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Order Denying Motions to Unseal

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Publication Date: February 11, 2019Publication Type: Litigation BriefOrder denying motions by Riana Pfefferkorn and others to unseal the docket and court's legal reasoning in a sealed case wherein the Department of Justice allegedly sought to compel Facebook to comply with a wiretap order for Facebook's end-to-end encrypted voice calling app, Messenger. 

Submission to PJCIS Regarding Assistance and Access Act

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Author(s): Riana PfefferkornPublication Date: February 14, 2019Publication Type: Other WritingSubmission to Australia's Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) regarding its review of the Assistance and Access Act that had passed into law in early December 2018.

Research directions towards the Wikimedia 2030 strategy

The Wikimedia Foundation’s Research team has published a set of white papers that outline our plans and priorities for the next 5 years.

A Q&A Session with Douglas Ruskhkoff

Douglas Rushkoff, author and host of Team Human recently held a Q&A session at Quora. Here are his answers:

We Are on This Road Together

Twenty-six-year-old software engineer Akah Harvey N L has fun building things and sharing his knowledge with local communities in Cameroon. While an undergraduate, Akah took part in the Google Summer of Code, giving him the opportunity to develop an application for one of the largest software organizations in the world. He is now a code reviewer for the online learning platform, Udacity, and leads software development training at Seven Academy in Cameroon.

​NTU rolls out qualitative admissions process and new programmes to assess and develop students holistically

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EU’s chilling copyright crackdown an ‘attack on openness’

EU negotiators have struck a deal over copyright reform that is an ‘attack on openness’, the new chief executive of Open Knowledge International has warned. Catherine Stihler, a former MEP and vice-chair of the European Parliament’s consumer protection committee, said the changes will restrict internet freedoms for millions of users.

Düsseldorfer Allergie- und Immunologietage am 8. und 9. März

Die zweitägige Veranstaltung vom Freitag, den 8. bis Samstag, den 9. März, im CCD Congress Center Düsseldorf richtet sich mit ihren wissenschaftlichen Vorträgen und Fortbildungskursen an Ärzte und medizinisches Fachpersonal.
Der besondere Fokus liegt auf praxisrelevanten Diagnostik- und Therapieempfehlungen auf Grundlage des neuesten Standes aktueller Themen in Allergologie und klinischer Immunologie. Für Medizinische Fachangestellte bieten die Allergietage ein spezielles Schulungsprogramm, besonders für dermatologische Praxen, an.

Natali Helberger benoemd tot lid KHMW

The post Natali Helberger benoemd tot lid KHMW appeared first on IVIR.

Applying Sortition in the EU: House of Lots or Random Votes?

The ‘digital constellation’ offers both opportunities and risks for democracy. While the information and communication technologies allow us to instantly communicate with each other enhancing the democratic dialogue, they prove to be a fertile ground for misinformation campaigns, hate speech and foreign cyberattacks. Although we are more frequently confronted with the risks, we haven’t seriously…

4s Open Panel: Commoning Knowledge: Regeneration Through S&T

Our colleague Maywa Montenegro will be leading this panel in the upcoming 4S New Orleans Conference

Jeden Donnerstag: Die HHU-Zahl der Woche - Heute: Hochschulsport

Die Grafikreihe "HHU Facts" zeigt kurz und knapp interessante Fakten rund um die HHU auf: Thema heute sind günstige Kulturangebote für die Studierenden an der HHU.
Alle bisher veröffentlichten Motive auf einen Blick finden Sie in der Bildergalerie (in Vorbereitung).
Haben Sie vielleicht auch ein interessantes Statistik-Thema rund um die HHU? Die HHU-Webredaktion ist offen für weitere Motive und freut sich über jede Anregung / Einsendung: Dieter Joswig, Tel. +49 211 81-14861E-Mail senden

World Day Against Cyber Censorship: Who is controlling what we see online?

World Day Against Cyber Censorship is a yearly event that happens on March 11 to rally support for a single, unrestricted Internet that is accessible to all and to draw attention to the ways that governments around the world are deterring and censoring free speech online.

Scientists call for ban on lethal, autonomous robots

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Agency Might Have Overstated Tesla Autopilot's Safety Impact

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Zertifikatsverleihung und Festvortrag von Frau Prof. Dr. McGuire

Am 6. Februar 2019 wurden die Zertifikate für die erfolgreiche Absolvierung der Zusatzausbildung im Informations-, Telekommunikations- und Medienrecht sowie für die Zusatzausbildung im Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz im Rahmen einer feierlichen Verleihung überreicht. Zu diesem Anlass durften wir Prof. Dr. Mary-Rose McGuire von der Universität Osnabrück begrüßen. Prof. McGuire hielt einen spannenden Festvortrag zu dem hochaktuellen Thema „Das Geschäftsgeheimnis: ein neues Schutzrecht?“.

Radio Universidad de Navarra celebra el Día Mundial de la Radio

Radio Universidad de Navarra celebra el Día Mundial de la Radio
Por octavo año consecutivo las emisoras universitarias españolas han conmemorado la efeméride con una programación especial y la entrega de los premios Radio Joven ARU

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Co-founder and Chief R&D Officer Stefaan Verhulst Provides Testimony to NYC Committee on Technology

Yesterday on February 12, 2019, The GovLab’s Co-founder and Chief Research & Development Officer, Stefaan Verhulst, appeared before the New York City Council Committee on Technology to testify on the value of properly leveraging and sharing data to tackle the multitude of 21st century problems.
The full content of Verhulst’s testimony follows below, and can also be viewed on his Medium page at this link.
 
Leveraging and Sharing Data for Urban Flourishing

[Call for abstracts] Post-automation? Exploring democratic alternatives to Industry 4.0

“An international research symposium, 11-13 September 2019, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, UK

About the Symposium

Kate Raworth: Doing Business in the Doughnut

Article republished from weforum.org, video from Youtube- Nesta