This blogpost was co-authored by Danny Lämmerhirt, Pierre Chrzanowski and Sander van der Waal (*author note at the bottom)

A powerful investigative look at data-based discrimination—and how technology affects civil and human rights and economic equity

With Assembly (2017), Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri have continued their trilogyEmpire (2000), Multitude (2004), and Commonwealth (2009) into the new decade, expanding it into a tetralogy. The fourth episode sees these advocates of commonism once again provide a critical analysis of the most topical developments in society.

Good Data edited by Angela Daly, S. Kate Devitt and Monique Mann will be published by INC in January 2019. The book launch will be 24 Januari @ Spui25. In anticipation of the publication, we publish a series of posts by some of the authors of the book.

Der dreitägige Kurs startet mit Plenarvorträgen von international renommierten Wissenschaftlern zum Thema Leberbiologie und Leberregeneration.

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En 2018 el Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica (DIMEC), de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, se adjudicó 1.700 millones de pesos de financiamiento CORFO para implementar el "Programa de Innovación en Manufactura Avanzada" (IMA+).

"No puede haber un aula justa cuando a la base se encuentran ideas como el mérito y la libertad de elección por sobre el derecho a la educación, las cuales perpetúan la desigualdad", señala Óscar Aguilera, académico y director del Departamento de Estudios Pedagógicos (DEP) de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, a propósito del proyecto "Aula Justa", que impulsa el gobierno del Presidente Sebastián Piñera.

15 January 2019 marks the eighteenth birthday of Wikipedia—and the fourth year of #1Lib1Ref, an annual campaign that asks everyone to jump in and improve Wikipedia by adding at least one citation. In doing so, they help improve the reliability and authenticity of the site for billions of readers.

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Le Centre de Recherche en Droit public (CRDP) en collaboration avec l’Association des Étudiantes et Étudiants en Droit (AED) organise la deuxième édition du colloque sur le thème : Le droit mène t-il à tout ? À cette occasion, plusieurs panels en lien avec les axes de recherche du CRDP seront animés par des étudiants.es et professionnels du droit (Voir affiche).

In July 2018, the Internet Society’s Latin America and Caribbean Bureau held another edition of the Workshop for Chapter Leaders. Besides discussing the challenges and opportunities of participation in their respective chapters, the 34 attendees began the implementation of several projects related to our 4 key issues of 2018. Starting 2019, I am glad to share with you the main results of these projects.

“autonomous ones not subsumed by or subjected to the capitalist drive to accumulation and exploitation.”

This essay was written by Tiziana Terranova and originally published in Euromade.info

WHEN: 21st March 2019 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pmWHERE: University of Westminster (Room UG05); 309 Regent St; Marylebone, London W1B 2HT; UKCOST: Free

Michel Bauwens, Vasilis Kostakis & Alex Pazaitis (P2P Foundation) –Book Launch ‘Peer to Peer. The Commons Manifesto’ (University of Westminster Press)

What exactly is colonial about the economic use of data? On November 20, Nick Couldry continued the lecture series Making Sense of the Digital Society. In his lecture, he focused on the social consequences of data collection by private companies. He characterised the current tendencies as a new form of colonisation that has serious consequences…

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The latest in the EU's string of internet regulatory efforts has a new target: terrorist propaganda. Just as with past regulations, the proposed rules seem onerous and insane, creating huge liability for internet platforms that fail to do the impossible.

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We live in a world increasingly governed by algorithms. Sadly these algorithms aren’t creating a more neutral world of equitable outcomes; they are baking in historical injustices long present in society at large (1). Not surprisingly, those who are currently denied power in society are the most at-risk in this data driven future. Their voices should be amplified and set the agenda. The Data for Black Lives (twitter) organization works to bring together one communty of folks […]