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with Jessie Rossman and Kade Crockford of the ACLU of Massachusetts

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Technology moves much faster than the law. Here in Massachusetts, that’s left a gap between what kinds of technologies schools use to manage student information and in classrooms, and the laws and regulations protecting sensitive student information. Hear about the state of student privacy in our state, and what’s next.

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Berkman Luncheon Series

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On Monday, I wrote a post for Just Security where I reflected on last week's news concerning the FBI's attempts to coerce Apple into creating a forensic bypass to the iPhone passcode lockout. I wrote that we live in a software-defined world. In 2000, Lawrence Lessig wrote that Code is Law — the software and hardware that comprise cyberspace are powerful regulators that can either protect or threaten liberty. A few years ago, Mark Andreessen wrote that software was eating the world, pointing to a trend that is hockey sticking today. Software is redefining everything, even national defense.

Today, the Stanford Center for Internet and Society and attorney Matthew J.

Date published: February 24, 2016Read more » about Driverless Cars Brave Mean City StreetsInside Science"All of these companies' efforts fall into one of two kinds of technologies, said Bryant Walker Smith, an engineer and lawyer at the University of South Carolina: cars that do something everywhere or cars that do everything somewhere.

Los antecedentes entregados al Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales en el año 2012 por parte de María Paz Valenzuela, representante del Instituto de Historia y Patrimonio de la Casa de Bello, del doctor Julio Cárdenas, director del Museo de Anatomía y su colaboradora, Michele Dinator, fueron la base para que se confiriera este estado tanto al Anfiteatro José Joaquín Aguirre como a las colecciones contenidas en este lugar.En la publicación oficial se resume parte de la historia del edificio y de la docencia en anatomía que, desde 1823, se realiza en nuestro país.

How the York Museums Trust started opening up its collection – OpenGLAM Case study

On 12th February 2016 the higher labour court Berlin-Brandenburg issued a press release about a decision concerning the inspection of an employee’s browser history by his employer to check if his computers... MORE

HUMANE project on 24 February 2016 at 11:50AM One of the main objectives of the HUMANE project is to come up with a typology and profiling framework of Human-Machine Networks. We just finished a paper based on the first revision of our typology. The paper is going to be presented at the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction International, Toronto, Canada, 17 – 22 [...]

Mark Gorenberg, Craig Mundie, Eric Schmidt and Marjory Blumenthal at PCAST: “Growing urbanization presents the United States with an opportunity to showcase its innovation strength, grow its exports, and help to improve citizens’ lives – all at once. Seizing this triple opportunity will involve a concerted effort to develop and apply new technologies to enhance the way cities work for the people who live there.

Comunicar es sorprender, superar las expectativas
Carlos Fernández Guerra, Director Digital y Social Media en Iberdrola, impartió una sesión a los alumnos del Máster en Comunicación Política y Corporativa (MCPC)

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Page Type: Eventlunch24 febbraio 2016Simone Basso (Centro Nexa), Arturo Filastò (Hermes Center, Tor Project e Centro Nexa)
image: Super sticky: 0Featured Event: 0Data evento: Wed, 24/02/2016 - 13:00 to 14:00luogo: Via Boggio 65/a | Torino (primo piano)

Author(s): Ryan CaloPublication Date: February 24, 2016Publication Type: Academic WritingAbstract:       Read more » about Robots in American Law

By Gavin Freeguard, cross-posted from Institute for Government

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with Berkman Fellow, Nathan Matias

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MIT PhD candidate Nathan Matias shares four years of research and design interventions aimed at expanding the power of citizens to understand and develop effective responses to discrimination and harassment online.

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Berkman Luncheon Series

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Date: Tue, 02/23/2016Internet Society and African Union Commission survey highlights Internet connectivity, cyber security and Internet access as issues most closely monitored by policymakers

Report by Nicholas Robin, Thilo Klein and Johannes Jütting for Paris 21: “Non-offcial sources of data, big data in particular, are currently attracting enormous interest in the world of official statistics.

Guest post by Neil Reilly, GovLab Academy Coaching Programs Alumnus.

Springwise: “Every year in Switzerland, emergency centers respond to around 1,000 call outs for lost and injured hikers. It can often take hours and significant manpower to locate lost mountaineers, but new software for quadcopter drones is making the hunt quicker and easier, and has the potential to help find human survivors in disaster zones around the world.

Kristin Finklea at the Congressional Research Service: “Because modern-day criminals are constantly developing new tools and techniques to facilitate their illicit activities, law enforcement is challenged with leveraging its tools and authorities to keep pace. For instance, interconnectivity and technological innovation have not only fostered international business and communication, they have also helped criminals carry out their operations.

Memorial representa Associação Comercial do Rio de Janeiro (ACRio)O memorial de amicus curiae elaborado por alunos da Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da FGV (Direito Rio) foi admitido no último dia 12 de fevereiro pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) no Recurso Extraordinário 640.452. O processo discute a desproporcionalidade no valor de multas cobradas nos casos de descumprimento de obrigações tributárias acessórias.