials), there is also a need for deductive and inductive reasoning, guided by common sense – and not just on the part of experts. By dismissing the views and opinions of ordinary people, economists may miss out on crucial insights.

Paper byAraz Taeihagh in Policy Sciences: “Crowdsourcing is rapidly evolving and applied in situations where ideas, labour, opinion or expertise of large groups of people is used. Crowdsourcing is now used in various policy-making initiatives; however, this use has usually focused on open collaboration platforms and specific stages of the policy process, such as agenda-setting and policy evaluations.