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"Creo que ganará Macron lo que está en duda es el margen del triunfo"

El triunfo del centrista Emmanuel Macron y de la líder del Frente Nacional, Marine Le Pen, en la primera vuelta de las elecciones presidenciales de Francia representan un terremoto político.

"Si el 49% de niños de 4 años tiene caries, estamos llegando tarde"

La falta de higiene, los malos hábitos alimenticios y el excesivo uso de chupetes y mamaderas, explican en buena medida las altas prevalencias de las patologías bucales que sufren los niños. El caso más severo es el de las caries, que afectan a un 70 por ciento de los menores alrededor de los seis años. En la siguiente entrevista, Gisela Zillmann profundiza en los problemas de salud bucal de los más pequeños. La frecuencia de consultas al odontólogo en la infancia varía dependiendo de las características de cada paciente. En general, señaló la Dra.

Internet & Jurisdiction's April in Retrospect: Blocks in Turkey, Russia and Iran, Hate Speech Bill in Debate in Germany, and More.

The April 2017 edition of Retrospect is
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Espaço para o Direito

A criação da Internet foi dissociada de normas estatais. À época, ela era considerada um mundo livre das estruturas de poder dos Estados ou das regras que o Direito impunha. Essa postura fica clara na Declaração de Independência do Cyberespaço,  de John Perry Barlow, na qual se observa também a ideia de autorregulção da Internet, de modo que os códigos seriam os responsáveis por reger a nova comunidade.

Direito Rio lança obra ‘O insider trading no Direito brasileiro’

Autor faz narrativa crítica de casos concretos decididos pela CVMO insider trading é um dos grandes problemas do mercado de capitais. A utilização de informações privilegiadas constitui ato de deslealdade, traduzindo-se no abuso de uma situação de assimetria de informação. Para falar sobre o o assunto, a Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro, em parceria com a Saraiva Jur, lança o livro O insider trading no Direito brasileiro, de Francisco Antunes Maciel Müssnich.

Podcasting for movement building

This post was originally published over at MIT CoLab.
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One of the most fulfilling experiences I have had this year was that of planning, recording and editing my first podcast episode ever (along with my collaborators… more about them coming soon). 

Minecraft in urban planning: how digital natives are shaking up governments

 in The Guardian: “When we think of governments and technology, the image that springs to mind is more likely to be clunky computers and red tape than it is nimble innovators.
But things are changing. The geeks in jeans are making their way into government and starting to shake things up.

NYC’s New Tech to Track Every Homeless Person in the City

Wired: “New York is facing a crisis. The city that never sleeps has become the city with the most people who have no home to sleep in.

Hate Speech und Fake News – Über die Vermischung und Politisierung zweier Begriffe – Teil 2

The terms hate speech and fake news serve as focal points for public controversies in Germany lately. The issue at stake, how should social media companies and society at large... MORE

Connected Learning Key to Improving Education in Africa, says Internet Society Study

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Date: Mon, 05/08/2017
Report presented at conference bringing together Internet and Development organizations from throughout Africa
[Kigali, Rwanda– 8 May 2017] – Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and the Internet in particular, can have a transformative effect on education in Africa, says a report launched today by the Internet Society.

Rectores rechazan políticas xenófobas y abogan por más rol del Estado

Mayor intercambio estudiantil, académico y trabajo conjunto entre universidades para afrontar los problemas comunes de la región, y el irrenunciable rol de los Estados en el financiamiento y aseguramiento de la calidad de sus planteles, son los ejes principales del documento, emitido tras dos días de trabajo.

HIIG goes re:publica

Founded ten years ago, re:publica has grown into one of the most exciting conferences on digital culture. HIIG researchers already attended the conference in the last few years, and we... MORE

The Nudge Wars: A Glimpse into the Modern Socialist Calculation Debate

Paper by Abigail Devereaux: “Nudge theory, the preferences-neutral subset of modern behavioral economic policy, is premised on irrational decision-making at the level of the individual agent.

Beyond Networks – Interlocutory Coalitions, the European and Global Legal Orders

Book by Gianluca Sgueo: “….explores the activism promoted by organised networks of civil society actors in opening up possibilities for more democratic supranational governance. It examines the positive and negative impact that such networks of civil society actors – named “interlocutory coalitions” – may have on the convergence of principles of administrative governance across the European legal system and other supranational legal systems.

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Big Data Science: Opportunities and Challenges to Address Minority Health and Health Disparities in the 21st Century

Xinzhi Zhang et al in Ethnicity and Disease: “Addressing minority health and health disparities has been a missing piece of the puzzle in Big Data science. This article focuses on three priority opportunities that Big Data science may offer to the reduction of health and health care disparities.

Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest

Book by Zeynep Tufekci: “A firsthand account and incisive analysis of modern protest, revealing internet-fueled social movements’ greatest strengths and frequent challenges….

Using big data to understand consumer behaviour on ethical issues

Phani Kumar Chintakayala  and C. William Young in the Journal of Consumer Ethics: “The Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC) was established by the UK Economic and Social Research Council and launched its data services in 2015. Te project is led by the University of Leeds and UCL, with partners at the Universities of Liverpool and Oxford. It is working with consumer-related organisations and businesses to open up their data resources to trusted researchers, enabling them to carry out important social and economic research….

Café & Chat: Privacidade e Proteção de Dados Médicos

O Café & Chat: Privacidade e Proteção de Dados Médicos aconteceu dia 24 de abril de 2017. Ocorreu um debate focando em proteção de dados pessoais sensíveis, a disponibilidade de informações pessoais pelos próprios pacientes e sujeitos, iniciativas de inovação tecnológica no campo de exploração de dados pessoais em benefício da Medicina e os riscos que essa tendência pode representar para a sociedade.

I Semana de Ética FGV Direito Rio

I Semana de Ética FGV Direito Rio12h00 até 15h00O Evento: I Semana de Ética FGV DIREITO RIO "Diálogos sobre a ética na academia e nas profissões jurídicas"
O evento pretende debater com os alunos as principais questões desse tema e tratar dos mais relevantes desafios éticos que se colocam no bom exercício das profissões jurídicas.