Book by Zeynep Tufekci: “A firsthand account and incisive analysis of modern protest, revealing internet-fueled social movements’ greatest strengths and frequent challenges….

Phani Kumar Chintakayala  and C. William Young in the Journal of Consumer Ethics: “The Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC) was established by the UK Economic and Social Research Council and launched its data services in 2015. Te project is led by the University of Leeds and UCL, with partners at the Universities of Liverpool and Oxford. It is working with consumer-related organisations and businesses to open up their data resources to trusted researchers, enabling them to carry out important social and economic research….

O Café & Chat: Privacidade e Proteção de Dados Médicos aconteceu dia 24 de abril de 2017. Ocorreu um debate focando em proteção de dados pessoais sensíveis, a disponibilidade de informações pessoais pelos próprios pacientes e sujeitos, iniciativas de inovação tecnológica no campo de exploração de dados pessoais em benefício da Medicina e os riscos que essa tendência pode representar para a sociedade.

I Semana de Ética FGV Direito Rio12h00 até 15h00O Evento: I Semana de Ética FGV DIREITO RIO "Diálogos sobre a ética na academia e nas profissões jurídicas"
O evento pretende debater com os alunos as principais questões desse tema e tratar dos mais relevantes desafios éticos que se colocam no bom exercício das profissões jurídicas.

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CIS's Director of Civil Liberties and Cryptography Fellow are petitioning the federal court for the Northern District of California to unseal years' worth of sealed surveillance matters filed in that court.

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United States

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Atresmedia y la Facultad de Comunicación lanzan una especialización en producción de programas de entretenimiento
El certificado, que se impartirá en Madrid en formato ejecutivo, contará en su claustro con profesores de la Facultad de Comunicación y profesionales del grupo

Patricia Pérez, directora general de Atresmedia, y Mónica Herrero, decana de la Facultad de Comunicación
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Álvaro Pérez

Read our Quarterly Report from April 2017 here: CSER Quarterly Report April 2017.
Overview: We’ve had a busy Winter break and Lent term, in which we’ve:

Luciano Floridi at the Financial Times: “The science and technology committee of the House of Commons published the responses to its inquiry on “algorithms in decision-making” on Apri

This blog post is part of our on-going Network series featuring updates from chapters across the Open Knowledge Network and was written by the Open Knowledge Greece team

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Un fortalecimiento a la red de intercambio estudiantil entre las universidades de la región que incluya el compromiso de los Estados, y el rol de éstos con sus planteles en cuanto a financiamiento y promoción de la matrícula, fueron algunas de las conclusiones de este encuentro, cuya próxima versión se realizará en la Universidad Autónoma de México en abril del 2018.Este viernes 21 de abril concluyó la Asamblea General de la Red de Macrouniversidades de América Latina y el Caribe, mediante la cual representantes de más de 30 planteles de la región s

Chile es uno de los países con mayores diferencias en resultados de pruebas entre hombres y mujeres. Ante esta situación, un estudio realizado entre el Centro de Investigación Avanzada en Educación (CIAE) y del Centro de Economía Aplicada (CEA) de Ingeniería Industrial de la U.

Una invitación a reflexionar en torno a la ciudad y sus múltiples capas materiales y lecturas subjetivas es la que ofrece este programa en línea. Para participar, los interesados deben abrir una cuenta en www.uabierta.uchile.cl e inscribirse antes del 2 de mayo.

There has been an increased discussion about digital health recently, nevertheless the development of E-health in Germany is proceeding slowly. However, E-health can open up new possibilities for the German... MORE

The arguments in the writ petition challenging the vires of Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act continued for the sixth (and final) day today. The counsel for Mr. Binoy Viswam continued his rejoinder submissions today. A summary of arguments made over the last five days can be found here. During the course of his […]

Budapest, 3 May 2017
Mario Viola spoke in a seminar in Budapest (Hungary) on Journalism and Politics in the Age of Misinformation to mark the World Press Freedom Day. The seminar was organised by the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) and the Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS), both part of the School of Public Policy of the Central European University and by the CMPF.
Mario presented the Media Pluralism Monitor and some aggregate findings of the MPM 2016 round.

At the Institute of Network Cultures we are encouraging the publication of longform articles and to that end we are looking for new submissions for the INC Longform series. We are looking for authors from both freelance and professional backgrounds, working on interesting topics and eager to share their work with a wide international audience. All are welcome to submit a reflective piece of work ranging between 3000-8000 words for online publication.

Seth Berkley at MIT Technology Review:” In developing countries, one in three children under age five has no record of their existence. Technology can help….Digital identities have become an integral part of modern life, but things like e-passports, digital health records, or Apple Pay really only provide faster, easier, or sometimes smarter ways of accessing services that are already available.

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