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When The Music’s Over – Securing Children’s Rights (June 18)

Join us for this session of When The Music’s Over where we will discuss the critical issue of children’s rights.

Raising awareness of open data in Ghana: Open Data Day 2020 report

On Saturday 7th March 2020, the tenth Open Data Day took place with people around the world organising over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data.

When the Music’s Over – Test, Trace, Isolate. And Legislate?

Tracing apps. Border closures. Quarantines. Immunity Passports. QR Codes. And good old fashioned legislation.
Join us on a trip from Seoul to Sydney via the UK, as we hear about the role of law in codifying safeguards, and (re)opening borders and businesses. Our all-star line-up have been closely following (and in one case, leading!) their respective legislative approaches, and will weigh in about trust, containment, and function creep.
This is a special event of When the Music’s Over series also co-hosted with OpenNet Korea.

Two new SBO and one C2 project for CiTiP

Definition of Finances at Dictionary.com

Finance is the management of money, particularly in relation to companies, organisations, or governments. Specifically, it deals with the questions of how and why an individual, company or government acquires the money needed – called capital in the company context – and how they spend or invest that money. (See Hyrecar stock analysis on TipRanks)Genco...

People Can’t Stop Watching Videos of Police and Protesters. That’s the Idea.

Surveillance Technology Will Only Get More Intense After Covid

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Encerramento da edição de lançamento do EU-South American School on Global Governance

Neste mês, o Centro de Excelência encerra as atividades da edição de lançamento do EU-South American School on Global Governance. De fevereiro a junho de 2020, as aulas do curso abordaram as práticas da União Europeia em governança global e sua relevância para a América do Sul, no âmbito de uma variedade de tópicos nas três principais áreas de pesquisa do Centro: Regulação Global; Litigância Global; e Direitos Humanos e Democracia.

COVID-19 Response Must Include Massive Funding for Fiber-Optic Internet Access

By now, many of us are realizing we’ve been taking access to basic things for granted, such as social interaction, health care, on-site education, and…the Internet. While always valuable, the Internet is now a lifeline offering a fortunate few the ability to adapt and maintain a semblance of reality and connection to our employment, health services, and our family and friends. But those who don’t have access to fast, reliable broadband Internet are experiencing the pain of staying at home.

It's all linked: How communication to the public affects internet architecture

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From legislation to implementation: Exploring how to prototype privacy bills through human-centered policymaking + design

From legislation to implementation: Exploring how to prototype privacy bills through human-centered policymaking + design By Anna Chung, Dennis Jen, Jasmine McNealy, Stephanie Nguyen The rise of data privacy breaches and a look into policies that address these challenges “If a parent comes in and says, ‘Oh, I want to renew my son’s books,’ I can’t go on their son’s account without their son’s card. We never look at anyone’s reading history. We cannot tell […]

Curso Digital Platforms: Law and Policy analisa o impacto das plataformas digitais de acordo com os conceitos de lei e poder

A FGV Direito Rio comunica a abertura das inscrições para o curso “Digital Platforms: Law and Policy”. O curso, voltado para alunos de graduação, tem vagas limitadas e será ministrado pelo Prof. Nicolo Zingales, em inglês, com carga horária de 60h.

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The end of the small parties? How the Corona crisis threatens the diversity of the party landscape in Germany

Germany offers voters a wide range of different parties. In order to be eligible to stand in elections, however, a party must either already be represented in German parliaments or collect enough signatures from supporters. The latter has become practically impossible due to the pandemic. Is there a threat of a loss of heterogeneity and diversity in our democracy?Article

In a Time of Crisis, A Global Lockdown Needs a Digital Unlocking

We welcome this guest post from DE-CIX Group, an Organization Member of the Internet Society.

We are at a very special moment in history right now. Never before in modern times have we seen such a global impact and a global response to a crisis which largely ignores geopolitical borders. The COVID-19 outbreak and its repercussions have put cities, countries, entire regions on hold.

Astrónomo Gaël Chauvin recibió distinción internacional

El astrofísico, quien es investigador del Departamento de Astronomía de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas (FCFM) e investigador de la Unidad Mixta Internacional Franco-Chilena de Astronomía, obtuvo la distinción junto a un equipo de colegas por su proyecto SPHERE +, dedicado a la busca de exoplanetas.El doctor Gaël Chauvin fue reconocido por su trabajo de búsqueda y estudio de planetas extrasolares, desarrollo científico realizado a través del uso de SPHERE, un instrumento instalado en el Very Large Telescope, instrumento de la ESO, ubicado en C

Rector: "Lo que el HCUCH hace por Chile no tiene precio"

Este martes 26 de mayo, la máxima autoridad universitaria visitó el recinto, instancia donde compartió con los directivos y los trabajadores y trabajadoras, quienes durante estas semanas han volcado su labor en la atención de pacientes con COVID-19. En la instancia, el Rector reconoció el rol clave que cumple el Hospital en este contexto de crisis sanitaria, y extendió a sus funcionarios y funcionarias un saludo de agradecimiento a nombre la comunidad universitaria.

Encuesta para docentes busca recoger experiencias frente a la pandemia

El estudio, organizado por el Centro de Investigación Avanzada en Educación (CIAE), el Centro de Investigación Educación Inclusiva y Eduglobal, ahondará de docentes en el trabajo educativo desde el hogar.
“Nuevos contextos, nuevas demandas y experiencia docente”, es el nombre del estudio en curso, organizado por Eduglobal, el CIAE de la Universidad de Chile y el Centro de Investigación Educación Inclusiva, al cual docentes que se encuentren trabajando desde sus hogares están llamados a contestar.

As prominent athletes speak out on racial violence, where is Tiger Woods’ voice?

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