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Here is why government twitter handles have been posting offensive and partisan messages

You have failed us big time Mr Kejriwal, for your petty political gains you can become headlines for Pakistani press,” read a tweet on October 5 from @IndiaPostOffice, the official twitter handle of the Indian postal service.

The article by Danish Raza was published in the Hindustan Times on October 15, 2016. Nishant Shah was quoted.

OpenData Week in Madrid - OD4D Summit, Open Data Charter Meetings, and IODC16

Sumandro Chattopadhyay took part in three open data events in Madrid in the first week of October 2016.
OD4D Summit

How technology can help nations navigate the difficult path to food sovereignty

 at The Conversation Global: “As the movement of people across the world creates more multicultural societies, can trade help communities maintain their identity? This is the question at the heart of a concept known as “food sovereignty”.

Hakon 2016

Udbhav Tiwari attended attended Hakon 2016, a conference held between September 30 and October 2, 2016 at Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India,on behalf of CIS under the Hewlett Cyber Security Project.

Do Chinese internet users need another Facebook? Probably not: An analysis of the regulatory and market conditions for the Chinese internet

Your research focuses on media concentration in general and the political economy of Chinese internet companies in particular. Describe the rise of Tencent, Alibaba, and Baidu in the last five years in terms of revenue, traffic and user numbers. How...

Hacking Parliament

Thursday, October 27, 2016, 12:30-2pm @ The GovLab, 2 Metrotech Center, 9th Floor.  Please RSVP here.

VIII Colóquio de Estudos Empíricos

VIII Colóquio de Estudos Empíricos 09h00 até 16h00O Evento: PROGRAMAÇÃO
9h às 9h15 | Abertura
Rodrigo Vianna - Vice-diretor Executivo da FGV Direito Rio
9h15 às 11h | 1ª sessão: O Desastre da Samarco/Mariana  
Reflexões sobre a dependência mineral em Mariana. Antônio J. M. Porto e Laura Meneghel dos Santos – Professor da FGV Direito Rio | Pesquisadora do CPDE/FGV Direito Rio.

​NTU honours outstanding alumni for stellar achievements and contributions to society

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Innovando para una mejor gestión: La contribución de los laboratorios de innovación pública

Paper by Acevedo, Sebastián; and Dassen, Nicolás for IDB: “Los cambios tecnológicos, económicos y sociales de los últimos años exigen gobiernos capaces de adaptarse a nuevos desafíos y a las crecientes demandas de la ciudadanía. En muchos países y en distintos niveles de gobierno, esto ha llevado a la creación de laboratorios de innovación, unidades cuyo objetivo es promover de diversos modos la innovación en el sector público.

Cloud Computing: Inovação e Competitividade Empresarial

O que é Cloud Computing?

President Barack Obama on Fixing Government With Technology

“WIRED guest editor President Barack Obama discusses what he’d like to see technology solve in government with WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito.”

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Open Innovation: Practices to Engage Citizens and Effectively Implement Federal Initiatives

United States Government Accountability Office: “Open innovation involves using various tools and approaches to harness the ideas, expertise, and resources of those outside an organization to address an issue or achieve specific goals. GAO found that federal agencies have frequently used five open innovation strategies to collaborate with citizens and external stakeholders, and encourage their participation in agency initiatives.

When the Algorithm Itself is a Racist: Diagnosing Ethical Harm in the Basic Components of Software

Paper by Christian Sandvig et al in Special Issue of the International Journal of Communication on Automation, Algorithms, and Politics: “Computer algorithms organize and select information across a wide range of applications and industries, from search results to social media. Abuses of power by Internet platforms have led to calls for algorithm transparency and regulation. Algorithms have a particularly problematic history of processing information about race.

NYC cyclists crowd-source map showing cars in bike lanes

Springwise: “Founded by a cyclist frustrated at the lack of local government action on enforcing bike safety, the Cars In Bike Lanes map geo-tags and time-stamps each contribution. New York City riders upload their photos, including a description of the cross streets where the incident occurred. License plate details are made visible, and users of the map can click to find out if a driver is a repeat offender.

A decentralized web would give power back to the people online

 at TechCrunch: “…The original purpose of the web and internet, if you recall, was to build a common neural network which everyone can participate in equally for the betterment of humanity.Fortunately, there is an emerging movement to bring the web back to this vision and it even involves some of the key figures from the birth of the web.

Crowdsourcing investigative journalism

Convoca in Peru: “…collaborative effort is the essence of Convoca. We are a team of journalists and programmers who work with professionals from different disciplines and generations to expose facts that are hidden by networks of power and affect the life of citizens. We bet on the work in partnership to publish findings of high impact from Peru, where the Amazon survives in almost 60% of the country, in the middle of oil exploitation, minerals and criminal activities such as logging, illegal mining and human trafficking.

Sala Museo Gabriela Mistral abrió sus puertas a niños de kínder

Desde la Escuela Básica Canciller Orlando Letelier del Solar llegaron hasta la Casa Central más de quince niños y niñas para conocer el espacio patrimonial dedicado a la Premio Nobel, dependiente del Archivo Central Andrés Bello de la Vicerrectoría de Extensión y Comunicaciones, a fin de conocer su biografía y figura artística, en una inédita visita a este espacio.

"La educación pública en las cárceles es un derecho humano"

Como parte del Primer Seminario Internacional sobre Prácticas Pedagógicas en Contextos de Marginación Social y Encierro, expertos latinoamericanos debatieron sobre esta materia, espacio donde Scarfó, integrante del Grupo de Estudio sobre Educación en Cárceles de Argentina, se refirió al desafío de una educación integral en contextos de privación de libertad.

There is a blind spot in AI research

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United States

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Author(s): Ryan CaloPublication Date: October 13, 2016Publication Type: Other WritingKate Crawford & Ryan Calo

How the Chris Hayes book Twilight of the Elites explains Trump's appeal

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United States

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Author(s): Henry FarrellPublication Date: October 13, 2016Publication Type: Other WritingChris Hayes’s book Twilight of the Elites came out to respectful reviews and respectable sales in 2012, yet the book’s real moment is right now. Better than any other book, it explains why Donald Trump appeals to many voters, and why the political establishment has such a hard time understanding his success.