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T20 Germany and Beyond: Digital Economy

Elonnai Hickok participated in a round-table discussion organized by GIZ and EPF in Berlin from May 29 to 30, 2017.
The Think20 (T20) is a network of research institutes and think tanks from the G20 countries. The T20 provides research-based policy advice to the G20, facilitates interaction among its members and the policy community, and communicates with the broader public about issues of global importance. Click to read more

T20 Germany and Beyond: Digital Economy

Elonnai Hickok participated in a round-table discussion organized by GIZ and EPF in Berlin from May 29 to 30, 2017.
The Think20 (T20) is a network of research institutes and think tanks from the G20 countries. The T20 provides research-based policy advice to the G20, facilitates interaction among its members and the policy community, and communicates with the broader public about issues of global importance. Click to read more

Lançamento: A Construção Jurisprudencial da Recuperação Judicial de Empresas - 3a Edição

Lançamento: A Construção Jurisprudencial da Recuperação Judicial de Empresas - 3a Edição17h00O Evento: 
Local: EMERJ | Auditório Desembargador Paulo Roberto Leite Ventura - Rua Dom Manuel, 25 - 1° andar - Centro - Rio de Janeiro

BBMP faces ire for publishing pourakarmikas' Aadhaar details on website

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has published the Aadhaar details and other personal information of thousands of its pourakarmikas - civic workers who sweep streets and collect waste door-to-door.

BBMP faces ire for publishing pourakarmikas' Aadhaar details on website

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has published the Aadhaar details and other personal information of thousands of its pourakarmikas - civic workers who sweep streets and collect waste door-to-door.

How the GE2017 campaign is shaping up on Twitter

The 2017 General Election is now only a matter of days away, with much campaign activity taking place online, and in particular on Twitter. Here, Stefan Bauchowitz and Max Hänska... MORE

Stockholm Internet Forum 2017

Elonnai Hickok participated in the Stockholm Internet Forum 2017 held in Stockholm from May 15 to 18, 2017. She spoke on the panel "Private sector and civil society collaboration to advance freedom online". The event was organized by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.
Pre-SIF 15 May at Sida HQ
Welcoming and informal lunch at Sida 12.00 – 14.00 (Location: Oasen)
Pre-SIF regional sessions: 14.00 – 17.00 (breaks included)

Stockholm Internet Forum 2017

Elonnai Hickok participated in the Stockholm Internet Forum 2017 held in Stockholm from May 15 to 18, 2017. She spoke on the panel "Private sector and civil society collaboration to advance freedom online". The event was organized by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.
Pre-SIF 15 May at Sida HQ
Welcoming and informal lunch at Sida 12.00 – 14.00 (Location: Oasen)
Pre-SIF regional sessions: 14.00 – 17.00 (breaks included)

We use big data to sentence criminals. But can the algorithms really tell us what we need to know?

Mapping the invisible: Street View cars add air pollution sensors

Environment at Google: “There are 1.3 million miles of natural gas distribution pipelines in the U.S. These pipelines exist pretty much everywhere that people do, and when they leak, the escaping methane — the main ingredient in natural gas — is a potent greenhouse gas, with 84 times the short-term warming effect of carbon dioxide. These leaks can be time-consuming to identify and measure using existing technologies.

Co z tą otwartością w edukacji? Druga edycja OER Policy Forum w Warszawie

Jak promować otwartość w edukacji? Jak rozmawiać o otwartości z administracją, a jak z uczniami i nauczycielami? Jak tworzyć zasoby i się nimi dzielić? Jakie działania możemy prowadzić wspólnie i jak możemy się nawzajem wspierać? – to tylko niektóre z tematów poruszanych podczas 2. edycji OER Policy Forum, która odbyła się 1-2 czerwca br. Eksperci, aktywiści i urzędnicy z ponad 20 krajów dyskutowali m.in. o tym, jak najlepiej tworzyć i wdrażać polityki publiczne dotyczące otwartości w edukacji na poziomach krajowym i międzynarodowym. Organizatorem wydarzenia było Centrum Cyfrowe.

Europol introduce crowdsourcing to catch child abusers

LeakofNations: “The criminal intelligence branch of the European Union, known as Europol, have started a campaign called #TraceAnObject which uses social media crowdsourcing to detect potentially-identifying objects in material that depicts child abuse….

South Sudan: Satellite Images Used to Track Food Insecurity

Salem Solomon at VOA news: “The world is watching closely as food shortages grip parts of Africa and the Middle East. As humanitarian groups respond to the crisis, they have to solve a major problem: how to track food security in areas that are simply too remote or too dangerous to access.

Tweets from the afterlife

What happens to the digital legacy that celebrities leave behind after they die. Heena Khandelwal asks if their families must inherit their digital assets or can social media managers stake a claim.
The article by Heena Khandelwal was published by DNA on May 28, 2017.

Tweets from the afterlife

What happens to the digital legacy that celebrities leave behind after they die. Heena Khandelwal asks if their families must inherit their digital assets or can social media managers stake a claim.
The article by Heena Khandelwal was published by DNA on May 28, 2017.

Unidades de Análisis de ues estatales definen plan de trabajo

Dar forma a una base de datos con información del sistema de Educación Superior chileno, publicar el primer manual de indicadores del Cuech y fomentar la creación de lazos internacionales, son parte de los objetivos y lineamientos de trabajo para el 2017.

Las chilenas hablamos con libanesas y sabemos qué es discriminación

En su segundo viaje a este país de Medio Oriente, la directora de la Oficina de Igualdad de Oportunidades de Género de la Universidad de Chile, dependiente de la Vicerrectoría de Extensión y Comunicaciones, participó de una serie de conferencias y actividades junto a la embajadora de Chile en Líbano, Marcha Chalhub, y al Ministro para Asuntos de la Mujer, Jean Oghassabian, en el marco de la "Semana de Chile en el Líbano".

​NTU and Germany’s Fraunhofer launch new institute to develop digital solutions for the industry

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Para além dos bloqueios do WhatsApp: suspender provedores de aplicação pode ser um caminho sem volta

Desde a última sexta-feira (02/06), o Supremo Tribunal Federal tem ouvido argumentos relacionados ao bloqueio de aplicativos como o WhatsApp, em audiência pública convocada pela Ministra Rosa Weber e pelo Ministro Edson Fachin, relatores da Ação Direta de Inconstitucionalidade (ADI) 5527 e da Arguição de Descumprimento de Preceito Fundamental (ADPF) 403, respectivamente. As audiências públicas são um importante mecanismo de diálogo da corte superior com a sociedade, a fim de melhor elucidar as questões em julgamento.

The Internet Doesn’t Have to Be Bad for Democracy

Tom Simonite at MIT Technology Review: “Accusations that the Internet and social media sow political division have flown thick and fast since recent contentious elections in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France.