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Plugging into India’s broadband  revolution

After many false starts, the plan to wire India’s digital future may finally take off with Jio GigaFiber’s entry.
The article by Navadha Pandey was published in Livemint on June 4, 2019. Sunil Abraham was quoted.

Want to Make a Difference in Your Community? Apply for a Beyond the Net Medium or Large Grant

Applications are now open for the 2019 Beyond the Net Medium and Large Grants. All Internet Society Chapters and Special Interest Groups (SIGs) in good standing are eligible to apply.

Thoughts on Baltimore's ongoing ransomware situation

Hackers seek ransoms from Baltimore and communities across the US
Many of Baltimore’s city services are crippled by a cyberattack.
Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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United States

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Géneros y programas de radio, una primera toma de contacto para los alumnos de Periodismo

Géneros y programas de radio, una primera toma de contacto para los alumnos de Periodismo
 

FOTO: Cedida

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Sheila Aguerri Vázquez

La revolución de los datos: un cambio de paradigma

Los terabytes, zettabytes y petabytes, fueron protagonistas de la jornada de cierre de la primera edición de esta cita internacional, que desde el pasado miércoles 22 de mayo se realizó en la Universidad de Concepción, con la presencia de casi 100 científicos de ambas naciones.

Nuevo aceite de oliva con Omega 3 busca mejorar nutrición de chilenos

Fórmula desarrollada por el Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos de la Universidad de Chile (INTA) integra los compuestos de la chía, la linaza, la nuez y la viborera al aceite de oliva para incrementar el consumo de Omega 3 en la población.

Con "Pabellón del viento" celebrarán 170 años de arquitectura en Chile

Con esta instalación, diseñada por el arquitecto Domingo Arancibia por encargo del decano de la Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo (FAU), Manuel Amaya, se conmemorará este 2019 los 170 años de enseñanza de la arquitectura en nuestro país, y 75 desde la fundación de la FAU.

OSCEdays Call For Local Organizers

The Open Source Circular Economy Days (OSCEdays) is a global community, project and event about the use and creation of open source resources for the invention and implementation of a Sustainable circular economy on our planet.

We invite you set up a local event in your city, develop and use open circularity solutions and connect to people world wide. Here is how and why:

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ABLI Privacy Workshop

On May 21 and 22, 2019, Elonnai Hickok, participated in the ABLI privacy workshop along with side events in Singapore.
Click to view the agenda.

For more details visit https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/abli-privacy-workshop

Consilience 2019

The Law and Technology Society at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore organised Consilience on May 25, 2019.

Wikipedia looks to ramp up its Indian language content

Wikipedia is generating more content in major Indian languages with the help of Bengaluru-based Centre for Internet and Society.
The article by Tushar Kaushik was published in Economic Times on May 28, 2019.

MWC19 Shanghai AI and Trust in APAC and China

Sunil Abraham will be making a presentation at the summit on AI and Trust in APAC and China at MWC19 Shanghai on June 27, 2019. Sunil has been invited as a speaker on panel ‘Framing AI for Digital Upstarts’.

YouTube reversal bans Holocaust hoaxers, stops pay for borderline creators

Location

United States

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Date published: June 5, 2019Reuters"“YouTube as a private company is well within its rights,” said Jennifer Granick, a speech and technology expert at the American Civil Liberties Union. But “YouTube will make mistakes, and over-censor.”"

Apple created the privacy dystopia it wants to save you from

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United States

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Date published: June 5, 2019Fast Company"“Apple was well known for usability before it was known for privacy,” says Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society."

Shining light into darkness: Encouraging greater transparency of government offensive practices in cyberspace

RightsCon is organizing a summit on human rights in the digital age in Tunis in June 2019. Sunil Abraham will be attending a conversation on encouraging greater transparency of government offensive practices in cyberspace on June 12.

Project Tiger: Wikipedia ropes in locals to contribute articles in Indian languages

The project has generated content in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali, Urdu, Odiya and Gujarati.
The article by Tushar Kaushik was published in Economic Times on May 29, 2019.

Stockholm Internet Forum 2019

Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) organized the Stockholm Internet Forum 2019 in Stockholm from 16 - 17 May 2019. Gurshabad Grover was a panelist in the discussion on 'Influencing Internet Governance' co-organised by Article 19. The other panelists were Sylvie Coudray (UNESCO), Grace Githaiga (Kictanet), J. Carlos Lara (Derechos Digitales) and Charles Bradley (GPD). The discussion was moderated by Mallory Knodel (Article 19).

薛虹教授在2019中国电子商务大会电商法论坛主题发言

         2019中国电子商务大会电商法论坛于2019年5月29日下午在北京国家会议中心举办,论坛邀请政府相关主管部门、《电子商务法》立法专家、电商企业代表出席,深入解读探讨,共促行业规范发展。商务部电子商务和信息化司副司长蔡裕东、北京市商务局副巡视员王洪存出席论坛并致辞。论坛由商务部电子商务专家咨询委成员、亿邦动力董事长兼CEO郑敏主持。
2018年8月31日,第十三届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第五次会议通过了《中华人民共和国电子商务法》(以下简称《电子商务法》),2019年1月1日正式实施。作为我国首部电子商务领域综合性法律,《电子商务法》的出台标志着中国电子商务进入历史发展新阶段。

薛虹教授指导北师大代表队荣获知识产权英文模拟法庭大赛优秀奖

2019年5月25日至26日,知识产权模拟法庭大赛在北京外国语大学日本研究中心举行,系由最高人民法院、国家知识产权局与北京外国语大学共同举办的国际性知识产权英文模拟法庭竞赛,目的是为了展示我国知识产权法律发展所取得的成果,促进中外知识产权法律界的交流,推动我国知识产权制度与实践的国际化。
北京师范大学代表队从参赛的美国托雷多大学、我国台湾地区东吴大学、中国政法大学、中南财经政法大学、华东政法大学、北京理工大学、北京师范大学、外交学院、复旦大学、长春理工大学、北京外国语大学等众多团队中脱颖而出,表现优异,获得优秀奖。
法学院薛虹老师接受学院学生会的委托,担任北京师范大学代表队指导教练,付出大量时间辛勤指导每个队员提高英文口头表达水平、磨炼英文辩论技巧,多次组织校内模拟训练、对抗训练,总结分析案例的要点与主要法律观点。经过艰苦训练两个多月,法学院本科生林心怡、王冬玉、杨晶仪、赵梓惟四位队员获得优异成绩,得到各方的普通赞誉。法学院法律硕士代天宇、臧珍国同学也在训练中努力协助,为本科生队员的成绩取得作出贡献。

La Facultad de Comunicación celebrará en Madrid su 60º aniversario y homenajeará a Luka Brajnovic

La Facultad de Comunicación celebrará en Madrid su 60º aniversario y homenajeará a Luka Brajnovic
- El evento tendrá lugar en el Campus Madrid el 6 junio a las 18:30, y será presentado por el antiguo alumno Iñaki Gabilondo.

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