Other News from Participating Centers

Assault With a Deadly Tweet?

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United States

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Author(s): Elizabeth JohPublication Date: October 12, 2016Publication Type: Other Writing

Facebook, Twitter and Instagram sent feeds that helped police track minorities in Ferguson and Baltimore, report says

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United States

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Apple and Samsung reach Supreme Court in patent row

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United States

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For Better Citizenship, Scratch and Win

Tina Rosenberg in the New York Times: “China, with its largely cash economy, has a huge problem with tax evasion. Not just grand tax evasion, but the everyday “no receipt, please” kind, even though there have been harsh penalties: Before 2011, some forms of tax evasion were even punishable by death.
The country needed a different approach. So what did it do to get people to pay sales tax?

“The Right to be Forgotten”: Balancing Personal Privacy with the Public’s right to access Information

Evolution of the right and Global framework In the Internet age, when access to information is quick and easy, procuring personal information or past records about an individual is no longer a herculean task. The relevance of such information or the duration for which such data should be available for public access has hitherto not […]

Beyond Legal Talismans

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with Berkman Klein Affiliate Kendra Albert

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In this talk, Kendra Albert explores how introducing legal terms of art invoked for their weight but often divorced from law, known as “legal talismans”, impacts online platforms and how we can move beyond legalities to systems that are more considerate of all users.

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Berkman Klein Luncheon Series

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Oct
11
2016
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Academic Year Internships

New internships are announced as positions open.  Please keep an eye on this page to learn of new opportunities.

Throughout the year, the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society welcomes students and others from all academic backgrounds to join us in our research as interns.

Privacidade e segurança na era digital: desafios e perspectivas para a construção de uma agenda positiva no Brasil

Privacidade e segurança na era digital: desafios e perspectivas para a construção de uma agenda positiva no Brasil09h00 até 18h30O Evento: O evento tem como objetivo apresentar os primeiros passos de uma agenda positiva para a privacidade no Brasil, mapeando os desafios e oportunidades para sua promoção. Nesse sentido, nosso evento contará com a participação e colaboração de representantes dos mais diversos setores para levantar as principais questões.

Sustainable Smart Cities: Creating Spaces for Technological, Social and Business Development

Book edited by Peris-Ortiz, Marta, Bennett, Dag, and Pérez-Bustamante Yábar, Diana: “This volume provides the most current research on smart cities. Specifically, it focuses on the economic development and sustainability of smart cities and examines how to transform older industrial cities into sustainable smart cities.  It aims to identify the role of the following elements in the creation and management of smart cities:

Manuel Antonio Garretón abrió primer Encuentro Temático Transversal

El académico y Premio Nacional de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades estuvo a cargo de iniciar este miércoles 28 de septiembre el primer Encuentro Temático Transversal, uno de los mecanismos de participación del proceso de discusión sobre la Reforma a la Educación Superior al interior de la U. de Chile. Consolidar y hacer crecer la presencia y matrícula de las instituciones estatales fue uno de los puntos abordados en la jornada.

Violencia juvenil: el desafío de establecer nuevas pautas

Las peleas entre escolares no son algo nuevo en los colegios de nuestro país. Sin embargo, el caso dado a conocer hace algunos días de una joven que golpeaba a otras escolares -mientras se grababa la agresión-, causó impacto debido al grado de violencia y la aparente premeditación de los hechos.

Rector Vivaldi participa en encuentro RedEmprendia en España

En el marco de su gira por Europa, la máxima autoridad de nuestro plantel arribó a dicho país donde está participando del encuentro Spin 2016 de la red, que apunta a la promoción de la innovación y el emprendimiento universitario. Previo a esta actividad, el Rector hizo escala en Alemania, donde visitó el Instituto de Educación Médica de la Universidad de Münster, entidad con la que estrechó vínculos para futuras colaboraciones académicas e intercambios, con especial énfasis en el área de la telemedicina y la tecnología médica.

Privacy Preservation in the Age of Big Data

A survey and primer by John S. Davis II and Osonde Osoba at Rand: “Anonymization or de-identification techniques are methods for protecting the privacy of subjects in sensitive data sets while preserving the utility of those data sets. The efficacy of these methods has come under repeated attacks as the ability to analyze large data sets becomes easier.

Participatory Budgeting in the United States: A Guide for Local Governments

International Data Week: From Big Data to Open Data

Report from International Data Week: Research needs to be reproducible, data needs to be reusable and Data Packages are here to help.

​NTU deepens relations with Norway through partnerships in sustainability research

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Comienza la VII edición del Congreso FORUN 2017

Comienza la VII edición del Congreso FORUN 2017
El Congreso FORUN 2017 arrancará el martes 25 de octubre con la mesa redonda: ¿Dónde para el movimiento? 5 destinos. La cita tendrá lugar en el hall del edificio Amigos a las 19 horas.

FOTO: Manuel Castells

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Privacy & surveillance concerns over voice-recognition devices, Google Home & Amazon Echo

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United States

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As License-Plate Tracking Increases, Privacy Advocates Press for More Regulation

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United States

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Remote Data Collection: Three Ways to Rethink How You Collect Data in the Field

Magpi : “As mobile devices have gotten less and less expensive – and as millions worldwide have climbed out of poverty – it’s become quite common to see a mobile phone in every person’s hand, or at least in every family, and this means that we can utilize an additional approach to data collection that were simply not possible before….
In our Remote Data Collection Guide, we discuss these new technologies and the: