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Denmark is appointing an ambassador to big tech

Matthew Hughes in The Next Web: “Question: Is Facebook a country? It sounds silly, but when you think about it, it does have many attributes in common with nation states. For starters, it’s got a population that’s bigger than that of India, and its 2016 revenue wasn’t too far from Estonia’s GDP. It also has a ‘national ethos’. If America’s philosophy is capitalism, Cuba’s is communism, and Sweden’s is social democracy, Facebook’s is ‘togetherness’, as corny as that may sound.

Kserokopia # 53 (10 – 26 lutego)

W tym numerze Kserokopii prezentujemy przede wszystkim zagadnienia związane z europejską reformą prawa autorskiego takie jak wstępna opinia Komisji Rynku Wewnętrznego i Ochrony Konsumentów, prawo pokrewne wydawców czy transparentność przeprowadzania samej reformy. Ponadto zachęcamy do lektury materiałów z tygodnia dozwolonego użytku oraz korzystania z zasobów Europejskiej Agencji Kosmicznej, które zostały nareszcie udostępnione na licencji CC-BY-SA.  
CO NOWEGO W SIECI
Tydzień dozwolonego użytku

Kserokopia # 53 (10 – 26 lutego)

W tym numerze Kserokopii prezentujemy przede wszystkim zagadnienia związane z europejską reformą prawa autorskiego takie jak wstępna opinia Komisji Rynku Wewnętrznego i Ochrony Konsumentów, prawo pokrewne wydawców czy transparentność przeprowadzania samej reformy. Ponadto zachęcamy do lektury materiałów z tygodnia dozwolonego użytku oraz korzystania z zasobów Europejskiej Agencji Kosmicznej, które zostały nareszcie udostępnione na licencji CC-BY-SA.  
CO NOWEGO W SIECI
Tydzień dozwolonego użytku

Curating Research Data: Practical Strategies for Your Digital Repository

Two books edited by Lisa R. Johnston: “Data are becoming the proverbial coin of the digital realm: a research commodity that might purchase reputation credit in a disciplinary culture of data sharing, or buy transparency when faced with funding agency mandates or publisher scrutiny. Unlike most monetary systems, however, digital data can flow in all too great an abundance. Not only does this currency actually “grow” on trees, but it comes from animals, books, thoughts, and each of us!

Will Democracy Survive Big Data and Artificial Intelligence?

Za miesiąc rusza Tydzień Otwartej Edukacji 2017 – ale obchody zaczynamy już teraz

Tydzień Otwartej Edukacji zbliża się wielkimi krokami – rusza dokładnie za miesiąc, bo 27 marca.  My jednak – w  ramach Koalicji Otwartej Edukacji – zaczynamy świętowanie już teraz, bo 1 marca. Właśnie 1 marca w 12 miastach Polski będziemy rozmawiać o otwartej edukacji podczas spotkań TechKlubów organizowanych przez projekt  Nowe Technologie Lokalnie.

Za miesiąc rusza Tydzień Otwartej Edukacji 2017 – ale obchody zaczynamy już teraz

Tydzień Otwartej Edukacji zbliża się wielkimi krokami – rusza dokładnie za miesiąc, bo 27 marca.  My jednak – w  ramach Koalicji Otwartej Edukacji – zaczynamy świętowanie już teraz, bo 1 marca. Właśnie 1 marca w 12 miastach Polski będziemy rozmawiać o otwartej edukacji podczas spotkań TechKlubów organizowanych przez projekt  Nowe Technologie Lokalnie.

Digitaler Salon: Million Bitcoin Baby!

Blockchain instead of financial institutions and bitcoins instead of loose coins? Is the internet going to be tomorrow’s money bin, and FinTech our new savings bank? And who is going... MORE

7 ways the ROUTE-TO-PA project has improved data sharing through CKAN

Data sharing has come a long way over the years. With open source tools, improvements and new features are always quickly on the horizon. Serah Rono looks at the improvements that have been made to open source data management system CKAN through the course of the ROUTE-TO-PA project. 

How Many Times Has the Government Spied on You Today?

Location

United States

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The Snowden revelations, while dramatic, have done little to amp up public concern about personal surveillance.
After all, thanks to technology, electronic spying is cheap —  so cheap the government can’t afford not to do it.

Opinion: The tech behind Bitcoin could reinvent cybersecurity

Location

United States

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Is Your Aadhar Biometrics Safe? Firms Accused Of Storing Biometrics And Using Them Illegally

Fears of Aadhar biometric security have been compounded as the government is sprinting towards the next phase of ‘cashless India’ and digitization
Pranesh Prakash and Sunil Abraham have been quoted in this article published by Outlook on February 24, 2017.

AI in Asia: AI for Social Good

 

AGENDA
6TH MARCH 2017: PUBLIC CONFERENCE
9:15 am  Registration commences
Chair: Toshie Takahashi, Professor of Waseda University, Local Organiser
9:45 am  Welcome remarks
Malavika Jayaram, Executive Director, Digital Asia Hub
Prof. Kazuaki Ueno, Director, Research Institute for Letters, Arts and Sciences, Waseda University
10:00 am Opening Keynote:

From Nairobi to Manila, mobile phones are changing the lives of bus riders

Shomik Mehnidrata at Transport for Development Blog: “Every day around the world, millions of people rely on buses to get around. In many cities, these services carry the bulk of urban trips, especially in Africa and Latin America.

Connecting the dots: Building the case for open data to fight corruption

Web Foundation: “This research, published with Transparency International, measures the progress made by 5 key countries in implementing the

Nuts and Bolts of Encryption: A Primer for Policymakers

Edward W. Felten: “This paper offers a straight for ward introduction to encryption, as it is implemented in modern systems, at a level of detail suitable for policy discussions. No prior background on encryption or data security is assumed.

Bilhete Único e os Limites da Privacidade

 
A prefeitura de São Paulo está buscando passar a gestão do sistema de Bilhete Único do transporte público para a iniciativa privada. Em propaganda oficial da prefeitura [1], afirma-se que o sistema possui 15 milhões de cartões eletrônicos emitidos, e que a privatização é uma oportunidade para a venda da base de dados do sistema. Sendo uma oportunidade de uso para venda cruzada (“cross sale”) com base na análise dos dados dos usuários.

When driverless cars crash, who gets the blame and pays the damages?

Location

United States

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Henry Farrell: Far-right parties hate EU but need it

Location

United States

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Open Data Privacy Playbook

Teaser

Effective data governance is a prerequisite for successful open data programs. This report codifies responsible privacy-protective approaches and processes that could be adopted by cities and other government organizations that are publicly releasing data.

Publication Date

27 Feb 2017
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