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‘Data is a fingerprint’: why you aren’t as anonymous as you think online

Olivia Solon at The Guardian: “In August 2016, the Australian government released an “anonymised” data set comprising the medical billing records, including every prescription and surgery, of 2.9 million people.

Youth league for privacy awareness: Hiperderecho, Peru

Youth and privacy in the Americas: Hiperderecho, Perú How do youth allies promote young people’s critical thinking on privacy, in informal learning contexts in the Americas? This blog post is part of a series showcasing the work of different organizations at the intersection of youth development, digital rights, and online safety. Quick facts Who: Miguel Morachimo from Hiperderecho What: Legal advocacy, campaigning, workshops Mission/vision: To promote local development through solidary social economic practices in different […]

The Diversity Dashboard

Engaging Local Government Leaders:  “The Diversity Dashboard is a crowd-funded data collection effort managed by ELGL and hosted on the OpenGovplatform. The data collection includes the self reported gender, race, age, and veteran status of Chief Administrative Officers and Assistant Chief Administrative Officers in local governments of all sizes and forms.

Data Access Rights - Lunch talk with Alfred Früh

17.07.2018 - 13:00 - 14:00 Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society Französische Straße 9 Berlin

Licht an, Licht aus - Optische Kontrolle von Herzfrequenz oder Insulinsekretion durch lichtschaltbaren Wirkstoff

Ionenkanäle sind porenbildende Proteinkomplexe, die einen Transport elektrisch geladener Teilchen über biologische Membranen ermöglichen. Ihnen kommen zentrale Aufgaben in der Physiologie einer jeden Zelle zu, die u.a. von der Aufnahme und Ausscheidung von Stoffen bis hin zur Entstehung und Weiterleitung elektrischer Aktivität reichen. Aufgrund dieser universellen Bedeutung stellen Ionenkanäle wichtige Zielstrukturen in der Pharmakotherapie einer Vielzahl von Erkrankungen des Menschen dar.

Suspect Citizens: What 20 Million Traffic Stops Tell Us About Policing and Race

Book by Frank R. Baumgartner, Derek A. Epp, and Kelsey Shoub: “Suspect Citizens offers the most comprehensive look to date at the most common form of police-citizen interactions, the routine traffic stop. Throughout the war on crime, police agencies have used traffic stops to search drivers suspected of carrying contraband.

Prof. Dr. Stefanie Ritz-Timme in die Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina aufgenommen

Die Leopoldina ist die Deutsche Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften und gehört zu den weltweit ältesten Wissenschaftsakademien. Sie vertritt seit 2008 die deutsche Wissenschaft in internationalen Gremien und nimmt zu wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen politischer und gesellschaftlicher Fragen unabhängig Stellung.

A model to help tech companies make responsible technology a reality

Sam Brown at DotEveryone: “..adopting a Responsible Technology approach isn’t straightforward. There’s currently no roadmap, or even any common language, about how to embed responsible technology practices in practical and tangible ways.
That’s why Doteveryone has spent the last year researching the issues organisations face and we’re now developing a model that will help organisations do just that.

Book of the Day: Omnia Sunt Communia, by Massimo De Angelis

Massimo De Angelis. Omnia Sunt Communia: On the Commons and the Transformation to Postcapitalism (London: Zed Books, 2017).
Massimo De Angelis is a thinker very much in the autonomist tradition; he mentions being a student of Harry Cleaver. This comes through loud and clear in his focus on the self-activity of ordinary people, and on the centrality of their self-created and -governed institutions as the kernel of a postcapitalist successor society.

Examensfeier der Philosophischen Fakultät: 550 Studienabschlüsse im Sommersemester

Der Dekan beglückwünschte die erfolgreichen Absolventen seiner Fakultät: „Sie alle haben Großartiges geleistet. Sie haben großen intellektuellen Einsatz, viel Zeit, Fleiß und Disziplin aufgebracht, um dahin zu kommen, wo Sie heute stehen. Sie sollten sich immer daran erinnern, welche Herausforderungen Sie im Studium gemeistert haben und dies sollte Ihnen das Selbstbewusstsein geben, darauf zu vertrauen, dass Sie auch jede neue Hürde des Lebens erfolgreich bewältigen können – und daran weiter wachsen werden.“
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IETF 102, Day 2: Trust in the IETF

This week is IETF 102 in Montreal, Canada, and we’re bringing you daily blog posts highlighting the topics of interest to us in the ISOC Internet Technology Team. And today’s topics include IPv6, IoT and Trust technologies.

Status Work in the Data Society: Übercapital and Hyper-individualization

Whether it is childcare, credit or consumer goods: ratings, scores and the digital footprint produce new social classifications. This increasing quantification of the social is the reason for new forms of status gains or losses. In our lecture series “Making Sense of the Digital Society”, Marion Fourcade grasped these tendencies with the term “übercapital”. Steffen…

Encryption Is Critical for the Australian Economy

On 17 July 2018, the Internet Society and its locally based chapter, Internet Australia, joined 75 organizations in signing a letter urging Australia not to pursue legislation that could undermine the security of encrypted services and devices used by Australians.

Smart Shopping Starts Today!

Let’s face it – things are different now than when we were kids.
I grew up with technology. My weekends consisted of frantically switching out floppy disks while on 13-inch-green-screen missions to destroy cubism-esque dragons, orcs and whatever else I could with my wizard powers. It taught me critical reasoning, innovative thinking, and gave me the courage to try new things.

How Charities Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Boost Impact

Nicole Wallace at the Chronicle of Philanthropy: “The chaos and confusion of conflict often separate family members fleeing for safety. The nonprofit Refunite uses advanced technology to help loved ones reconnect, sometimes across continents and after years of separation.

3ª edição do Curso de Inverno da FGV Direito Rio chega ao fim

Alunos de diversos estados brasileiros participaram desta ediçãoNa última semana aconteceu a 3ª edição do Curso de Inverno da FGV Direito Rio. Foram 41 alunos de instituições de ensino de diversos estados do Brasil que tiveram a oportunidade de vivenciar o método participativo de aula, conhecer as linhas de pesquisas da instituição e debater com alguns dos principais professores da Escola.

Aula aberta I Processo Sancionador e Repressão à Corrupção

Aula aberta I Processo Sancionador e Repressão à Corrupção19h00O Evento: A FGV DIREITO RIO apresenta a Aula aberta: Processo Sancionador e Repressão à Corrupção que integra o programa do LL.M em Direito: Societário e Mercado de Capitais. O curso objetiva preparar profissionais para lidar com questões atuais na área de Direito Societário e Mercado de Capitais em um cenário de globalização. Na ocasião será possível experimentar a metodologia aplicada e conhecer toda a infraestrutura disponível para os alunos.

Fcomunav continúa entre las 50 mejores facultades de Comunicación del mundo, según el ranking QS by subject

Fcomunav continúa entre las 50 mejores facultades de Comunicación del mundo, según el ranking QS by subject
La Facultad de Comunicación de la Universidad se sitúa en el puesto 49, manteniéndose por segundo año consecutivo como una de las 50 mejores facultades de Comunicación de tamaño medio del mundo

FOTO: Manuel Castells

16/07/18 17:00
Julen Sobejano

La XVII promoción del MEGEC se gradúa en el campus del IESE en Madrid

La XVII promoción del MEGEC se gradúa en el campus del IESE en Madrid
 

FOTO: Cedida

16/07/18 16:39
Julen Sobejano

The Week in Internet News: Startup Finds a Way to Glue Fiber to Roadways

Why don’t we glue it in the road? A technology startup has patented a way to integrate broadband fiber to blacktop, reports Motherboard. The patented technique, inspired by dentistry, uses a blend of resins to stick fiber optic cables to roads.