This week I participated in an unusually collegial and productive Senate hearing about approaches to platform transparency, presided over by Senator Coons. My detailed written testimony, including appendices listing other resources and attempting to identify platforms potentially covered by proposed laws, is here. It captures a lot of detailed questions and concerns that I have been thinking about for a while, but not had time to write about anywhere else, including about surveillance issues.
Die Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) spielt bei der Ausbildung von Lehrerinnen und Lehrern eine wichtige Rolle: Gut 6.000 Lehramtsstudierende sind derzeit hier eingeschrieben. Um sie für das Unterrichten mit digitalen Medien fit zu machen, hat die Universität auf dem Campus Nord fünf neue Labore eingerichtet, die DigiLLabs.
On Wednesday May 4 2020, the cable, phone, and wireless companies suing California over its historic net neutrality law withdrew their lawsuit after three consecutive losses in federal courts in California. Read more about ISPs Drop Legal Fight Against California Net Neutrality Law
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Acht verschiedene Herpesviren sind bisher beim Menschen bekannt. Sie alle richten sich nach der akuten Infektion dauerhaft im Körper ein. Aus dieser Ruhephase können sie unter bestimmten Umständen aufwachen, sich vermehren und wieder andere Zellen befallen. Diese Reaktivierung ist häufig mit Symptomen verbunden, etwa mit juckenden Lippenbläschen oder der Gürtelrose.
Presentamos «Tecnologías digitales y educación: desafíos y oportunidades para América Latina«. Este número de la Revista busca construir una mirada integral sobre los procesos, las iniciativas y las políticas públicas de inclusión de tecnologías en los sistemas educativos. En este sentido, los artículos pretenden contribuir al estudio de la adopción de tecnologías en los sistemas educativos de la región desde sus distintas dimensiones.
Ananya Moncourt & Sidharth Deb Introduction On April 1st 2022, the United Nations General Assembly’s (UNGA’s) First Committee on Disarmament and International Security concluded the week-long second substantive session of the second Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on the security of and in the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). This process is the UN’s […]
The first edition of the Kyiv Biennial named The School of Kyiv took place in 2015. By adapting, or rather reappropriating the well-known and highly commercial format of the international exhibition, Vasyl Cherepanyn, one of the organizers of the Biennial, sought to reflect the Maidan revolution in a thematic format of education. The school epitomized the idea of a beginning, of a new page in the history of liberated Ukraine, which needs to be learned and studied.
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, celebrated on May 3, the UNESCO office in Beirut, in … World Press Freedom Day: Digital SiegeRead More »
Governance by and of algorithms on the internet: Encyclopedia article published
On this World Press Freedom Day, it is important to remember that press freedom is never guaranteed as highlighted by the preliminary results of the forthcoming Media Pluralism Monitor 2022, which has analysed the overall status of media pluralism in the year 2021.
Barriers in our physical environment are still widespread. While AI systems could eventually support detecting them, it first needs open training data. Here we provide a dataset for detecting steps and stairs.
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How can the genesis of transdisciplinary technology development projects be made more integrative with regard to the inclusion of ethical, legal, social and other aspects?Collaborative research workshop - First part of the intervention research "Genesis of integrative technology development projects".Time: July 12, 2022, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.Location: Freistil, Tübingen (Wöhrdstraße 25, 72072 Tübingen). The workshop will take place in presence in Tübingen.