Author(s): Beth Van SchaackPublication Date: February 22, 2016Publication Type: Other WritingOn February 10, 2016, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission convened a Congressional briefing devoted to the topic of advancing accountability for the commission of international crimes in Iraq and Syria. Read more » about Iraq & Syria: Prospects for Accountability
""What was remarkable was that the public hadn't seen the argument surfaced," says Jennifer Granick at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society. She says Judge Orenstein was trying to stoke a public debate.
Date published: February 22, 2016"Barbara van Schewick is the director of the Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society. Her research and papers on network neutrality shaped the US Federal Communications Commission's work and rulings on the issue. In a Skype interview with Kim Arora, she spoke about the latest Trai decision and net neutrality around the world.
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How Cloud Computing Has Disrupted the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty System and Why It Matters
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This paper describes how the fractal complexity of cloud computing’s physical geography has fractured the system of Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLATs) that arose during the jet age to help shuttle evidence of crime across borders.
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16 Feb 2016
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Waldo Ramalho integrou as atividades propostas pelo órgão, em BrasíliaAluno da graduação da FGV Direito Rio, Waldo Ramalho, participou do Programa de Intercâmbio do Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (PinCade 2016).
The Director of the FBI has made an emotional appeal to get support to compel Apple to crack its own security to provide access to the locked phone it seized from the deceased San Bernadino terrorist.
“Crowd2Map Tanzania is a new crowdsourcing initiative aimed at creating a comprehensive map ofTanzania, including detailed depictions of all of its villages, roads and public resources (such as schools, shops, offices etc.) in OpenStreetMap and/or Google Maps, both of which are sadly rather poor at the moment. (For a convincing example, see our post about a not-so-blank-as-map-suggests Zeze village here.)
Richard A. Berk, Susan B. Sorenson and Geoffrey Barnes in the The Journal of Empirical Legal Studies: “Arguably the most important decision at an arraignment is whether to release an offender until the date of his or her next scheduled court appearance. Under the Bail Reform Act of 1984, threats to public safety can be a key factor in that decision. Implicitly, a forecast of “future dangerousness” is required.
Joshua Wilwohl in Forbes: “A new mobile and web application will help Cambodians better track complaints registered with local governments, but part of the app’s effectiveness hinges on whether the country’s leaders are receptive to the technology.
In mehreren Panels diskutierten die eingeladenen ExpertInnen über die gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen von Big Data
Vergangene Woche fand unter dem Titel „Big Data und Gesellschaft – Zwischen Kausalität und Korrelation“ die zweitägige Fachtagung des Projekts ABIDA in Münster statt.
This post was written by Fabrizio Scrollini
Tom Rosenstiel for the Brookings Center for Effective Public Management: “The path toward sustainable journalism, already challenged by a disrupted advertising business model, is also being undermined by something more unexpected—terrible data.
Author(s): Jennifer GranickPublication Date: February 22, 2016Publication Type: Other WritingLast week’s big cybersecurity news was that the FBI obtained a court order to force Apple to develop new software that would bypass several iPhone security features so the FBI can attempt to unlock the work phone of one of the San Bernardino shooters. Apple plans to challenge that order.
Date published: February 22, 2016"It has been reported that the Director of Civil Liberties at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, Jennifer Granick, said, “This is a new frontier. I know of no other statutory provision that would arguably create an obligation for device manufacturers to help out government.”" Read more » about Apple Ruling Poses Grave Danger to Investor's Privacy Rights
CiTiP, together with Cullen International and CRIDS of the University of Namur, will organize a Brussels Internet & Telecom Seminar on protection of digital consumers.
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Last week I had the chance to watch one of the world’s great electoral-political spectacles - the New Hampshire primary - up close. It wasn’t by any means my first dalliance with American politics: I’ve had at least a loose involvement in the fascinating and frequently Freudian process by which Americans elect their leaders for several cycles now. But this time I saw the process through a slightly different lens.
