TOD#32: Networked Content Analysis: The Case of Climate Change
By Sabine Niederer
With a foreword by Klaus Krippendorff
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Stellenausschreibung
Für das Projekt Art Law Clinic wird ab dem 01.04.2020 eine
Studentische Hilfskraft (m/w/d)

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the German UNESCO Commission jointly awarded 100 exemplary educational initiatives from all over Germany on 20 November in Berlin. 55 learning venues, 36 networks and nine municipalities are examples of how sustainability can be systematically anchored in the German education landscape.

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Update: On February 14, 2020, the Wikimedia Foundation filed a notice of appeal in this case before the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. We respectfully disagree with the District Court’s ruling, and believe that information in the public domain shows that the NSA is using Upstream surveillance to copy and search Wikimedia’s communications. We look forward to presenting our arguments to the Fourth Circuit.

Are social media platforms empowering people to connect beyond borders or are they the custodians of digital communication spaces where users have to comply with strict content moderation rules? The recent example of TikTok shows that platforms somehow still struggle with combining user-friendly services with freedom of expression principles.  TikTok is the new social media…

This blog is part of a series showcasing projects developed during the 2019 Frictionless Data Tool Fund. 

Fotos aus der Ausstellung Hände werden ab Oktober 2019 bis Ende August 2020 im Museum der Weltkulturen in Frankfurt gezeigt.
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Gurshabad Grover participated at IETF106, which was held in Singapore 16-22 November, 2019.
In the meeting of the Human Rights Protocol Considerations (hrpc) research group, I presented an update to draft-irtf-hrpc-guidelines-03 (Guidelines for Human Rights Protocol and Architecture Considerations), which is an Internet Draft adopted by the hrpc rg that he is co-editing with Niels ten Oever. More info here.

Nikhil Pahwa throws light on the new personal data protection bill.
The article by Nikhil Pahwa was published in the Times of India on December 12, 2019. CIS report was mentioned.

India reported over 100 internet shutdown in 2018, according to an annual study of Freedom House, a US-based non-profit research organization.
The article was published in the Hindustan Times on December 11, 2019. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

Some members of the housekeeping staff at IIT Ropar were put under round the clock surveillance during working hours for many days in February this year without their consent. IIT Ropar Director Prof S K Das has ordered a probe into the incident.
The article by Rachna Khaira was published in Huffington Post on December 31, 2019. Aayush Rathi was quoted.

Bengaluru experts analyse the Pegasus snooping scandal, and provide advice on what you can do about the gaping holes in your mobile phone security.
The article by Theres Sudeep was published in Deccan Herald on November 6, 2019. Aayush Rathi was quoted.

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We are pleased to announce joint stewardship of Frictionless Data between the Open Knowledge Foundation and Datopian. While this collaboration already exists informally, we are solidifying how we are leading together on future Frictionless Data projects and goals.
 
What does this mean for users of Frictionless Data software and specifications?
 

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Am 11. Dezember fand am Institut für Informations-, Telekommunikations- und Medienrecht (ITM) in Münster das Kickoff-Meeting des vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung geförderten interdisziplinären Projekts „GOAL – Governance von und durch Algorithmen“ statt. Dabei gingen die Vertreter der verschiedenen Partneruniversitäten auf ihre Rolle im Projekt ein und präsentierten die verschiedenen Blickwinkel und Ansätze ihrer Fachrichtung zu dem Thema.

Le site du CRDP a profité d’un changement important de son organisation (Centre de recherche en droit prospectif) et de sa programmation (Justice et changements) pour mettre en place un nouvel agrégateur de nouvelles qui liste automatiquement les nouveautés apparaissant sur une série de sites partenaires. Le présent agrégateur, disponible ici, permet de lister sur la page d’accueil du site du CRDP les nouvelles les plus récentes.

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