The Cambridge Analytica scandal, the Pegasus spyware attack on WhatsApp and the growing misuse of social media platforms to spread misinformation have made governments world over, including in India, realise the limitations of existing laws in dealing with the misuse of these platforms.
The article by Saumya Tewari and Abhijit Ahaskar was published by Livemint on November 27, 2019. Gurshabad Grover was quoted.
The Mystery of the Non-Finito, or Making Does Not Produce Artefacts by Wim Nijenhuis
Text of the speech at the book launch of the INC Critical Makers Readers, Theatrum Anatomicum, Waag, Amsterdam, November 21, 2019
Our chief executive Catherine Stihler has been awarded an OBE by Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge.
She was recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for her service to politics.
Yesterday, Catherine took part in the investiture at Buckingham Palace, watched on by her proud family.
Catherine said: “It was an immense honour to receive this recognition and be awarded an OBE by Prince William.
Over the past four years, Lebanon has witnessed a crackdown against freedom of expression online. The state has penalized citizens, journalists, and civil society representatives who criticize government officials or mock religious figures, worsening the overall environment for free speech online. In our newest report, “Analyzing Freedom of Expression Online[...]
Over the past four years, Lebanon has witnessed a crackdown against freedom of expression online. The state has penalized citizens, journalists, and civil society representatives who criticize government officials or mock religious figures, worsening the overall environment for free speech online. In our newest report, “Analyzing Freedom of Expression Online[...]
Over the past four years, Lebanon has witnessed a crackdown against freedom of expression online. The state has penalized citizens, journalists, and civil society representatives who criticize government officials or mock religious figures, worsening the overall environment for free speech online.
From November 15 to 17, more than 250 participants gathered for Bread&Net 2019 in the heart of Beirut. With the ongoing Lebanese revolution, this was a special year for our regional digital rights unconference. The political situation was a major focus, from a topic of discussion during various panels to[...]
From November 15 to 17, more than 250 participants gathered for Bread&Net 2019 in the heart of Beirut. With the ongoing Lebanese revolution, this was a special year for our regional digital rights unconference. The political situation was a major focus, from a topic of discussion during various panels to[...]
This article was originally published on November 25, 2019 in Data & Policy, the peer-reviewed, open access venue dedicated to the potential of data science to address important policy challenges, by Andrew J. Zahuranec and Stefaan Verhulst
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By Sharngan Aravindakshan On 19 November 2019, the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly passed a Russia-backed resolution. The resolution called for the establishment of an ad-hoc intergovernmental committee of experts “to elaborate a comprehensive international convention countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes” (A/C.3/74/L.11/Rev.1). China, Iran, Myanmar, North […]
Thirty years ago today, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. It is now the most widely ratified treaty in the world.
The Responsible Data for Children website: http://rd4c.org/
Online safety and security are crucial concerns. (Image via SMEX/Christel Oeini)
From November 15 to 17, more than 250 participants gathered for Bread&Net 2019 in the heart of Beirut. With the ongoing Lebanese revolution, this was a special year for our regional digital rights unconference. The political situation was a major focus, from a topic of discussion during various panels to the session venues being named after famous public squares in Lebanon.
La Universidad, la 40 del mundo en empleabilidad según el ranking de Emerging para Times Higher Education
La Universidad ha subido 10 puestos respecto a la edición del año pasado
Alumnos y empresas interactúan en diferentes actividades, entre ellas el Career Forum, como el de la pasada edición de 2019 organizado en el Edificio Amigos de la Universidad.
FOTO: Manuel Castells
How do fledgling digital innovation communities evolve in the Global South? Nicolas Friederici shares his observations from the 2019 AfriLabs Annual Gathering, and discusses how early communities have grown and become emboldened. I recently spent a week in Addis Ababa for this year’s AfriLabs Gathering. AfriLabs is a kind of association of African innovation hubs,…
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What is the cost of quality in open access (OA) publishing? And who should profit from open access? At this point in the OA-transformation, the position of scholar-led journals is mostly precarious. But there are many reasons, argue Max Bergmann, Kathrin Ganz, Maike Neufend and HIIG researcher Marcel Wrzesinski, that lead us to believe that…
As of late, we have received several questions about the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia’s affiliation with WT:Social. The recently launched WT:Social is related to WikiTribune, a venture independently initiated by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales.
Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation are separate and independent from WT:Social. We have no connection to the social networking site.
By Matt Ryan, Senior Fellow, The GovLab
Beth Simone Noveck, Director, The GovLab
Peter Baeck, Head of the Center for Collective Intelligence Design, Nesta
Around the globe there is increasing recognition that the traditional ways of solving public problems are insufficient for the challenges of the 21st century.
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The Frictionless Data for Reproducible Research Fellows Programme is training early career researchers to become champions of the Frictionless Data tools and approaches in their field. Fellows will learn about Frictionless Data, including how to use Frictionless Data tools in their domains to improve reproducible research workflows, and how to advocate for open science.