New book by Arvind Narayanan, Joseph Bonneau, Edward Felten, Andrew Miller & Steven Goldfeder: “Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies provides a comprehensive introduction to the revolutionary yet often misunderstood new technologies of digital currency. Whether you are a student, software developer, tech entrepreneur, or researcher in computer science, this authoritative and self-contained book tells you everything you need to know about the new global money for the Internet age.

Lançamento dos volumes 11 ao 15 da Coleção “História Oral do Supremo"11h00O Evento: O Ministro Nelson Jobim, Coordenador do Projeto "História Oral do Supremo", com o apoio das Escolas de Direito do Rio de Janeiro, de São Paulo e de Ciências Sociais da Fundação Getulio Vargas convida para o lançamento dos volumes 11 ao 15 da Coleção “História Oral do Supremo (1988 – 2013) ”, em comemoração aos 25 anos da Constituição Federal. Os ministros vão debater suas trajetórias no Supremo e sobre o Supremo atual.

Since the unfolding of the Ukrainian crisis in early 2014, Western governments and alliances have been ramping up their communication capabilities to counter Russia’s information campaign and affect the “hearts and minds” of the Russian public, as the Cold War-era...

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Date: Wed, 07/20/2016Diverse funding source provides solid financial foundation for development of open Internet technologies and standards

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We are thrilled to announce the people who will join our community at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University as fellows, faculty associates, and affiliates for the 2016-2017 academic year.

We are thrilled to announce the people who will join our community at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University as fellows, faculty associates, and affiliates for the 2016-2017 academic year.

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We are thrilled to announce the people who will join our community at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University as fellows, faculty associates, and affiliates for the 2016-2017 academic year.

We are thrilled to announce the people who will join our community at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University as fellows, faculty associates, and affiliates for the 2016-2017 academic year.

Title: Regulating data protection: the allocation of responsibility and risk among actors involved in personal data processing

Inscrições até 25 de julhoAté a próxima segunda-feira, dia 25 de julho, a Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da FGV (Direito Rio) recebe inscrições para nove cursos de curta duração, destinados a alunos de graduação de qualquer instituição de ensino ou jovens profissionais.
Com carga horária de 30 horas, os cursos oferecidos poderão ser ministrados em inglês e português. As opções de língua portuguesa são: Criminologia e Execução Penal; Regulação setorial: portos, rodovias, ferrovias e aeroportos;Direito marítimo; Ética para advogados; e Programação para Advogados.

Elizabeth Stoycheff and Erik C.

Date published: July 20, 2016"Omer Tene, vice president of research and education at the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) noted that European countries such as Germany and France submit significantly more government requests than U.S., relative to the population.

Date published: July 20, 2016"Danielle Citron, a University of Maryland law professor and author of a book "Hate Crimes in Cyberspace," called the incident "a learning moment."
"I applaud Twitter for its approach in this area," Citron said. "If you chase people offline with racist and intimidating speech, that's too much. Twitter and other platforms are contributing to social norms on free expression.""
Daily Mail

Date published: July 20, 2016"The courtroom, however, is different from the court of public opinion, said Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant professor of law and engineering at the University of South Carolina, who studies self-driving vehicles.
"Summaries and spin will be much less credible than analysis supported by raw data that others can evaluate," he said."
Reuters

Author(s): Beth Van SchaackPublication Date: July 20, 2016Publication Type: Other WritingThis is Part III of an international criminal justice round-up covering ten of the top developments in the field this spring and summer. Part I is here and covers the Habrécase, the travel of President Al-Bashir of Sudan, and the Open Society Justice Initiative’s report on crimes against humanity in Mexico.  Part II—which covered sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the Bemba case, the ICC Statut

Paul Ormerod at Evonomics: “….The recognition of the fundamental importance of networks for outcomes in the modern social and economic worlds does not mean that governments are powerless. Instead it calls for smarter government rather than no government. It almost certainly means fewer state bureaucrats, working in an outdated intellectual framework, searching for the elusive silver bullet which is guaranteed to solve a problem.

10° Encuentro del Instituto Hemisférico de Performance y Política "eX-céntrico: Disidencias, soberanías, performance" es el nombre de esta actividad en la que participarán más de 400 personas, entre artistas, performistas y destacadas personalidades como la activista feminista Angela Davis, el artista chileno y Premio Nacional de Artes 2013 Alfredo Jaar, la académica de la U. de Chile María Emilia Tijoux, y la directora del Instituto Hemisférico de la U. de Nueva York, Diana Taylor.

Obras restauradas y la historia inédita detrás de artistas que fundaron el primer museo de arte contemporáneo de Latinoamérica se recuperan en la exhibición "Colección MAC: Fundacional", en la sede Parque Forestal de este museo.

Presidente de la Federación de Estudiantes de la U. de Chile por tres períodos consecutivos (1970-1973), diputado por Santiago, estudiante de Odontología y militante del Partido Comunista. El hoy Profesor Emérito de la Universidad de British Columbia (UBC), en Vancouver, Alejandro Rojas, volvió a nuestro país para participar en el Seminario Escuela-Huerto: Educación Pública por la Tierra y la Comida Sana, organizado por nuestra Universidad, instancia donde presentó su proyecto de alimentación sana y ecología que hace seis año lidera en Canadá.

El envío al Congreso por parte del gobierno del proyecto de Ley de Educación Superior constituye un hito en uno de los procesos de reforma más relevantes para el futuro de Chile. En este contexto, queremos relevar ciertos elementos para aportar a la discusión que provocará la tramitación legislativa, rescatando el rol que en este proceso le cabe a la Universidad de Chile.

As the phenomenon known as Pokémon Go has rapidly established itself as the latest distraction (or obsession) for the growing numbers of people with GPS-enabled smart phones, we have begun to see some of the surprises and challenges that often accompany new technologies (or new uses of existing technologies).

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The Project Coordinator will perform diverse research and coordination activities associated with various projects. S/he will join the Berkman Klein Center’s world-class community of scholars and digital architects, and work in close collaboration with faculty, staff, and fellows to advance a range of interdisciplinary, cutting-edge research related to the study and development of Internet & society.