This week on Tuesday, 26 June, the Internet Society and NIC.BR signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together to increase routing security in Brazil, including the MANRS initiative. Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security is a global initiative that provides crucial fixes to reduce the most common routing threats.
On Tuesday, 17 July, alongside IETF 102 in Montreal, the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) will host a lunch panel on “Cyber Diplomacy Meets InfoSec and Technology.” During this session, the Commission wants to inform and engage with the IETF community on its work so far and the work that is in the pipeline.
„Hervorgegangen aus der schlichten Lust am Spott und am Theater waren die ‚Flöhe‘ über die Jahre das profundeste Musikkabarett und lange Zeit die einzige satirisch-politische Rockband der Bundesrepublik“, schrieb die Süddeutsche Zeitung im Mai 1983, als sich FLOH DE COLOGNE auflösten. 35 Jahre sind seitdem vergangen und die Bandgeschichte noch nicht geschrieben.
Universitätsochester: JubiläumskonzertDie Toccata und Fuge in d-moll bilden einen würdigen Auftakt zum Jubiläumssommer 2018 des Universitätsorchesters der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf. Das majestätische Werk Bachs mit seinem fesselnden Anfangsmotiv erklingt in einer Bearbeitung von Leopold Stokowski. Für eine Reise in die Wiener Klassik sorgt Solist und Orchestermitglied Lars Koch mit Haydns prächtigem Trompetenkonzert, bevor nach der Pause Brahms 1. Sinfonie als musikalisches Finale des Abends zu Gehör gebracht wird.
Evidence from Simultaneous Field Experiments by Varun Gauri,Julian C. Jamison, Nina Mazar, Owen Ozier, Shomikho Raha and Karima Saleh: “Bureaucratic performance is a crucial determinant of economic growth. Little is known about how to improve it in resource-constrained settings.
Anlass bieten die aktuell in der Öffentlichkeit zum Teil hitzig und oft nur einseitig geführten Debatten um das Verhältnis von Literatur und Gesellschaft: Dazu gehört zunächst die Diskussion um die Entfernung des Gedichts „Avenidas“ von Eugen Gomringer von der Südfassade der Alice-Salomon-Hochschule Berlin auf Anregung der dortigen Studierendenvertretung.
A civil society campaign managed to successfully stop the installation of prepaid meters by the Ghana Water Company LTD (GWCL) which would have affected the human right to water.
The campaign against prepaid water meters was initiated by the Water Citizens Network of Ghana after it identified the issue as a serious threat to the human right to water and to public health in Ghana. Media campaigns, lobbying of the legislative branch of Government, picketing and demonstrations helped defeat three government attempts to install the meters.
Komisja Prawna Parlamentu Europejskiego (JURI) 20 czerwca zignorowała wszelkie porady i zagłosowała za prawem autorskim ograniczającym prawa użytkowników i wolność informacji. Jednak droga do przyjęcia dyrektywy jest jeszcze długa, a nasz sprzeciw jest potrzebny na każdym etapie.
Holochain is a new technology project with huge potential for the cooperative economy.
SFLC.in -- a donor supported legal services organisation -- has written an open letter to messaging service providers like WhatsApp, Facebook and others, urging them to modify their platforms to ensure that users are not added to group chats without their permission.
The article was published in the Times of India on June 1, 2018.
The 26th AMIC annual conference on the theme Disturbing Asian Millennials: Some Creative Responses was organized by Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) at Fortune Inn Valley View, Manipal in Karnataka from June 7 - 9, 2018. Swaraj Paul Barooah was a speaker.
State police across Karnataka, Assam, Telangana and Kerala are designing social media campaigns as an antidote to fake news on messaging apps like WhatsApp following claims that these platforms have been used to incite violence across several locations in recent weeks.
Nilotpal Basu and Abhijeet Nath, an audio engineer and digital artiste, were beaten to death in Assam's Karbi Anglong last week based on rumours that they were kidnappers.
The article was published in the Times of India on June 18, 2018. Pranesh Prakash was quoted. Inputs from Kim Arora.
Turning a common perception on its head, international affairs students of O.P. Jindal Global University here have shown that pursuing a so-called "conventional" course can also open several doors of recruitment including in multinational companies, think tanks and international NGOs.
The article was published in Economic Times on June 19, 2018.
Charlie Brown & Robert Q. Benedict at Stanford Social Innovation Review: ” For many in the social sector, hosting a prize has become practically compulsory. But prizes have also proved divisive, sparking debates about their intended use, the value they provide, and the costs they incur. With so many conflicting perspectives, are there any guidelines to help decide whether a prize is worth pursuing?
Book by Martha C. Nussbaum: “…In The Monarchy of Fear she turns her attention to the current political crisis that has polarized American since the 2016 election.
L’équipe du CRDP a le regret d’annoncer le décès de Monsieur Paul Gérin-Lajoie à l’âge de 98 ans. Parmi les réalisations de cet homme d’exception, il nous plait de rappeler qu’il fut la personne à l’initiative, en 1962, de l’Institut de recherche droit public, qui devint en 1971 le CRDP. Paul Gérin-Lajoie alors Ministre de la jeunesse avait identifié avant tout le monde l’importance de la recherche universitaire et s’était adressé dans ces termes au recteur de l’époque:
No último dia 20 de junho, apresentamos Logic Gates and Access Records of Internet Users: From Technical Possibilities to Judicial Reasoning in Brazilian Courts, um relatório de pesquisa sobre o trabalho desenvolvido no Instituto de Referência em Internet e Sociedade – IRIS, realizada no ano de 2017, na conferência Connected Life 2018, realizada na Universidade de Oxford.
Technology has made data protection a hot button issue. Now, a group of eminent citizens, mostly lawyers, have formulated a draft privacy bill, a legal framework that protects the individual’s right to privacy, but it faces legal jurisdiction issues
The blog post by Sujit Bhar was published in IndiaLegal on June 21, 2018.
