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Manhattan DA Releases Fourth Annual Report About Smartphone Encryption

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has released its fourth annual report on the impact of device encryption (i.e., smartphones and tablets) on the office’s investigations and prosecutions.
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pkSIG 2018: A Fellow’s Perspective

The Internet Society Pakistan Islamabad Chapter has played a pivotal role in conducting the 4th edition of The Pakistan School on Internet Governance 2018 (pkSIG), the first national school in Asia Pacific region.

Rough Guide to IETF 103: DNSSEC, DNS Security and DNS Privacy

As happened earlier this year at IETF 102 in Montreal, DNS privacy will receive a large focus in the DNSOP, DPRIVE and DNSSD working groups. Given the critical role DNS plays as part of the “public core” of the Internet in linking names and identifiers to IP addresses, the DNS must have stronger security and privacy controls.  As part of our Rough Guide to IETF 103, here’s a quick view on what’s happening in the world of DNS.
Note – all times below are Indochina Time (ICT), which is UTC+7.

Der Ursprung des Lebens: undogmatisch diskutiert

Die wissenschaftliche Beschäftigung mit den Ursprüngen des Lebens (englisch „Origin of Life“) übt eine große Faszination aus, selbst wenn die Forschenden davon ausgehen müssen, dass sie keine endgültigen Antworten finden werden. Dennoch oder vielleicht auch deshalb wird kaum ein Forschungsgebiet so heiß und teils dogmatisch debattiert.

Wie wird ein Bild zum „Schlüsselbild“?

Schlüsselbilder sind vielschichtig, sie fungieren nicht nur als Leitbilder mit Symbolcharakter, sondern können sowohl kulturell, politisch, aber auch emotional zum Wende- und Angelpunkt werden. Ein Beispiel ist etwa Edvard Munchs  Bild „Der Schrei“. Welches Potenzial diese Bilder haben, welchen Einfluss üben sie wirklich aus, in welcher Sinndichte werden sie reflektiert und diskutiert, welche Inhalte und Werte transportieren sie bis heute und in welcher Lesart werden die Bilder verstanden – das sind die Fragen, denen die TeilnehmerInnen der Tagung nachgehen wollen.

The Response 3: The impact of Northern California fires on the undocumented community

Robert Raymond: The third episode of The Response travels to Northern California to provide a unique perspective on the topics of climate change and immigration. California’s climate-fueled weather conditions have left the state in an extreme condition that has led to an unprecedented number of wildfires that are burning hotter, faster, and ever more acreage.

The Role of Social Media in Bolsonaro’s Irresistible Ascent

This post by Jorge Elbaum was originally published on Resumen.org

Karlijn van den Heuvel wint “Internet & Recht” scriptieprijs 2018

The Internet Society’s Hot Topics at IETF 103

The 103rd meeting of the IETF starts tomorrow in Bangkok which is the first time that an IETF meeting has been held in the city.
The Internet Society’s Internet Technology Team is as always highlighting the latest IPv6, DNSSEC, Securing BGP, TLS, and IoT related developments, and we’ll also be covering DNS Privacy and NTP Security from now on. This is discussed in detail in our Rough Guide to IETF 103, but we’ll also be bringing you daily previews of what’s happening each day as the week progresses.

Blockchain Technologies for Social Change

LAUNCH of New Platform and Field Report on Blockhange – Blockchain Technologies for Social Change

Blockchain technologies are a new form of data disclosure technologies that have received extensive coverage and attention because of their potential to transform (or “disrupt”) industry sectors – ranging from financial services and publishing to supply chain management and real-estate.

An open-science crowdsourcing approach for producing community noise maps using smartphones

Judicaël Picaut at al at Building and Environment: “An alternative method is proposed for the assessment of the noise environment, on the basis of a crowdsourcing approach. For this purpose, a smartphone application and a spatial data infrastructure have been specifically developed in order to collect physical data (noise indicators, GPS positions, etc.) and perceptual data (pleasantness), without territorial limits, of the sound environment.

Edital de Seleção de Assistente de Pesquisa para o Programa Diversidade da FGV Direito Rio

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Internet Freedom Declines Again, with ‘Polarized Echo Chambers’ Aiding Censorship Efforts

The amount of freedom on the global Internet has declined for the eighth straight year, with a group of countries moving toward “digital authoritarianism,” according to a new report from Freedom House.

Folksonomies: how to do things with words on social media

Oxford Dictionaries: “Folksonomy, a portmanteau word for ‘folk taxonomy’, is a term for collaborative tagging: the production of user-created ‘tags’ on social media that help readers to find and sort content. In other words, hashtags: #ThrowbackThursday, #DogLife, #MeToo.

Future Thinking: Natali Helberger on the Impact of Consolidation on Media Diversity

Last year, the Internet Society unveiled the 2017 Global Internet Report: Paths to Our Digital Future. The interactive report identifies the drivers affecting tomorrow’s Internet and their impact on Media & Society, Digital Divides, and Personal Rights & Freedoms. We interviewed Natali Helberger to hear her perspective on the forces shaping the Internet’s future.

Better Ways to Communicate Hospital Data to Physicians

Scott Falk, John Cherf and Julie Schulz at the Harvard Business Review: “We recently conducted an in-depth study at Lumere to gain insight into physicians’ perceptions of clinical variation and the factors influencing their c

The Inevitability of AI Law & Policy: Preparing Government for the Era of Autonomous Machines

Public Knowledge: “Today, we’re happy to announce our newest white paper, “The Inevitability of AI Law & Policy: Preparing Government for the Era of Autonomous Machines,” by Public Knowledge General Counsel Ryan Clough.

HHU - Nostalgia - Der ehemalige Rektor Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Gert Kaiser bei seiner Verabschiedung, 2002

Die Bildergalerie "HHU-Nostalgia" stellt interessante Archiv-Motive vor und wird kontinuierlich ausgebaut und ergänzt: Viel Spaß! 
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The politics behind the Smart City

Modern cities depend largely on invisible infrastructures. The much-hyped ‘Smart Cities’ promise to digitise the urban – but what happens when they fail? How do we make sure that cities in the digital society remain public spaces? How can they be designed to foster the public good and not just commercial interests? On 24 September,…
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