LIMN issue edited by Boris Jardine and Christopher Kelty: “Vast accumulations saturate our world: phone calls and emails stored by security agencies; every preference of every individual collected by advertisers; ID numbers, and maybe an iris scan, for every Indian; hundreds of thousands of whole genome sequences; seed banks of all existing plants, and of course, books… all of them. Just what is the purpose of these optimistically total archives, and how are they changing us?
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HIIG is organizing an interdisciplinary workshop on the role Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) in the governance of privacy and data protection on 20 May. We are looking forward to your contributions (deadline: 30... MORE
Springwise: “The applications for virtual reality continue to grow — we have recently seen one VR game used to help recovering addicts and another that teaches peacekeeping skills. Now, the Aichi University of Technology has created a VR t
Faisal Al Mutar at The World Post: “The Internet has also allowed activists to access information as never before. I recently joined the Movements.org team, a part of the New York-based organization, Advancing Human Rights. This new platform allows activists from closed societies to connect directly with people around the world with skills to help them.
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) held its 55th meeting in Marrakech, Morocco from March 5 to 10, 2016. Padmini Baruah and Vidushi Marda attended the event organized by Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Consular and Social Affairs.
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Date: Wed, 03/30/2016Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - The Internet Society will bring its annual Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) to Tanzania for the first time. The organisation has partnered with the Tanzania Internet Service Providers Association (TISPA) to hold the seventh annual AfPIF in the country’s capital, Dar es Salaam, 30 August- 1 September, 2016.
Author(s): Annemarie BridyDaphne KellerPublication Date: March 30, 2016Publication Type: Regulatory FilingAuthored by Annemarie Bridy and Daphne Keller
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Tras el éxito de los tres cursos impartidos por la plataforma UAbierta en 2015, este año la entidad amplía los cupos disponibles para su programa "Nuevas miradas sobre Género y Etnicidad", que en su tercera versión, a iniciarse la próxima semana, tendrá diez mil vacantes. El curso tiene una duración de seis semanas y quienes lo completen satisfactoriamente recibirán una Constancia de Honor.Este miércoles 16 de marzo comenzarán las inscripciones gratuitas para el curso “Nuevas miradas sobre Género y Etnicidad”.
El estudio, realizado por el equipo del Centro de Investigación Avanzada en Educación (CIAE), fue merecedor del primer lugar en la convocatoria "Nuevos debates: datos para el desarrollo", que realizó el Laboratorio de Ideas del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) a través de GobAPP, con un trabajo que analizó la concentración de establecimientos escolares en el centro de la ciudad en detrimento de la periferia en la ciudad de Santiago.“Apoyando la formulación de políticas públicas y toma de decisiones en educación” es el estudio que realizó un equipo d
Canales de regadío que datan de la colonia, insuficiente capacidad de almacenamiento de agua y cambios en el régimen de precipitaciones son algunos de los factores que junto a la sequía, amenazan el desarrollo de la industria agrícola en el país.
La iniciativa, que permitirá que dos jóvenes ingresen al Programa Académico de Bachillerato, y que es parte del compromiso de la Universidad de fomentar oportunidades de ingreso y diversidad, es resultado de un Convenio de Colaboración entre la Casa de Bello y el Ejército de Chile que considera además, trabajo conjunto en investigación, en gestión de riesgos ante desastres naturales y la instalación de centros de monitoreo sísmico y meteorológico, entre otras áreas.
La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) reconoce la contribución fundamental que hace la unidad perteneciente a la Facultad de Medicina de la U. de Chile a la formación de profesionales del área y a la salud de las mujeres del continente, otorgándole cuatro años más de certificación como "Centro Colaborador".
Lebanon has been suffering a garbage crisis for the past nine months, and people are living within piles of garbage - literally - and the ruling elite does not seem that enthusiastic to resolve the situation. The problem reflects the lack of infrastructure in the country and the crippling of local decision making where executive decisions need to pass by a parliament that is more interested in economic gain for its members than the public good.
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Harvard Law School 1Ls and 2Ls should now be aware that clinical registration for the 2016-17 academic year takes place this week, starting at 9:00 am on Wednesday, March 30 and ending at 5:00 pm on Thursday, March 31. Want to know more about the Cyberlaw Clinic?
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Today, the debate over encryption is making headlines in nations around the world. Together, we’re working toward solutions at Crypto Summit 2.0.
The first Crypto Summit, held in July 2015 in Washington, D.C., brought together technologists, lawyers, and policy professionals from different sectors. Since then leading experts have considered proposals that would legislate the future of encryption — and the future of privacy and security online.March 30, 2016San Francisco
What and whom should the Internet forget? Who should decide? Can search engines be trusted as the guardians and censors of the online world? How are individual interests best protected on the internet? How can we strike the balance between privacy and freedom of expression online? Has privacy won the draw, in the internet information age?March 30, 2016San Francisco