Acompañados de familiares, colegas y amigos, más de doscientos integrantes de la comunidad universitaria fueron reconocidos en una ceremonia de despedida, realizada en el Salón de Honor de la Casa Central.
Greg Satell at Harvard Business Review: “In his Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle states that it is a fact that “all knowledge and every pursuit aims at some good,” but then continues, “What then do we mean by the good?” That, in essence, encapsulates the ethical dilemma. We all agree that we should be good and just, but it’s much harder to decide what that entails.
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Date: Wed, 11/16/2016[Bangkok, Thailand– 16 November 2016] – The Asia-Pacific region has experienced tremendous Internet growth in the past few years and is now home to the largest population of Internet users in the world. However, this rapid growth in Internet users brings with it a new set of challenges, warns the Internet Society, with security issues and their impact on user trust emerging as the existential threat to the future of the Internet.
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With 3141 participants in attendance, ICANN57 (held from 3-9 November 2016) was the largest public meeting in its history. It was also the first meeting to be held after the successful completion of the IANA Transition. The transition greenlit the enforcement of the provisions of the IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal, which consisted of two documents: […]
Every year, Canada's Médecins Sans Frontières (AKA Doctors Without Borders / MSF) meets for their Annual General Assembly. I know about this because two years ago their topic was "Is MSF missing the technology boat?" to which I was invited to speak about Geeks Without Bounds and community technology projects with the talk "Technology as a Means to Equality" (video broken because of issues with GWOB YouTube account, and with my apologies).
Much of our work at the GovLab is premised on the idea that expertise is diffused throughout society, and when demands are matched by often-untapped expertise outcomes can be improved. It’s with that hypothesis in mind that we look to open the peer review process of our research, rather than relying on a ‘usual suspect’ group of domain experts to assess the accuracy and completeness of our work.
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with Aaron Perzanowski, Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University
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Do you own the products you buy? From ebooks to smart appliances, digital goods are increasingly undermining consumer expectations of ownership and the autonomy we associate with it.
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Federal Privacy Council: “The Law Library is a compilation of information about and links to select Federal laws related to the creation, collection, use, processing, storage, maintenance, dissemination, disclosure, and disposal of personally identifiable information (PII) by departments and agencies within the Federal Government. The Law Library does not include all laws that are relevant to privacy or the management of PII in the Federal Government.
Daniella Lowenberg, Amy Ross, Emma Ganley at PLOS: “In the spirit of Open Con and highlighting the state of Open Data, PLOS is proud to release our Open Data Collection.
Eight Indian civil society organisations involved with internet governance have called for complete delinking of ICANN from US jurisdiction, saying an important global public infrastructure being subject to a single country’s control is unacceptable.
The article was published by Deccan Herald on November 12.
Google plans to update its AdSense program policies to prevent placement of its ads on sites distributing fake news.
The article by John Riberio originally published by IDG News Service was mirrored on CIO on November 14, 2016. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.
Ken Carbone in the Huffington Post: “Allow me to begin with the truth. I’ve never studied political science, run for public office nor held a position in government. For the last forty years I’ve led a design agency working with enduring brands across the globe.
New book edited by William J. Drake on Global Internet Governance
Cómo la equidad en el acceso debe quedar plasmada en la reforma al sistema a partir de los mecanismos de admisión, la idea de tensionar el concepto de meritocracia y la necesidad de instaurar una visión más compleja y comprometida con la permanencia de los estudiantes en las instituciones, fueron algunos de los puntos abordados por el integrante del Centro de Investigación Avanzada en Educación (CIAE) en el sexto Encuentro Temático Transversal del proceso interno de discusión de la reforma de la Casa de Bello.“Educación Superior: puertas abiertas a las distintas capacidades
En el marco de la celebración del 50º aniversario del Instituto de Estudios Internacionales (IEI) de la Universidad de Chile, el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores y Profesor Titular de la institución, Heraldo Muñoz, recibió la distinción universitaria en reconocimiento a su amplia trayectoria académica y política en el ámbito de las relaciones internacionales.
Este miércoles 2 de noviembre se inauguró en la Facultad de Economía y Negocios (FEN) la Conferencia Internacional "Desigualdad", iniciativa organizada por el Centro de Estudios de Conflicto y Cohesión Social (COES) y el International Inequalities Institute de la London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). "Hoy los convocamos a reflexionar sobre la desigualdad, sus orígenes, determinantes, consecuencias y desafíos futuros", dijo Dante Contreras, director del COES al inaugurar la actividad que se prolongará hasta este viernes 4 de noviembre.
Phil Howard at Culture Digitally: “This is the big year for computational propaganda—using immense data sets to manipulate public opinion over social media. Both the Brexit referendum and US election have revealed the limits of modern democracy, and social media platforms are currently setting those limits.
with articles about "Studying Journalism in Times of Crisis", "Research Ethics for Communication Science", about "How the Origin of Immigrants Impacts their Media Framing" and about the "Coverage of Whistleblowing in German and Swiss Print Media" as well as an Article "On the Issue of Recipients’ Disenchantment with Certain Topics and the Measurement of this: A Theoretical Conceptualization and Development of Scales", Contents