Instagram’s Like Hiding Saga is a PR Stunt:
What Facebook’s Darling Hopes You’ll Forget About Social Media Metrics
By Ben Grosser

They analyse the implications of the government vs Twitter controversy on individual privacy
The article by Krupa Joseph was published in the Deccan Herald on 10 June 2021. Torsha Sarkar has been quoted.

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Soziale Innovationen werden im bundesweiten Wettbewerb „Gesellschaft der Ideen“ gesucht. Das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) fördert den Wettbewerb. Mit dabei sind zwei Virtual-Reality-Projektteams, die mit Partnern von der Julius-Maximilians-Universität (JMU) Würzburg kooperieren: ReliefVR und YourReality.
28 Projektteams stehen aktuell im Wettbewerb. Derzeit läuft ein öffentliches Bewertungsverfahren: Bis 21. Juni 2021 können alle Bürgerinnen und Bürger online darüber abstimmen, welche Ideen ihnen am besten gefallen.

Los resultados de la reciente elección municipal y de constituyentes sorprendió a muchas personas por la irrupción de independientes y los malos resultados de la mayoría de los partidos políticos, un hito que ha marcado el proceso que dará origen a una nueva Constitución.

"Paren la música", idea original de Alejandro Sieveking, escrita por Nona Fernández y bajo la dirección de Cristián Plana, espera estrenarse en sala el próximo 15 de julio, si las condiciones sanitarias lo permiten.

Dos temas actuales que marcarán historia. Habrá un antes y un después de la pandemia y, también, del proceso constituyente que vive Chile. Estas materias son el foco de los cursos que realizará desde junio y julio UAbierta, la plataforma de Educación en línea de la Universidad de Chile.

La nueva versión de esta instancia, realizada de manera telemática, reunió a autoridades universitarias de todo el mundo, y contó con la participación del Rector Ennio Vivaldi como el único representante chileno y uno de los ocho participantes de América Latina (de un total de 45).

Colonized by data: The costs of connection. En partenariat avec le médialab de Sciences Po.
L’article 22.6.2021 CIS #19 <br>Nick Couldry et Ulises Ali Mejias est apparu en premier sur Centre Internet et Société.

Nighat Dad on bringing local contexts into policy and product design and on platforms negotiating between the global and the local. Nighat was speaking on a Platform Futures panel discussion Mobile Ecosystems: Opportunities and Challenges in the Asia-Pacific hosted by Digital Asia Hub on June 9.

Yong Lim (Co-Director, Seoul National University AI Policy Initiative) on the factors that boost or inhibit competition within and between platforms and entry barriers and tools to help smaller players. Yong Lim was speaking on a Platform Futures panel discussion Mobile Ecosystems: Opportunities and Challenges in the Asia-Pacific hosted by Digital Asia Hub on June 9.

Dr. King-wa Fu (Associate Professor at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre of The University of Hong Kong) on the use of platforms for anti-government protests in Hong Kong in 2019. King-wa was speaking on a Platform Futures panel discussion Mobile Ecosystems: Opportunities and Challenges in the Asia-Pacific hosted by Digital Asia Hub on June 9.

Dr Graham Greenleaf AM Professor of Law & Information Systems at UNSW Australia and Co-Founder, AustLII, on Australia’s platform regulations and data protection laws, data protection trends in Asia, and the future of the Internet.

Bishakha Datta, executive director, Point of View, shares a gendered perspective on platforms and how the hierarchy of platform aesthetics affects marginalized communities in India. Bishaka was speaking on a Platform Futures panel discussion Mobile Ecosystems: Opportunities and Challenges in the Asia-Pacific hosted by Digital Asia Hub on June 9.

Julian Thomas, Distinguished Professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), shares a historical perspective on platforms and why it is important towards understanding their influence in society and markets today. Julian was speaking on a Platform Futures panel discussion Mobile Ecosystems: Opportunities and Challenges in the Asia-Pacific hosted by Digital Asia Hub on June 9.

Siddharth Narrain (University of New South Wales) on platforms and the challenge of content moderation. Siddharth was speaking on a Platform Futures panel discussion Mobile Ecosystems: Opportunities and Challenges in the Asia-Pacific hosted by Digital Asia Hub on June 9.

As part of the Platform Futures program, Digital Asia Hub invited the expert network to contribute to a ‘small book’ series in multiple ways. Some contributed case studies, others participated in an open peer review process, and many shared their insights through interviews.
While the authors finalize the “Small Books for Big Platforms”, we convened a series of conversations with the expert network and a few invited guests. We are pleased to share the full recordings of these events, which include a synthesis of learnings from and across the case studies.

When the Internet Society, Asian Development Bank, and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific examined the regional digital economy of Central Asia in 2015, it recommended investing in the development of Carrier-Neutral Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) to drive down connectivity costs and enable more people to connect on the […]