This blog post was written by Kathryn Kohn and originally appeared in the Federation of American Scientists blog on March 18, 2020.

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With the spread of COVID-19, many firms, organizations, and universities have adopted work from home policies and more people than ever are using online conferencing tools. Zoom, one of the platforms that has gained the most popularity recently, has a number of privacy issues, including monitoring computer activity and collecting[...]

Seit dem 24. März sind als weitere Präventionsmaßnahme zur Kontaktreduktion die Außentüren aller Gebäude der HHU nicht mehr zentral geöffnet. Der Zutritt kann nur durch Personen mit einer Schließberechtigung zu den jeweiligen Gebäuden erfolgen. Die Schließberechtigungen bleiben wie im Normalbetrieb bestehen. Personen, die eine Außentür aufschließen werden gebeten, die Tür nach Durchgang wieder zu verschließen.

Com o objetivo de contribuir para o fortalecimento das instituições públicas na América Latina e aprimorar o talento criativo de universitários com potencial de liderança, a Fundação Botín seleciona alunos de graduação para o programa de bolsas do curso de Fortalecimento da Gestão Pública na América Latina. As inscrições para o programa, que está em sua 11ª edição, devem ser feitas até 30 de abril.

Beware of false promises and threats to encryption security online.

It’s easy to understand why United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray would ask companies to provide a means for law enforcement to access private data and communications.

Artificial intelligence has become a huge part of our daily lives – and its relevance will continue to grow and pose new questions to our societies. In this light, the HIIG founded the AI & Society Lab. This post is a digital introduction answering five questions about the Lab – since actual drinks to the launch…
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Debates Públicos contemporáneos sobre sexualidades y género; Ciudad Feminista; Masculinidades y Feminismos; Diversidades sexuales y de género, entre otros, son parte de la oferta académica de formación general relacionada con género, a las cuales puede inscribirse cualquier estudiante de pregrado. Otros cursos, en tanto, enfocarán el género desde distintas miradas y disciplinas, como la Cátedra de Racismos y Migraciones Contemporáneas. Al igual que todos los programas, éstos se desarrollarán de manera remota.

Ya confirmados los primeros casos de este virus respiratorio en nuestro país, surgen algunas inquietudes con respecto a su transmisión y cuidado de los animales. "Aunque el virus esté relacionado con animales, no significa que nuestras mascotas puedan transmitirlos.

Later today, the 107th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) will begin its working group sessions in an unconventional way. Previously, over 1,000 engineers were expected to be in Vancouver, Canada, to engage in the IETF’s work creating the open standards that make the Internet possible.

David O’Brien argues that the American government will have to walk a fine line if it wants to get useful information while still preserving citizens’ privacy rights.

“It is possible to do this and to provide some privacy,” O’Brien says. “But I think that the trade-off has always been you want to very carefully match any types of privacy measures you put in place against what is it that you ultimately want to learn from the data.”

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Searches in the Lumen database reveal the complexities around the rules that platforms follow when they agree to the removal of content.

Adam Holland weighed in: “...a journalistic organization taking some video clips from a politician’s TV interview and placing them in dialogue with statements from others in a longer framing video, has all the hallmarks of a straightforward fair use — although again, every case is unique and fact specific.” 

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