This opinion piece was originally published in SC Magazine.

With social distancing the norm, we’re spending more time on the Internet doing more important things than ever – eg, working, learning, banking, trading, shopping, seeing the doctor and having family time – as well as streaming, gaming and interacting with our connected speakers.

Shouldn’t we be certain, especially now, that no one is eavesdropping, stealing or modifying our data?

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Author(s): Giancarlo FrosioPublication Date: April 30, 2020Publication Type: Academic Writing(with Christophe Geiger and Oleksandr Bulayenko) Read more about Text and Data Mining: Articles 3 and 4 of the Directive 2019/790/EU

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Author(s): Giancarlo FrosioPublication Date: April 30, 2020Publication Type: Academic Writingin Paul Torremans, ed., Intellectual Property and Human Rights (4th edition, Kluwer Law Int’l, forthcoming 2020), 709-744 Read more about Algorithmic Enforcement Online

In our democratic system of government, the legislature passes laws, the executive branch enforces them, and the courts interpret them when disputes arise about their meaning. Read more about You Have the Right to Know What the Law Is
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Nelso Rodríguez is a nurse and one of the founders of the community network in El Cuy, Patagonia, Argentina.

A little over a year ago, there was no Internet or mobile connection in my isolated town of El Cuy, population 540.

After several unsuccessful attempts by the provincial government to bring in satellite Internet – which was of very poor quality, at very high costs – our people began to demand an Internet for all.

Webinar Covid-19 e a crise do federalismo brasileiro17h00O Evento: DIREITO E A CRISE DO CORONAVÍRUS
A contribuição do sistema jurídico para o enfrentamento da pandemia e a superação de seus efeitos econômicos e sociais
 
A Fundação Getulio Vargas, por meio de suas escolas de direito FGV Direito SP e FGV Direito Rio, realiza uma série de webinars com o objetivo de debater as questões jurídicas relacionadas à crise da pandemia do coronavírus.
Em 05/05, o debate terá como tema
Covid-19 e a crise do federalismo brasileiro 

The GovLab and UNICEF, as part of the Responsible Data for Children initiative (RD4C), are pleased to share a set of lightweight and user-friendly tools to support organizations and practi

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.

Marcel Wrzesinski has been Open Access Officer at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society for almost a year. The seasoned journal editor who’s been in academic publishing for about a decade, has been carrying this one big heavy question around town, i.e. in surveys, in workshops, in his head, under his arm. Everywhere he…
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„Ich bin beeindruckt und freue mich, dass wir als Gemeinschaft in unserer Stadt helfen können. Ganz herzlichen Dank an alle, die sich mit Zeit und Geld für andere einsetzen“, sagt Rektorin Anja Steinbeck zum Abschluss der Aktion.
Mit dem Geld unterstützt die BürgerStiftung Düsseldorf Menschen in Notlagen, wie etwa Obdachlose und bedürftige Familien. Vor allem Lebensmittelgutscheine und Kleidung werden derzeit gebraucht, weil viele kostenlose Hilfen pausieren.

When German "data protection model country" politicians present themselves to the US corporations Google and Apple in order to promote the support of a centrally organized Covid19 tracing solution, this is at first astonishing.

„Ich bin beeindruckt und freue mich, dass wir als Gemeinschaft in unserer Stadt helfen können. Ganz herzlichen Dank an alle, die sich mit Zeit und Geld für andere einsetzen“, sagt Rektorin Anja Steinbeck zum Abschluss der Aktion.
Mit dem Geld unterstützt die BürgerStiftung Düsseldorf Menschen in Notlagen, wie etwa Obdachlosen und bedürftigen Familien. Vor allem Lebensmittelgutscheine und Kleidung werden derzeit gebraucht, weil viele kostenlose Hilfen pausieren.

Perils and Opportunities How will the coronavirus pandemic affect specific kinds of digital technologies and practices? HIIG researchers offer some tentative answers. At this point, we have all been overwhelmed by an avalanche of predictions about the coronavirus pandemic. In part, these forecasts regard the public health emergency itself: when will it peak, how will…
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De la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas proviene la iniciativa "Preu en Cuarentena", plataforma con insumos como guías y tutoriales en video para que quienes den este año la prueba de transición de matemáticas puedan prepararse de manera gratuita desde sus hogares, incluyendo a la comunidad haitiana a partir de las versiones en francés de los materiales.www.preuencuarentena.com es el portal desarrollado por estudiantes de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la U.

A partir del Movimiento Salud en Resistencia (MSR), son más de cien profesionales de la salud y estudiantes de dichas carreras -tanto de la U. de Chile, como de otros planteles- quienes hoy despliegan educación e información en diferentes barrios, a partir de una relación basada en un modelo colectivo de salud.

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A contar del 18 de mayo, la profesora Heidi Berner Herrera, académica de Facultad de Economía y Negocios (FEN), asumirá el cargo de Vicerrectora de Asuntos Económicos y Gestión Institucional en reemplazo del profesor Daniel Hojman Trujillo. Heidi Berner es ingeniera comercial con mención en Economía de la Universidad de Chile y Master in Public Administration de la Kennedy School of Government en la Universidad de Harvard y cuenta con una destacada trayectoria en la innovación de la gestión pública.

We’ve had balcony concerts. Livestreams. Living room jam sessions. Pots and pans banging. And clapping. (So much clapping). We’ve been inspired by the talent, generosity and spirit on display. But continue to ask: what next?