About a few weeks ago, Google pulled an app from its online application marketplace the Google Play Store, which was developed by the Taliban for propagating violently extremist views and spreading hateful content. Google has stated that its reason for doing this is that the app violated its policy for Google Play Store. Google maintains a […]
Un equipo internacional de investigadores de Chile, Noruega, Canadá y Estados Unidos logró analizar y ensamblar el genoma del salmón del Atlántico. La información obtenida permitirá desarrollar nuevas tecnologías, vacunas y productos que beneficiarán directamente a la industria salmonera.El Consorcio Internacional para el Secuenciamiento del Genoma del Salmón del Atlántico, integrado por científicos de Estados Unidos, Canadá, Noruega y Chile logró ensamblar el genoma del salmón del Atlántico, uno de los más complejos jamás dilucidados.
El pintor, radicado en Finlandia decidió entregar cuarenta pinturas a la Casa de Bello, institución de la que fue funcionario en la Facultad de Medicina en los años sesenta, y de la cual aún se siente parte a cuatro décadas de dejarla tras el Golpe de Estado. El Rector Vivaldi destacó el compromiso de Wistuba y el lugar de las artes en nuestra sociedad y en la propia U. de Chile, la que recibió estas obras que serán albergadas por el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC). Más de 13 mil kilómetros distancian a Chile de Finlandia.
Jorge Pérez, investigador del Núcleo Milenio Centro de Investigación para la Web Semántica y académico del Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, plantea que la relación entre conductores de Uber y la empresa es poco clara, lo que deriva en una asimetría que afecta a los primeros y al sistema en general. Cuestiona también cómo Uber, al poseer millones de choferes a nivel mundial, está monopolizando el transporte privado.
Latest White House report on Big Data charts pathways for fairness and opportunity but also cautions against re-encoding bias and discrimination into algorithmic systems: ” Advertisements tailored to reflect previous purchasing decisions; targeted job postings based on your degree and social networks; reams of data informing predictions around college admissions and financial aid. Need a loan? There’s an app for that.
Author(s): Sonia KatyalPublication Date: May 1, 2016Publication Type: Other WritingIn 1947, French statesman and novelist André Malraux, famously wrote about the concept of a “museum without walls.” The idea was simple, radical and beautiful: Reproduction, he wrote, had made it possible to liberate art from its historical location and origin, allowing the viewer to see art in completely new combinations and contexts.
Author(s): Sonia KatyalPublication Date: May 4, 2016Publication Type: Other WritingYears ago, Justice Frankfurter observed, “the protection of trademarks is the law's recognition of the psychological function of symbols,” noting, further, “if it is true that we live by symbols, it is no less true that we purchase goods by them.”
Andrew Russell & Lee Vinsel at AEON: “The trajectory of ‘innovation’ from core, valued practice to slogan of dystopian societies, is not entirely surprising, at a certain level.
Author(s): Woodrow HartzogPublication Date: May 4, 2016Publication Type: Other WritingFew things represent the age of social media better than posting a selfie. We share these ubiquitous self-portraits with such an urgency you’d think we’d cease to exist if we stopped producing them at a rapid and ongoing rate. Think about taking a trip to a gorgeous location. If you exercise “selfie-control” and don’t post a picture of yourself at a place like the beach, did the exquisite voyage really happen?
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How to prevent fragmentation of the Right to be Forgotten? Can common standards be found?
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Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 12:00 pmBerkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University23 Everett Street, Second Floor, Cambridge, MA
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The purpose of the study is to understand the public opinion toward issues related to Internet freedom in Asia. This report provides a basic overview of the opinions and behaviors on a number of topics related to Internet freedom, including but not limited to Internet censorship and the adoption and use of circumvention, anonymization, and encryption tools.
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Author(s): Woodrow HartzogPublication Date: May 4, 2016Publication Type: Academic WritingFor some crimes the entire law enforcement process can now be automated. No humans are needed to detect the crime, identify the perpetrator, or impose punishment. While automated systems are cheap and efficient, governments and citizens must look beyond these obvious savings as manual labor is replaced by robots and computers.
Bottino falará sobre incentivos e desincentivos à colaboração premiadaO coordenador da Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro (FGV Direito Rio), professor Thiago Bottino, será um dos palestrantes do XII Simpósio Nacional de Direito Constitucional, que será realizado entre os dias 25 e 27 de maio, em Curitiba.
Co naprawdę zmienia edukację? Nowe technologie w rękach uczniów i nauczycieli? Łatwy dostęp do wiedzy z całego świata (od Wikipedii po YouTube)? A może konkretne podręczniki i książki? Być może wszytko to po trochu ma wpływ na jej kształt, ale prawdziwa, dobra zmiana, odbywa się poprzez praktyki korzystania z tych zasobów: infrastruktury, sprzętu i dostępu do wiedzy.
Co naprawdę zmienia edukację? Nowe technologie w rękach uczniów i nauczycieli? Łatwy dostęp do wiedzy z całego świata (od Wikipedii po YouTube)? A może konkretne podręczniki i książki? Być może wszytko to po trochu ma wpływ na jej kształt, ale prawdziwa, dobra zmiana, odbywa się poprzez praktyki korzystania z tych zasobów: infrastruktury, sprzętu i dostępu do wiedzy.
Much has been written about privacy and data protection, and the body of literature is constantly growing. Yet in many contemporary debates on, for example, surveillance, information monopolies and tracking... MORE
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The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is pleased to announce that Amber, an open-source software tool that preserves content and prevents broken links, has been promoted to full project status on Drupal.org. When installed on a blog or website, Amber can take a snapshot of the content of every linked page, ensuring that even if those pages are interfered with or blocked, the original content will be available.
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Tanja Aitamurto and Hélène Landemore in Policy & Internet: “This article examines the emergence of democratic deliberation in a crowdsourced law reform process. The empirical context of the study is a crowdsourced legislative reform in Finland, initiated by the Finnish government. The findings suggest that online exchanges in the crowdsourced process qualify as democratic deliberation according to the classical definition.
Evento reuniu formandos, familiares, professores e a direção da EscolaA Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da FGV (FGV Direito Rio) realizou, no dia 26 de abril, o encerramento da turma de 2014 do Mestrado Acadêmico em Direito da Regulação. A cerimônia reuniu os formandos, seus familiares, professores e a direção da Escola para celebrar o encerramento da primeira turma.