Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet by Yasha Levine.

In this fascinating book, investigative reporter Yasha Levine uncovers the secret origins of the internet, tracing it back to a Pentagon counterinsurgency surveillance project.

One of the biggest drawbacks of thinking in “vulgar libertarian” fashion is that you forget that there were ever alternatives available to people, that the way that we live now or the way we’re used to living is the only way that was ever reasonable or good. The rise of the modern state marks a time in history when authorities began to and continue to control more about people’s lives. The modern state also intrudes on people’s lives in a fashion that is so much greater than before.

A partir del 2019, este programa impartido por la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales pondrá a disposición siete cupos del Programa de Equidad de Género (PEG), iniciativa en la que hasta la fecha solo participaba la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas.

El pasado miércoles 14 de noviembre la Comisión Nacional de Acreditación comunicó su decisión unánime de acreditar a la Casa de Bello por el máximo período contemplado en la Ley. El positivo resultado, que entrega un sello de excelencia a los distintos ámbitos de su quehacer como plantel universitario, renueva la acreditación institucional hasta el 22 de diciembre de 2025.

Arindrajit Basu spoke at the India-China Tech Forum 2018 organised by ORF and Peking University at the Ji Xianlin Centre for India-China Studies, Mumbai on December 11 - 12, 2018. The event functioned as a bi-annual dialogue that fosters co-operation in this space between the two countries.

The recently released 2017-18 annual report of the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) says that surveillance equipment is being rolled out in 21 service areas across the country.
The article by Keerthana Sankaran was published in New Indian Express on December 26, 2018.

My name is Gustavo Babo, I’m from Brazil and I’m a Law and Political Science student. One of my biggest interests is to understand the best way to create national and international policies related to the Internet and other technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, IoT, and Blockchain. Having participated in the IGF as a 2018 Youth@IGF Fellow has enhanced my perspective on the future of all these technologies. Enjoy my opinion!

Interessados podem se inscrever até o dia 13/01A FGV Direito Rio recebe inscrições para assistente acadêmico da graduação, atuando na supervisão das atividades de Field Project. O Field Project (FP) consiste em um componente curricular obrigatório constituído por cindo atividades prátivas extraclasse do curso de graduação da Escola, totalizando uma carga horária de 300 horas, distribuídas em 60 horas/aula do 1º ao 5º período. As inscrições podem ser realizadas até o dia 13 de janeiro de 2019.

Objetivo é estreitar as relações com Universidades internacionaisA FGV Direito Rio lança nesta semana o programa Embaixadores FGV Direito Rio, que tem como objetivo estreitar a conexão entre a Escola e Universidades internacionais de destaque ao redor do mundo. O Coordenador de Relações Internacionais da Escola, Rodrigo Vianna, explica que a ideia de criar e lançar esse projeto surgiu com a junção de alguns fatores.

In this episode we are speaking with Pat Kane the founding curator of Future Fest. He discusses his relationship between music and his professional life. Pat also discusses with us how he grew into his profession with education and how he was able to apply it to music.

Pat attended Glastonbury University and obtained a degree in English and Media Studies

https://ouishareradio.com/podcast-download/1966/pat-kane-a-true-player.mp3

Agrarian Trust staff had the pleasure of meeting with farmers, landowners, and organizers at in late October. We learned a lot from our colleagues in the Hudson Valley and reflected on the economic and social aspects of our beginning agrarian commons work. Above all, it was an honor to spend time with organizations and people engaged in such compelling and inspiring place-based work with larger justice implications.

Towards a New Reconstruction: Land, Racism, and Economic Emancipation

Recent releases of Firefox have introduced the concept of DNS privacy under the name “Trusted Recursive Resolver”. Although Firefox ships with DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) disabled by default, there has been some discussion within the Mozilla developer community about changing the default to “enabled”.

Rohit S, an airline pilot, had enough of Facebook. With over 1,000 friends and part of at least a dozen groups on subjects ranging from planes to politics, the 34-year-old found himself constantly checking his phone for updates and plunging headlong into increasingly noisy debates, where he had little personal connect.

The Election Commission’s plans to link Aadhaar with electoral rolls may have stirred a hornet’s nest.
The article was published in Bloomberg's Quint on December 16, 2018. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

Arindrajit Basu was a speaker at the event co-organized by Google AI and United Nations ESCAP on December 13, 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Arindrajit spoke at the panel " How can governments use AI in Public Service Delivery" along with Malavika Jayaram, Jake Lucci,Punit Shukla,Simon Schmooly and Gal Oren. He presented CIS research on AI in agriculture in Karnataka-which will be published as part of a compendium documenting case studies worldwide soon.

The Constitutional validity of the notification allowing ten agencies to intercept information is uncertain.
The blog post by Abhishek Dey was published in Scroll.in on December 22, 2018.

In a significant attack on online privacy, India’s Home Affair’s Ministry has authorised no fewer than ten different central government agencies to intercept, monitor, and decrypt “any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer”.
The blog post by David Spencer was published by VPN Compare on December 24, 2018. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

The Information Technology Act’s surveillance scheme furthers a colonial hangover.
The blog post by Nehaa Chaudhari and Tuhina Joshi was published by Scroll.in on December 23, 2018.

This month, we’ve asked parents to share their experiences of raising kids in the tech age. Today’s guest author is Kimberly Rae Miller, author of Beautiful Bodies and the bestselling memoir Coming Clean.

They use proxy and mirror sites to cater to India, now on a list of countries such as Pakistan and Saudi Arabia that block intimate content online.
The article by Rajitha Menon was published in Deccan Herald on December 6, 2018. Akriti Bopanna was quoted.