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Google's US Challenge to the Canadian Global Delisting Order

In its Equustek ruling in June, the Canadian Supreme Court held that Google must delete search results for users everywhere in the world, based on Canadian law. Google has now filed suit in the US, asking the court to confirm that the order can’t be enforced here. Here’s my take on that claim.
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United States

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Ser libres: El grito de niños, niñas y jóvenes del SENAME

La académica Viviana Soto, del Departamento de Educación de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de Chile, problematiza el actual modelo de funcionamiento del SENAME y la violencia a la que son sometidos de manera cotidiana los niños, niñas y jóvenes insertos en la red de atención dependiente de ese organismo estatal.Una mañana se escuchaba en un centro de atención directa del SENAME un canto de niños y niñas, que tenía un solo y rotundo mensaje: ¡Queremos ser Libres!

A white man called her kids the n-word. Facebook stopped her from sharing it.

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United States

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Representative Ted Lieu in Defense of Global Justice

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United States

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Rage against the machines: is AI-powered government worth it?

Maëlle Gavet at the WEF: “…the Australian government’s new “data-driven profiling” trial for drug testing welfare recipients, to US law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology and the deployment of proprietary software in sentencing in many US court

Contests as innovation policy instruments: Lessons from the US federal agencies’ experience

 

Citizen sensing, air pollution and fracking: From ‘caring about your air’ to speculative practices of evidencing harm

 at the Sociological Review: “Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is an emerging and growing industry that is having considerable effects on environments and health. Yet fracking often lacks environmental regulations that might be understood as governmental forms of care.

Professor Marie-Christine Janssens over 'CERVEJA LEUVEN'

That R. Kelly ‘cult’ story almost never ran. Thank Hulk Hogan for that.

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United States

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Wissenschaftliche/n Mitarbeiter/in für das Themenfeld Partizipation auf digitalen Plattformen

Das Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft (HIIG) sucht ab sofort für ein interdisziplinäres Forschungsprojekt eine/n Wissenschaftliche/n Mitarbeiter/in für das Themenfeld Partizipation auf digitalen Plattformen Der/Die wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter/in... MORE

How an online wedding registry in my name appeared out of thin air

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United States

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Data in the open makes it easy for cyber criminals

With data of about 10 crore bank accounts available in the public domain, it has become easy for cyber criminals to steal money. What makes detection of such crimes tough is the lack of convergence between various departments and sectors.
The article by Kiran Parashar KM was published in the New Indian Express on July 26, 2017. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

Apostila: Curso de Introdução ao Direito da Internet

Em março de 2016, o IRIS ofereceu junto ao Gnet o Curso de Introdução ao Direito da Internet, na Faculdade de Direito e Ciências do Estado da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Além de capacitar novos e futuros membros do grupo de estudos, o evento serviu como cartão de visitas para interessados no tema.
Fruto do curso ministrado, elaboramos nesta apostila um compilado de informações sobre Direito da Internet. Nela você vai aprender sobre:

Selección robótica viaja a disputar el Mundial de Japón

Este viernes 21 de julio, el equipo conformado por cuatro estudiantes de pregrado de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas (FCFM) y siete robots -bautizados con diferentes nombres en honor a los personajes de "Game of Thrones"-, parten rumbo a Nagoya, ciudad nipona donde se realizará la XXI versión del Mundial de Fútbol Robótico.

"La comunicación no verbal puede aportar a las prácticas pedagógicas"

Danyal Farsani es inglés, profesor de matemáticas y doctor en educación y se encuentra realizando un posdoctorado en Chile, para lo cual realizó una estadía en el Centro de Modelamiento Matemático (CMM) y en el Centro de Investigación Avanzada en Educación (CIAE) de nuestro plantel.

U. de Chile dio bienvenida a nuevo grupo de alumnos internacionales

Una presentación sobre el trabajo en investigación que realiza el Centro del Clima y la Resiliencia (CR2) y un número artístico de chinchineros fueron parte de la ceremonia que encabezó el Rector de la Casa de Bello, Ennio Vivaldi.El compromiso institucional con el desarrollo de la nación y con la representación de su diversidad fueron las características centrales con que el Rector de la Universidad de Chile, Ennio Vivaldi, definió la identidad de la Casa de Bello ante los estudiantes internacionales que cursarán programas en nuestro plantel durante el seg

To thwart the trolls, social-media sites should require users' real names

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United States

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‘Textalyzer’ May Bust Distracted Drivers — But at What Cost to Privacy?

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United States

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Bytes de Informação: Direitos de Imagem e Direitos de Autor – parte 1

No Bytes de hoje com Victor Vieira e Luíza Brandão, iniciamos uma pequena série de episódios sobre Direitos de Imagem e Direitos de Autor. Assista:

SC Constitution Bench on the Fundamental Right to Privacy – Day IV (Part II)

Yesterday, a nine-judge bench continued to hear arguments on whether a fundamental right to privacy exists. Our posts discussing yesterday’s hearings can be found here and here. Today, arguments were advanced on behalf of respondents, which has been covered in two posts. The first post discusses arguments made by the Attorney General and the second […]