A new right to be forgotten? Europe and America frequently see the world through different lenses. This obviously can lead to striking differences and blindspots. One focus of this is the internet, and how it should be regulated. The existence...
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Headed to RightsCon 2016? Lots of folks from the Berkman Center are. We're leading discussions on topics ranging from online hate speech, to protecting users rights, to mapping the landscape for online content romoval requests, to transparency reporting. Check out this list of sessions for a look at some of the things we're working on.
A partir de 31 de Março 2016, realiza-se um ciclo de seminários no IST no contexto da disciplina de Cibersegurança Forense do MSIDC, da responsabilidade do Professor Nuno Santos.
Estes seminários terão lugar no IST Alameda (em civil), nas quintas-feiras às 18:00 ao longo dos meses de Abril e Maio. Estarão presentes vários oradores convidados e os seminários serão abertos ao público em geral.
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Ehud Shapiro in the Financial Times: “In 20 years, the internet has matured and has reached its equivalent of the Middle Ages. It has large feudal communities, with rulers who control everything and billions of serfs without civil rights. History tells us that the medieval era was followed by the Enlightenment.
Joshua Finnell* On 9 May 2013, US President Barack Obama issued Executive Order 13642-Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government – mandating, wherever legally permissible and possible, that US Government information be made open to the public.[1]
This blog post was written by the members of the Sinar project in Malaysia
Mike Godwin, who proposed the eponymous law about online discussion threads, speaks about net neutrality, differential pricing and why no government is likely to oppose stricter surveillance measures.
The article by Bhavya Dore was published in Hindu Businessline on March 25, 2016.
Dan Davies at TheLong & Short: “Evidence-based policy is very much in fashion at the moment in all departments of government. Of course it’s a good idea; the main argument for it is summarised admirably by the name. But people who expect big things from evidence-based approaches ought to be really quite worried right now.
Paper by Rashmi Krishnamurthy and Yukika Awazu in the
Jessica Leber at Fast Co-Exist: “Cities have long seen the potential in big data to improve the government and the lives of citizens, and this is now being put into action in ways where governments touch citizens’ lives in very sensitive areas.
Political Turbulence Book on 26 March 2016 at 18:54PM A special report on technology and politics in The Economist examines questions of democracy, data, politics, and social media referencing the findings reported in Political Turbulence: A new book entitled “Political Turbulence” come[s] to an intriguing conclusion: social media are making democracies more “pluralistic”, but [...]
Vyacheslav Polonski on 25 March 2016 at 17:57PM Insights from semantic network analysis of Instagram photos and hashtags at Davos 2016Continue reading on Medium » [...]
Medha Basu at GovInsider Asia: “Countries across the region have launched complaints apps. But how do they fare? GovInsider takes a look at each how they compare.
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Emerging Technology from the arXiv: “Lack of evidence to city planning has ruined cities all over the world. But data-mining techniques are finally revealing the rules that make cities successful, vibrant places to live. …Back in 1961, the gradual decline of many city centers in the U.S. began to puzzle urban planners and activists alike.
2016年3月25日，中国网络空间安全协会成立大会在北京远望楼宾馆成功举行。BNU作为发起单位与其他150多家会员单位参与了大会。
大会共分为三个部分，第一部分，中国网络空间安全协会第一届会员代表大会。大会通过了协会章程（草案）、选举办法（草案）、会费缴纳管理办法（草案）等重要文件，并选举产生协会第一届理事会，BNU被选举为理事会成员，IIPL薛虹教授为单位代表；第二部分，中国网络空间安全协会第一届理事会第一次会议。会议选举产生了协会常务理事、副理事长以及理事长。根据理事长提名选举产生了协会秘书长。中国工程院院士、北京邮电大学教授方滨兴当选第一届理事长。随后方滨兴教授发表讲话，表示协会将致力于打造“三个一流”的协会，共建能够推进社会、经济、学术等共同发展的网络平台，协助政府管理，维护公共网络安全。
In a recent decision, the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof), the highest court in the system of ordinary jurisdiction in Germany, established a case of intermediary liability for anonymous reviews published in review portals, which are under the obligation to verify the accuracy of the review upon request. This case departs from previous case law, which has usually seen review portals prevailing in court.
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Salil Shetty, Secretary General, Amnesty International
Moderated by Jennifer Granick, Director of Civil Liberties, Center for Internet and SocietyApril 4, 2016Stanford Law School
El proceso se puede realizar en línea en matricula.uchile.cl. El Departamento de Pregrado de la Vicerrectoría de Asuntos Académicos llama a realizar el trámite lo antes posible para evitar tener que utilizar otros conductos para cumplir con las matrículas respectivas.Viernes 11 de marzo a las 16:00 hrs. Ese es el plazo final que tienen los estudiantes antiguos de la Casa de Bello para matricularse y así tener regularizada su situación académica al inicio de este año 2016.
