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Allahabad High Court Rules on Criminal Contempt

In a recent decision [In Re: KK Mishra @ Balram], the Allahabad High Court found an advocate guilty of contempt of court. The Court sentenced the advocate to six months in simple imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 2000. The accused advocate was charged on the basis of a series of transgressions, against a Civil […]

Privacy in Public Spaces: What Expectations of Privacy Do We Have in Social Media Intelligence?

Paper by Edwards, Lilian and Urquhart, Lachlan: “In this paper we give a basic introduction to the transition in contemporary surveillance from top down traditional police surveillance to profiling and “pre-crime” methods. We then review in more detail the rise of open source (OSINT) and social media (SOCMINT) intelligence and its use by law enforcement and security authorities. Following this we consider what if any privacy protection is currently given in UK law to SOCMINT.

To reduce economic inequality, do we need better democracy?

Matt Leighninger at Public Agenda: “When people have a say in the decisions that affect their lives, they will be better off economically as well as politically.
This idea has intrigued community development experts, foundation executives, public officials and academic researchers for many years. It has also animated some of the work people and governments are undertaking to address inequality, both in the United States and (especially) in the Global South.

​NTU successfully launches its fifth and sixth satellites

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Luke DuBois: Portraits in Data

Data as the 21st-century color palette

"La comunicación interna es esencial para el compromiso en la organizaciones"

"La comunicación interna es esencial para el compromiso en la organizaciones"
Sesión de Pilar Ramón, directora de comunicación interna de Acciona, en el Máster de Comunicación Política y Corporativa

16/12/15 18:45
Arantxa Recalde

Danish city uses sensor system to understand Christmas shoppers

Springwise: “The success of a Christmas market or winterfete doesn’t always translate to money spent, it may simply increase foot traffic or visitor dwell time. Now, the Danish city of Aalborg is measuring exactly those quantities during its busy Christmas shopping period, using Bliptrack, the sensor system that detects devices that are using wifi.

International Day of People with Disability

Nirmita Narasimhan was a panelist at this event organized by Capgemini in Bangalore on November 30, 2015.
The theme of the panel discussion was Accessibility. Nirmita Narasimhan was one of the guest speakers. She spoke about the work done on Accessibility at the Centre for Internet & Society.

For more details visit http://cis-india.org/accessibility/news/international-day-of-people-with-disability

Digitaler Salon: Dem Hölderlin sein Hashtag.

Are algorithms the new authors of a highly calculated literature in the digital age? How can the internet help us to redefine storytelling and writing? Discuss with us Hashtag Hölderlin at... MORE

Eine “Charta der Grundrechte für die digitale Zeit”, und warum wir sie brauchen

Dieser Beitrag erschien zuerst im Verfassungsblog. «Ich surfe, also bin ich.» Das ist nach der Internet-Milieu-Studie des Deutschen Instituts für Vertrauen und Sicherheit im Internet das neue Credo der sogenannten Digital Natives,... MORE

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Notícia principal: Professor participa de reunião com Alto Comissário da ONU para Direitos HumanosResumo notícia principal: O professor Michael Mohallem participou, nos dias 3 e 4 de dezembro, de encontro com o Alto Comissário das Nações Unidas para Direitos Humanos, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, em Brasília.Notícias secundárias: Pesquisador do CTS lança livro sobre Neutralidade de Rede e Direitos HumanosIntercâmbio Internacional: Harvard Law School (HLS)Eventos: VI Competição Interamericana de Direito ao Desenvolvimento Sustentável - Moot Court Competition 2016Cursos: LL.M em Direito: Estado e Re

Global Open Data Index 2015 – Taiwan Insight

** This insight was written by TH Schee OK Taiwan ambassador **

PSU 2015: Inasistencia llegó a 12,8 por ciento

Se dieron a conocer las cifras de ausentes en el proceso de la Prueba de Selección Universitaria de este año, mientras el Rector de la Universidad de Chile, Ennio Vivaldi, supervisó personalmente la descarga de material y comienzo de la lectura de más de 850 mil hojas de respuestas.Con completa normalidad finalizó a nivel nacional este martes 1 de diciembre la Prueba de Selección Universitaria (PSU), correspondiente al Proceso de Admisión 2016, con una asistencia de 252.401 inscritos a las pruebas obligatorias de Lenguaje y Comunicación y Matemática sobre el total de 289.44

Cyber Security Summit 2015

The Government of Karnataka in association with Biz Wingz Production House organized this Summit on November 27, 2015 at JW Marriott, Bangalore from 10.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Sunil Abraham was a panelist.

WTI expert views on CETA presented in Brussels

On 9 December, Pierre Sauvé, the WTI’s Director of External Programmes and Academic Partnerships, testified before the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee (INTA) in Brussels on the treatment of services trade and investment in the recently concluded but yet to be ratified Canada-EU Comprehensive Trade Agreement (CETA).

Guffipedia: a dictionary of business jargon

Lucy Kellaway in the Financial Times: ” At this time of year, my mind naturally turns to guff. Every December I open the cupboard in which I store the worst examples of the year’s jargon and begin the search for winners of my annual Golden Flannel awards.

Big Data for Development: A Review of Promises and Challenges

Martin Hilbert in the Development Policy Review: “The article uses a conceptual framework to review empirical evidence and some 180 articles related to the opportunities and threats of Big Data Analytics for international development. The advent of Big Data delivers a cost-effective prospect for improved decision-making in critical development areas such as healthcare, economic productivity and security.

Smarter as the New Urban Agenda

New book edited by Gil-Garcia, J. Ramon, Pardo, Theresa A., Nam, Taewoo: “This book will provide one of the first comprehensive approaches to the study of smart city governments with theories and concepts for understanding and researching 21st century city governments innovative methodologies for the analysis and evaluation of smart city initiatives. The term “smart city” is now generally used to represent efforts that in different ways describe a comprehensive vision of a city for the present and future.

Digilantism: An Analysis of Crowdsourcing and the Boston Marathon Bombings

Paper by Johnny Nhan et al: “This paper explores the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing incident and how members of the general public, through the online community Reddit, attempted to provide assistance to law enforcement through conducting their own parallel investigations.

Informations- trifft Arbeitsrecht: Vortrag über die „Herausforderungen und Perspektiven des Arbeitsrechts in der vernetzten Arbeitswelt“

Im Rahmen der Vorlesung Informationsrecht präsentierte Prof. Dr. Andreas Bücker den anwesenden Studenten, Professoren und weiteren interessierten Zuhörern die Ergebnisse seiner neusten Forschungen auf dem Gebiet des Arbeitsrechts in der digitalisierten Welt.