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Pandemic strengthens China’s platforms as infrastructure providers

After strict lockdown measures went into place in China, nearly all commercial activity shifted online. E-commerce expanded its reach in the form of rural live-streaming (村播): farmers-turned-online-hosts selling fresh produce and the nostalgia of the countryside to tens of millions of urban consumers glued to their smartphones at home.
The exchange is simple. Using apps like Taobao or JD.com, farmers set up and manage personal profiles and online stores. Users can make purchases while watching and gratification is speedy, with packages at the door within 48 hours.

Studenten van Clinic maken podcast over auteursrecht

bidt feiert Jubiläum

bidt feiert Jubiläum
Grußbotschaft von Wissenschaftsminister Bernd Sibler
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CDA 230 Reform Grows Up: The PACT Act Has Problems, But It’s Talking About the Right Things

The FBI Is Secretly Using A $2 Billion Travel Company As A Global Surveillance Tool

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Professores debatem o reequilíbrio econômico-financeiro do setor elétrico em tempos de pandemia

A FGV Direito Rio, por meio do Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Direito da Regulação, promoverá, no dia 21 de julho, um webinar para discutir a pandemia e o reequilíbrio econômico-financeiro: o caso do setor elétrico. O webinar abordará os critérios e instrumentos para se apurar o desequilíbrio e, quando for o caso, promover o reequilíbrio econômico-financeiro dos contratos administrativos em tempos de pandemia, tomando por pano de fundo a experiência recente do setor elétrico

Surveillance of Black Lives

On Platforms and Power

Heinrich-Heine-Universität erfolgreich in „European Universities“-Initiative

Im Juli 2020 wurde über die Anträge der zweiten Ausschreibungsrunde zum Aufbau der „European Universities“ entschieden. Ziel der Initiative ist es, eine neue europäische Generation zusammenzubringen, die in der Lage ist, über Sprachen, Grenzen und Disziplinen hinweg zusammenzuarbeiten, um gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen und Qualifikationsdefiziten zu begegnen. Die HHU ist am Verbundantrag UNIVERSEH („European Space University for Earth and Humanity“) beteiligt. Sie konnte sich damit gemeinsam mit vier Partnerhochschulen durchsetzen.

Livestream: Buchvorstellung von Julian Nida-Rümelin

Livestream: Buchvorstellung von Julian Nida-Rümelin
Der Philosoph und bidt-Direktor Julian Nida-Rümelin spricht über sein Buch Eine Theorie praktischer Vernunft.
bidt-Direktor Prof. Julian Nida-Rümelin (Foto: bidt/Diane von Schoen)
bidt-Direktor Professor Julian Nida-Rümelin ist Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Philosophie und politische Theorie an der LMU. Am 16. Juli 2020 stellt der Philosoph im Rahmen eines Gesprächs mit dem Astrophysiker und Wissenschaftskommunikator Professor Harald Lesch sein jüngstes Buch Eine Theorie praktischer Vernunft vor.

New Chinese national security law in Hong Kong could limit the privacy of Wikipedia users

The Wikimedia Foundation is extremely concerned about the national security law recently passed in China and implemented in Hong Kong that prohibits a broad range of speech and grants wide-ranging surveillance powers to authorities. This law may have serious implications for protection of the privacy of users on Wikipedia and other projects operated by the Foundation, potentially enabling authorities to request personal user data.

Are Your Virtual Meetings Accessible for People with Disabilities? Start with This Checklist

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way humans interact with one another. With an emphasis on less physical interaction and more social distancing, institutions and organizations are moving their work and meetings online.

People with disabilities form about 15 percent of world population, so it is all the more important these online meetings are made accessible.

Assistente de Pesquisa para projeto ligado à área do Direito Empresarial

Número de vagas: 5Clique aqui e acesse o edital.
Edital de Seleção de Assistente de Pesquisa para projeto ligado à área do Direito Empresarial

‘Marielle’s legacy will not die’

Living on in death

Rede Alumni FGV Direito Rio cria grupo para egressos do PPGD no Linkedin

Com o objetivo de promover o networking entre os egressos do Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu, a FGV Direito Rio comunica a criação do grupo no Linkedin "ALUMNI PPGD FGV Direito Rio".
O grupo destina-se à divulgação de vagas de emprego, eventos, cursos, informações e oportunidades relevantes para os ex-alunos da instituição. Permitindo, ainda, que os egressos compartilhem suas experiências e conquistas, divulguem projetos e proponham parcerias e atividades. 

PPGD da FGV Direito Rio oferece disciplinas para egressos da Escola

O Programa de Pós-graduação stricto sensu em Direito da Regulação, em parceria com a plataforma Alumni FGV Direito Rio, comunica a abertura das inscrições para as disciplinas:
• A produção Normativa dos Órgãos Reguladores
• Dinâmica da Regulação Administrativa
• Reflexos Penais da Regulação Econômica
• Regulação de Novas Tecnologias

Legal Risks of Adversarial Machine Learning Research

Despite digital work: hierarchies remain

Providers, such as Slack, Trello or Yam, advertise to increase the participation of employees in organisations. Their software (“enterprise social software”) creates company-internal communication channels that function similar to social media platforms. While communication should become less hierarchical, the structures in the company often remain the same. The experts in our study observed discrepancies, especially…

Vortrag „E-Prüfungen – Eine datenschutzrechtliche Betrachtung“

Im Rahmen einer Sitzung des „Kanzlerarbeitskreises Digitale Transformation“ an der Technischen Universität Braunschweig hielten die wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiter Malin Fischer (RiDH) und Owen Mc Grath (DFN) am Mittwoch, den 15. Juli einen Vortrag zur datenschutzrechtlichen Bewertung von digitalen Prüfungen. Der Vortrag beinhaltete weitestgehend Ergebnisse der letztmonatigen Kooperation der Rechtsinformationsstelle Digitale Hochschule NRW und der Forschungsstelle Recht im DFN. Zentral behandelt wurde die Vereinbarkeit von digitalen Überwachungsmaßnahmen (sog.