On Saturday 7th March 2020, the tenth Open Data Day took place with people around the world organising over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data.

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Faced with an ‘infodemic’ in the wake of COVID-19, social media platforms have ramped up their efforts to address misinformation. Facebook in particular seems to have implemented a surprisingly robust coronavirus response. These efforts could reinforce a public value-driven approach to content governance, but they could also be problems posing as solutions. Over the past…

The Internet Society Elections Committee is pleased to
announce the final results of the 2020
elections and the IETF selection for the Board of Trustees.

Episode 1 with introduction: https://networkcultures.org/blog/2020/04/09/selfies-under-quarantine/
Episode 2: https://networkcultures.org/blog/2020/04/16/selfies-under-quarantine-episode-2/
Episode 3: LOVE AND SEX IN TIMES OF COVID-19

Dazu wird, wie bei denXte üblich, zunächst nach der Intuition gefragt: Welches Meinungsbild ergibt sich mit der Beantwortung der pointierten Einstiegsfrage? Ein kurzes Video führt in die Frage ein und stellt zwei widerstreitenden Positionen vor. Zur Vertiefung erfolgen Kommentare von Prof. Dr. Frank Dietrich und Prof. Dr. Simone Dietz, beide vom Institut für Philosophie der HHU.
Inwieweit die eigene Position mit denen der anderen übereinstimmt, darüber gibt dann die Statistik Auskunft.

Dazu wird, wie bei denXte üblich, zunächst nach der Intuition gefragt: Welches Meinungsbild ergibt sich mit der Beantwortung der pointierten Einstiegsfrage? Ein kurzes Video führt in die Frage ein und stellt zwei widerstreitenden Positionen vor. Zur Vertiefung erfolgen Kommentare von Prof. Dr. Frank Dietrich und Prof. Dr. Simone Dietz, beide vom Institut für Philosophie der HHU.
Inwieweit die eigene Position mit denen der anderen übereinstimmt, darüber gibt dann die Statistik Auskunft.

The crisis triggered by COVID-19 is challenging the very meaning of coexistence and cohabitation and redesigning the boundaries of public space in an absolutely unprecedented way, with unpredictable results.

Written by Francesco Martone and originally published by the Transnational Institute.

On Saturday 7th March 2020, the tenth Open Data Day took place with people around the world organising over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data.

O Núcleo de Prática Jurídica (NPJ) da FGV DIREITO RIO enviou ao Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), no dia 20 de abril, sustentação oral em ambiente eletrônico para o julgamento da Ação Direita de Inconstitucionalidade (ADI) nº 4.905. Em 18 de março de 2016, o NPJ protocolou memorial de amicus curiae na ADI nº 4.905, em representação judicial à Associação Comercial do Rio de Janeiro (ACRJ). A ADI discute as multas aplicadas aos contribuintes que tenham os seus pedidos de ressarcimento e/ou compensação indeferidos ou não homologados pelo Fisco Federal.

A Fundação Getulio Vargas, por meio de suas escolas de direito FGV Direito SP e FGV Direito Rio, realiza uma série de webinars para discutir as questões jurídicas relacionadas à pandemia do COVID-19. O objetivo da série Direito e a Crise do Coronavírus - A contribuição do sistema jurídico para o enfrentamento da pandemia e a superação de seus efeitos econômicos e sociais é colaborar com o debate sobre a conjuntura atual marcada pela crise do coronavírus, especialmente do ponto de vista jurídico.

Der „Sonderfonds für die Ärmsten der Stadt“ wird von Sabine Tüllmann, Vorstandsvorsitzende der BürgerStiftung, betreut. „Da es ein Sonderfonds ist, gibt es keine Verwaltungskosten. Das Geld geht zu 100 Prozent an die Bedürftigen“, erklärt sie. „Wir konnten schon einigen helfen, doch wird weitere Unterstützung gebraucht. Das merken wir täglich: Uns erreichen viele Anfragen, wie etwa die nach einem Ersatz für die kostenlosen Mittagessen für Schulkinder. Daran arbeiten wir gerade.“

Manche Materialien verhalten sich wie Flüssigkeiten – sie fließen, wenn eine Kraft auf sie einwirkt –, andere hingegen wie Festkörper, die ihre Form behalten, selbst wenn eine äußere Kraft auf sie einwirkt. Es gibt aber auch Materialien, die je nach Situation die Eigenschaften eines Festkörpers oder einer Flüssigkeit zeigen.

Coronavirus is a political crucible, melting down and reshaping current norms. Will the new era be a “Fortress Earth” or a harbinger of a transformed society based on a new set of values?

Think Bigger

Whatever you might be thinking about the long-term impacts of the coronavirus epidemic, you’re probably not thinking big enough.

On 13 May 2020, Jessica Heesen will participate online with a keynote lecture and panel discussion in the conference "Disruptive Technologies @ the c-tv Conference 2020. Artificially intelligent, traceable secure, high-resolution mobile and ethically responsible" in St. Pölten; the event can be followed at https://ctvkonferenz.fhstp.ac.at/

In covid-19, neoliberal capitalism has met a formidable foe. The pandemic has shown just how fragile and dysfunctional the market/state order — as a production apparatus, ideology, and culture — truly is. Countless market sectors are now more or less collapsing with a highly uncertain future ahead. With a few notable exceptions, government responses to the virus range from ineffectual to self-serving to clownish.

This year's Easter presented us with special challenges regarding COVID-19. We were and are perhaps confronted very directly with illness, death and suffering in our immediate surroundings, or we experienced and still experience rather indirectly, be it through the media and/or through the restrictions of our everyday life, what a pandemic can mean. This raises the question of the manageability, meaning and coherence of what we are experiencing.