New book by Cass R. Sunstein: “In recent years, ‘Nudge Units’ or ‘Behavioral Insights Teams’ have been created in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and other nations.

An exploratory analysis of public uses of New York City open data by Karen Okamoto in Webology: “In 2012, New York City Council passed legislation to make government data open and freely available to the public. By approving this legislation, City Council was attempting to make local government more transparent, accountable, and streamlined in its operations. It was also attempting to create economic opportunities and to encourage the public to identify ways in which to improve government and local communities.

First issue of the Government Oxford Review focusing on trust (or lack of trust) in government:

By Arpita Biswas Rajasthan Patrika, a highly popular newspaper, has seen a sharp decline in government advertisement allocation over the last year. According to reports, the alleged reason for the decline was the political ideology of the Patrika, which did not favour the state government. The state government however claimed that the decline was necessary […]

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Date: Wed, 09/07/2016[Tsbilisi, Georgia– 7 September, 2016] – Villages and communities in the region of Tusheti, Georgia will soon have Internet access for the first time, thanks to a collaborative agreement between several Internet organizations. The agreement to build a new wireless network for the region was signed today by the Internet Society and its Georgia Chapter, the Small and Medium Telecom Operators Association, the Freenet LTD Association, the Internet Development Initiative and the Tusheti Development Fund.

Lena Groeger at ProPublica: “A few weeks ago, Snapchat released a new photo filter. It appeared alongside many of the other such face-altering filters that have become a signature of the service. But instead of surrounding your face with flower petals or giving you the nose and ears of a Dalmatian, the filter added slanted eyes, puffed cheeks and large front teeth.

Innar Liiv at OXPOL: “How can big data and data science help policy-making? This question has recently gained increasing attention. Both the European Commission and the White House have endorsed the use of data for evidence-based policy making.

Con la participación del Rector Ennio Vivaldi, la vicerrectora Faride Zeran y académicos como Fernando Atria, Roberto Gargarella, Sofía Correa Sutil, Manuel Antonio Garretón y el decano Davor Harasic, la Revista Anales de la Universidad de Chile busca aportar al debate sobre la nueva Constitución.

El director de Deportes y Actividad Física de la U. de Chile, Daniel Muñoz, plantea en esta columna que es necesaria la reflexión a conciencia de los resultados de los representantes nacionales en los Juegos Olímpicos de Río 2016, que "han emanado de un análisis rápido o emocional".

El científico, quien fuera estudiante de Odontología en pregrado y luego doctorado en Ciencias en la U. de Chile, se ha especializado en genética, encabezando parte de los proyectos más relevantes en el campo, motivo por el cual dirigió el Departamento de Genética de la Facultad de Medicina de nuestra institución. Actualmente académico e investigador en la U. de Tarapacá, fue nombrado hoy como Premio Nacional por el jurado compuesto, entre otros, por el Rector Ennio Vivaldi, y la presidenta de la Academia Chilena de Ciencias, Premio Nacional y académica U.

La decana de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, María Eugenia Góngora, el Vicepresidente del Senado Universitario, Juan Carlos Letelier, y el senador universitario y filósofo, Carlos Ruiz Schneider, exigieron al Ministerio de Educación (Mineduc) el retiro de la propuesta de nueva estructura curricular para 3º y 4º medio, que dejaría a estas asignaturas fuera del Plan Común de los secundarios.

Durante una semana los integrantes de este cuerpo artístico participaron junto a diferentes agrupaciones folklóricas de países de Europa y América Latina en una nueva edición de este encuentro, organizado por la Universidad Nacional de Trujillo.Entre el 24 y el 29 de agosto el Ballet Folklórico Antumapu participó en el XVII Festival Internacional de Danzas Folclóricas de Grupos Universitarios, organizado por la Universidad Nacional de Trujillo (UNT), Perú, encuentro que busca pres

Online harassment has been an enduring and evolving social concern for over 40 years, yet many of the most urgent empirical questions for public well-being and freedom remain unexplored. Nor can our answers currently evolve at the pace of socio-technical change.

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College student Danish Mohammed’s arrest this March under the scrapped Section 66A of the Information Technology Act for allegedly sharing a morphed picture of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat wasn’t an exception.
The article by Aloke Tikku was published in the Hindustan Times on September 7, 2016. Sunil Abraham was quoted.

Springwise: “Just over two years ago, in April 2014, city officials in Flint, Michigan decided to save costs by switching the city’s water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Because of the switch, residents of the town and their children were exposed to dangerous levels of lead. Much of the population suffered from the side effects of lead poisoning, including skin lesions, hair loss, depression and anxiety and in severe cases, permanent brain damage.

Adele Peters at FastCo-Exist: “…a new app and proposed political party called MiVote—aims to rethink how citizens participate in governance. Instead of voting only in elections, people using the app can share their views on every issue the government considers.

US Census: “As many kids across the nation go back to school this month, we are excited to roll out a new U.S.

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