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Inaugural lecture Daniel Gervais: The Law of Human Progress, 18 October 2018

Commons: the model of “post” liberal capitalism?

This post by Myriam Bouré was originally published on Medium.com. 

Disinformation on Steroids

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Author(s): Danielle CitronPublication Date: October 16, 2018Publication Type: Other WritingIntroduction

As some departments loosen grip on body camera footage, Memphis police holds firm

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Prof. Xue Gave Keynote Speech at APEC WORKSHOP ON ENHANCING REGULATORY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR E-COMMERCE

APEC Workshop on Enhancing Regulatory Infrastructure for E-Commerce was successfully held on October 11-12 in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Académicos de la U. de Chile ganaron Premio Nacional de Geografía 2018

La Sociedad Chilena de Ciencias Geográficas (SOCHIGEO) otorgó este martes 2 de octubre esta distinción a los académicos de la Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo (FAU) Enrique Aliste Almuna, director del Departamento de Geografía, y al profesor Belisario Andrade Johnson, quien además es egresado de nuestro plantel.

Estudio identifica soluciones para situación en Quintero y Puchuncaví

Elevar los estándares en el control de emisiones contaminantes -para cumplir al menos con el mínimo exigido por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS)- y avanzar en un diseño institucional para la materialización del desarrollo sostenible en las empresas son algunas de las principales propuestas del estudio elaborado por el Observatorio de Sostenibilidad de la Facultad de Economía y Negocios de la Universidad de Chile.Las más de mil personas intoxicadas que a la fecha registra la crisis ambiental y sanitaria de Quintero y Puchuncaví es el último episodio

Privacy by design and the Uber settlement

On September 26, attorneys general from multiple U.S. states settled with the ride sharing company Uber over a data breach that revealed personal information about both Uber’s riders and drivers. The drivers suffered the brunt of the exposure: the release of their names and driver’s license numbers. Uber did not disclose the breach when it occurred in 2016 (in violation of California’s security breach notification law), and it became public after the company’s then new CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, announced it shortly after his arrival at the company in 2017.

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Governing artificial intelligence: ethical, legal, and technical opportunities and challenges

Introduction to the Special Issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society by Sandra Wachter, Brent Mittelstadt, Luciano Floridi and Corinne Cath: “Artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly permeates every aspect of our society, from the critical, like urban infrastructure, law enforcement, banking, healthcare and humanitarian aid, to the mundane like dating.

Here’s What the USMCA Does for Data Innovation

Joshua New at the Center for Data Innovation: “…the Trump administration announced the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the trade deal it intends to replace NAFTA with.

30 anos da Constituição Cidadã: Avanços e Retrocessos

30 anos da Constituição Cidadã: Avanços e Retrocessos08h00O Evento: No marco dos 30 anos da Constituição Federal de 1988, faz-se necessário um debate sincero e aprofundado a respeito de quais avanços e retrocessos a Carta Magna proporcionou à sociedade brasileira.

Website update: Experiencing problems with translations into French and Spanish

I must apologize to readers of our French and Spanish versions of our website. We are currently experiencing a problem with our usage of the WordPress Multilingual (WPML) plugin that is preventing us from sending our new content out for translation.  It is proving to be quite difficult to identify and fix the issue. We are working with our development team, our hosting provider, and the WPML support team to find the solution. I hope that in the next couple of days we can solve this and return to our regular publishing in three languages.

George Soros, founder of Open Society Foundations, invests in the future of free and open knowledge

We are pleased to announce a $2 million gift to the Wikimedia Endowment from George Soros, one of the world’s leading philanthropists.

Veranstaltungsreihe „Heine meets Huxley“ geht weiter

Unter dem Titel „Schöne neue Welt – Von Superbodies und Mensch-Maschinen“ setzen sich Prof. Dr. Ulrich Rosar (Institut für Sozialwissenschaften) sowie Madita Michaelis und Jan Gabler (Institut für Modernes Japan) mit folgenden Fragen auseinander: Welche Bedeutung hat körperliche Attraktivität für unsere gesellschaftliche Position? An welchen Stellen bröckelt die Grenze zwischen Mensch und Maschine? Wie beeinflussen Vorstellungen von Schönheit das Verhältnis der Geschlechter?

Do you use OpenGLAM? Help review shared #OpenGLAM principles for Open Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums

TL;DR: As part of reinvigorating our OpenGLAM (Open Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) community, we’re evaluating the OpenGLAM principles: fill out this survey and get involved.

The Week in Internet News: Facebook Bans ‘Clickbait’ Political Accounts

Good-bye clickbait? Facebook has tossed out more than 800 publishers and accounts it accused of trafficking in clickbait and political spam, the Washington Post reports. Facebook also accused some of the accounts of “inauthentic behavior,” otherwise known as fake news. The bans met with some resistance, with some critics saying Facebook’s terms of service represent a moving target.

Filtering Out the Bots: What Americans Actually Told the FCC about Net Neutrality Repeal

In the lead-up to the FCC's historic vote in December 2017 to repeal all net neutrality protections, 22 million comments were filed to the agency.
But unfortunately, millions of those comments were fake. Some of the fake comment were part of sophisticated campaigns that filed fake comments using the names of real people - including journalists, Senators and dead people. 
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Book of the day – Peer Work in Australia: A new future for mental health

Peer Work in Australia – A New Future for Mental Health. Ed. by Janet Meagher et al. , 2018
This book is a work of intense dedication, with an imperative and belief that we must document the current situation and focus on developments into the future for peer work in this country. It’s development and production has been a triumph of collaboration; co-produced and written by 29 leading ‘lived experience’ peer workers, lived experience advocates and allies from across Australia.

Gastvortrag von Spielerberater Dr. Erkut Sögüt zu "Fußball und Recht"

Der Spielerberater Dr. Erkut Sögüt ist an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität zu Gast - in der Reihe „My Law – Wirtschaftsrechtliche Perspektiven“, die Prof. Dr. Rupprecht Podszun (Lehrstuhl für Bürgerliches Recht, deutsches und europäisches Wettbewerbsrecht) an der Juristischen Fakultät organisiert. Sögüt, promovierter Jurist sowie Berater und Manager von Mesut Özil, wird am kommenden Mittwoch um 18:15 Uhr über 'Fußball und Recht` sprechen. Sögüt wird erzählen, was juristisch neben dem Spielfeld passiert – wie auch über seinen außergewöhnlichen Lebenslauf.

The Race Is On After Feds Pave Way for Driverless Trucks

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Date published: October 15, 2018US News & World Report"Ryan Calo, a professor at the University of Washington School of Law, allows that the document "concedes a lot to industry," but he adds that "it also reflects some mature thinking on the part of the DOT."