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Expertos responden preguntas claves en torno a la filtración de datos

Durante la tarde de este miércoles 25 de julio se dispararon las alarma, luego de conocerse la filtración de una base de datos de unas 14.000 tarjetas de crédito, correspondientes a clientes de 19 emisores bancarios y no bancarios.

U. de Chile impartirá carrera de Ciencia Política a partir del 2019

El Instituto de Asuntos Públicos se prepara para recibir a la primera generación de futuros politólogos en marzo del próximo año. El nuevo programa de pregrado -que se suma a la recientemente abierta Licenciatura en Estudios Internacionales- formará profesionales para la investigación, la gestión política, la asesoría y el análisis político, y permitirá a los estudiantes optar a continuar estudios de magíster en la misma unidad.

¿Tiene derecho un preso a ejercer sus creencias religiosas en Chile?

La petición realizada por el machi Celestino Córdova para poder salir durante 48 horas de la cárcel en la que se encuentra cumpliendo condena, con el objetivo de realizar una ceremonia tradicional mapuche, ha puesto en tensión la institucionalidad penal chilena.

Neues Kurskonzept der Abteilung für Bildungsforschung geht in die Praxisphase

Das inzwischen auch an vielen Hochschulen in Deutschland implementierte Konzept des Service-Learning sieht eine Verschränkung von wissenschaftlichem Arbeiten und ehrenamtlicher Praxiserfahrung vor. Wichtig ist dabei, dass Studierende selbst auf dem Hintergrund einer intensiven Erarbeitung von theoretischen und empirischen Grundlagen eigene Projektideen für die Praxis entwickeln und umsetzen. Insofern wird ein zweisemestriger Zyklus von Erarbeitung der wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen sowie empirische Bedarfsermittlung (1. Semester), Entwicklung und Umsetzung von konkreten Teilprojekten (2.

Tech Companies Endorse MANRS Routing Security Actions

A coalition of more than 40 companies focused on protecting online users has endorsed a global community initiative, coordinated by the Internet Society, to improve the security of the Internet’s routing system.
The Cybersecurity Tech Accord, whose members include Facebook, Microsoft, Oracle, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, will support the Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) initiative.

Aluno da FGV Direito Rio é selecionado para o programa Santander Mundi

O discente agora irá escolher uma das universidades da Ivy LeaguDaniel Calarco, aluno do 6º período da graduação da FGV Direito Rio, foi selecionado para participar do programa de bolsas de estudos no exterior Santander Mundi. O discente agora irá escolher uma das universidades da Ivy League para cursar o período de 2019.2. “Uma oportunidade internacional como essa permite que você tenha uma nova visão de você e de quem está ao seu redor. Acho que será fundamental para desafiar o meu lugar de fala e a minha trajetória acadêmica”, considera.

Building Connectivity Across 27,000 Square Miles

In November 2017, the Internet Society hosted the inaugural Indigenous Connectivity Summit in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The event brought together community network operators, Internet service providers, community members, researchers, policy makers, and Indigenous leadership to work together to bridge the connectivity gap in indigenous communities in North America. One of the participants shared her story.

Decision-Making, the Direction of Change, and the Governance of Complex, Large-Scale Settlement Systems

Chapter by William Bowen and Robert Gleeson in The Evolution of Human Settlements: “…argue that the evolutionary processes by which human settlements have evolved through countless experiments throughout millennia are the most likely paths for resolving today’s greatest problems.

No Gods, No Masters, No Coders? The Future of Sovereignty in a Blockchain World

Michel Bauwens: This is probably the best overview essay to understand the socio-political implications of blockchain designs.

HHU-Nostalgia - Die Ausleihe der ULB, 1980er Jahre

Die Bildergalerie "HHU-Nostalgia" stellt interessante Archiv-Motive vor und wird kontinuierlich ausgebaut und ergänzt: Viel Spaß! Hier geht es zur kompletten Galerie (Übersichtsseite).Haben Sie vielleicht auch noch ein interessantes "historisches" Foto der HHU? Die HHU-Bildredaktion freut sich über jede Einsendung: Dieter Joswig, Tel. +49 211 81-14861E-Mail senden

Essay of the day: The rise of the data oligarchs

The Rise of the Data Oligarchs: Power and Accountability in the Digital Economy
Part I: Data Collection
New technology isn’t disrupting power – it’s reinforcing it
Republished from New Economics Foundation

Removals of online hate speech in numbers

Six months after a new German law – the Network Enforcement Act – has come into full effect, social media platforms are tasked to report on illegal hate speech. But as these figures have been made available, what can we learn from them? HIIG researcher Kirsten Gollatz, HIIG fellow Martin J. Riedl as well as…
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Stanford Law Scholar Wins 2018 Stonecipher Award for Distinguished Research in Media Law and Policy

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Is Apple Really Your Privacy Hero?

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The Man Who Sued His Trolls

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Humans are a post-truth species

Yuval Noah Harari at the Guardian: “….A cursory look at history reveals that propaganda and disinformation are nothing new, and even the habit of denying entire nations and creating fake countries has a long pedigree.

Neasf realiza quarto encontro para debater Regulação e Sistema Financeiro

O encontro teve como tema “Regulação, concorrência e Open Banking” Na última semana foi realizada a 4ª reunião do Núcleo de Estudos Avançados em Regulação do Sistema Financeiro (Neasf), organizado pela FGV Direito Rio. O encontro teve como tema “Regulação, concorrência e Open Banking” contou com a participação de diversos representantes do Sistema Financeiro Nacional, tais como Banco Votorantim, Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM) e Fundo Garantidor de Créditos, além de professores das Escolas de Direito e Economia da FGV e da USP.

Civil Society as Public Conscience

Larry Kramer at the Stanford Social Innovation Review: “Does civil society address questions of values in ways that government and business cannot? This question makes sense if we presuppose limits on the values government and business can express. However, there are no such limits, as evidenced by the way both sectors have, throughout US history, taken positions and played roles on all sides of our nation’s great moral and political debates.

Nouvelles perspectives sociojuridiques et enjeux éthiques de la reproduction assistée

 

Mapping the Privacy-Utility Tradeoff in Mobile Phone Data for Development

Paper by Alejandro Noriega-Campero, Alex Rutherford, Oren Lederman, Yves A. de Montjoye, and Alex Pentland: “Today’s age of data holds high potential to enhance the way we pursue and monitor progress in the fields of development and humanitarian action. We study the relation between data utility and privacy risk in large-scale behavioral data, focusing on mobile phone metadata as paradigmatic domain. To measure utility, we survey experts about the value of mobile phone metadata at various spatial and temporal granularity levels.