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People Should Have Right To Their Data, Not Companies, Says TRAI

Rules for protection of personal data in the telecom space are not sufficient, regulator TRAI said today while suggesting that consumers be given the right to choice, consent and to be forgotten to safeguard their privacy.
This was published by Bloomberg Quint on July 16, 2018. Pranesh Prakash was interviewed.

After Securing Net Neutrality In India, TRAI Goes To Bat For Data Privacy

This will be a stop-gap measure before the creation of a privacy bill.
The article by Gopal Sathe was published in Huffington Post on July 16, 2018. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

The crown of thorns that awaits Facebook’s India MD hire

Between 2015 to 2017, Facebook nearly doubled its user base to about 250 million in India. The two other popular Facebook products, WhatsApp and Instagram, became swimmingly popular in the country, too – the messaging platform counts 200 million users here and the photos and videos sharing app some 60 million.
The article by Sunny Sen and Jayadevan PK was published by Factor Daily on July 25, 2018. Sunil Abraham was quoted.

Govt asks CBI to probe Cambridge Analytica in data breach case

Centre directs social media platforms to take prompt action against fake messages
The article by Komal Gupta was published in Livemint on July 27, 2018. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

The government has written to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking an enquiry into London-based political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, and asked all social media platforms to take prompt action against fake messages, including tracing their origin. Cambridge Analytica is at the centre of a Facebook data breach row, including those of around 562,000 Indian users.

Bit by byte protecting her privacy

The Srikrishna committee draft law on data protection is days away. Here’s a bucket list of issues that will matter
The article by Mihir Dalal and Anirban Sen was published in Livemint on July 26, 2018. Amber Sinha was quoted.

These 3 grassroots movements are bringing people together through food

If a city manages to provide all its residents with fresh, local, and healthy food, then that city has leapfrogged toward an inclusive and equitable society: such is the level of importance of food in a city. Food not only forms an integral part of human activity, but also of the economy. What is the role of cities and citizens in creating a resilient food system?

The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018

After months of speculation, the Committee of Experts on data protection (“Committee”), led by Justice B N Sri Krishna, has submitted its recommendations and a draft data protection bill to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MEITY”) today. As we sit down for some not-so-light weekend reading to understand what our digital futures could […]

How to Reform Basic Education for a Digital Future: Views from a Multistakeholder Group

In June 2018, in the city of Panamá, a parallel session was organized by the Internet Society during the international meeting of ICANN 62. This session had the aim of promoting a key discussion underlining our digital future: the impacts of technology and the Internet on future jobs.
This article is an outcome of the discussion carried out by a particularly diverse table of young people* from different stakeholder groups that choose the subject of “the future of education” as its central debate point.

Trata y tráfico de personas: delitos que los Estados deben perseguir

Muchas veces confundidos, ambos crímenes son sancionados por el Código Penal chileno a partir de la Ley 20.507 del año 2011. Cuáles son sus similitudes y diferencias y cuáles son los desafíos en relación a la normativa migratoria en discusión, son preguntas que responden las académicas de la Facultad de Derecho, Rita Lages y Claudia Cárdenas.

Future Thinking: what3words on IP Addresses for the “Real” World

Last year, the Internet Society unveiled the 2017 Global Internet Report: Paths to Our Digital Future. The interactive report identifies the drivers affecting tomorrow’s Internet and their impact on Media & Society, Digital Divides, and Personal Rights & Freedoms. In July 2018, we interviewed Giles Rhys Jones to hear his perspective on the forces shaping the Internet.

Prawo autorskie odpowiadające na potrzeby osób niewidomych i słabowidzących – nasze stanowisko

Jak każda dyrektywa, również Dyrektywa Parlamentu Europejskiego i Rady (UE) 2017/1564 dotycząca ułatwienia dostępu do opublikowanych utworów drukowanych osobom niewidomym i słabowidzącym musi zostać implementowana do porządków prawnych państw członkowskich.

Entlastungsverhandlungen: Transparenz zum Verhandlungsstand mit Verdi

Wie bereits am Mittwoch während der Verhandlungen angekündigt, wurden am Freitag die Sollbesetzungszahlen und die konkrete Verfahrensanweisung für ein Ausfallmanagement an Verdi durch die beiden Kliniken übersandt. Damit ist eine Rückkehr auf die Sachebene der Verhandlungen durchaus möglich.Ekkehard Zimmer, Kaufmännischer Direktor und stellvertretender Vorstandsvorsitzender des UKD, ist enttäuscht über die aktuelle Kehrtwende der Gewerkschaft: „In vielen Punkten gab es Zustimmung zu Passagen analog zur Baden-Württemberger Vereinbarung sowie deutliche Annäherungen in kritischen Punkten.

Is it time for a post-growth economy?

The growth-driven economic model we have adopted is killing our planet.

Holochain – The commons engine for cooperation at scale

Lehrbuch mit ungewöhnlichen Illustrationen

Der Inhalt des Buches basiert im Wesentlichen auf seiner langjährigen Vorlesungsreihe Makromolekulare Chemie I/ II an der HHU. Neben dem elementaren Grundlagenwissen wurde diese Vorlesung kontinuierlich den aktuellen Entwicklungen der Forschung im Kunststoffbereich angepasst. Insbesondere sind für die Studierenden wichtige Praxisaspekte, die  aufgrund vieler Industriekontakte und Kooperationen zwischen der HHU bzw. seiner Arbeitsgruppe und namhaften Firmen erworben wurden, laufend in die Lehrinhalte eingeflossen. 

Prof. Dr. Regina Ammicht-Quinn at Sommeruniversität 2018

This Lecture will be held in english.Die #MeToo-Debatte hat seit Oktober vergangenen Jahres für einige Monate die Medien beherrscht. Nach dem Skandal um den Filmproduzenten Harvey Weinstein wurden Frauen weltweit aufgefordert, ihre Erfahrungen mit sexueller und sexualisierter Gewalt öffentlich zu machen. Diese Debatte ist ein wichtiges Symptom für sich verändernde Geschlechterverhältnisse – eine Veränderung, der mit Erleichterung und Unterstützung, aber auch mit Angst und Verachtung begegnet wird. Worum also geht es bei der Genderforschung?

Internet Drone and Balloon Projects Move Forward

Two innovative ideas to bring Internet access to hard-to-serve areas of the world – using drones and high-altitude balloons – seem to be progressing, even though the two companies pushing the projects aren’t offering a lot of details.
Facebook’s Aquila, using solar-powered drones as wireless Internet relays, and Google sister company X’s Project Loon, using large hot-air balloons in a similar way, both received significant attention when announced earlier in the decade.

Columna de opinión: Integración social en las ciudades

A propósito del proyecto del alcalde de Las Condes, Joaquín Lavín, que plantea la construcción de viviendas sociales en la Rotonda Atenas, el decano de la Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Manuel Amaya, señala en la siguiente columna que "debemos manifestar nuestro apoyo a la iniciativa de construir viviendas de carácter social en emplazamientos bien consolidados (...) en favor de una sociedad diversa que mientras construye edificios en armonía con sus entornos está también reconstruyendo sus confianzas".

285 hijos de miembros del personal de la U. de Chile recibieron becas

A la ceremonia de entrega de este beneficio asistieron el Rector Ennio Vivaldi y los vicerrectores Juan Cortés y Rosa Devés, además de funcionarios de todas las unidades y servicios. Los estudiantes que se adjudicaron esta beca aumentaron en un 20 por ciento respecto a la versión 2017.

"Se necesita una reconceptualización de la vivienda social en Chile"

La polémica generada por el proyecto del alcalde de la comuna de Las Condes, Joaquín Lavín, que apunta a la construcción de un edificio de viviendas sociales de alto estándar en los alrededores del sector de Rotonda Atenas, ha puesto sobre el tapete los desafíos asociados a la integración social en nuestro país. La profesora de la Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Beatriz Maturana, experta en sustentabilidad urbana y equidad, conversó con Prensa U.