Anthony Sanford at The Conversation: “Social media sites’ responses to the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal and new European privacy regulations have given users much more control over who can access

UK Government Press Release: “…the government has announced that key parts of the OS MasterMap will be made openly available for the public and businesses to use.
It is estimated that this will boost the UK economy by at least £130m each year, as innovative companies and startups use the data.

Paper by Serena Zheng, Marshini Chetty, and Nick Feamster: “Despite the increasing presence of Internet of Things (IoT) devices inside the home, we know little about how users feel about their privacy living with Internet-connected devices that continuously monitor and collect data in their homes. To gain insight into this state of affairs, we conducted eleven semi-structured interviews with owners of smart homes, investigating privacy values and expectations.

On June 12, 2018, the Internet Society hosted a briefing for Congressional staff on Considerations Regarding Encryption and Exceptional Access. The briefing offered an opportunity for participants to learn more about the technical aspects of encryption, and the risks associated with creating back doors or other technical means for exceptional access.

Le Laboratoire de cyberjustice est heureux d’annoncer le partenariat de recherche AJC (Autonomisation des acteurs judiciaires par la cyberjustice et l’intelligence artificielle) financé par le programme partenariat du Conseil de Recherche en Sciences Humaines du Canada (CRSH). Il vise à mettre l’intelligence artificielle (IA) au service des justiciables et des acteurs judiciaires afin d’accroître l’accès à la justice. Ce projet est dirigé par le professeur Karim Benyekhlef. Félicitations à toute l’équipe.

Special issue by The Economist: “…the relationship between information and crime has changed in two ways, one absolute, one relative. In absolute terms, people generate more searchable information than they used to. Smartphones passively track and record where people go, who they talk to and for how long; their apps reveal subtler personal information, such as their political views, what they like to read and watch and how they spend their money.

Lançamento será no dia 19/06Nesta segunda-feira, dia 19 de junho, será o lançamento da obra “A internet das coisas”, de Eduardo Magrani. O livro, publicado pela Editora FGV em parceria com a FGV Direito Rio, aborda os desafios decorrentes do avanço da interação contínua entre dispositivos inteligentes, sensores e pessoas.

Lançamento será no dia 19/06Nesta segunda-feira, dia 19 de junho, será o lançamento da obra “A internet das coisas”, de Eduardo Magrani. O livro, publicado pela Editora FGV em parceria com a FGV Direito Rio, aborda os desafios decorrentes do avanço da interação contínua entre dispositivos inteligentes, sensores e pessoas.

With a shared vision of putting people at the center of the Internet, the Internet Society and Consumers International have formed a new working partnership aimed at creating a safer, more trusted Internet for everyone.

The MANRS initiative’s set of Best Current Operational Practices has received recognition from the RIPE community by being published as RIPE-706.

Paper by Chloe Lim: “Journalists now regularly trumpet fact-checking as an important tool to hold politicians accountable for their public statements, but fact checking’s effect has only been assessed anecdotally and in experiments on politicians holding lower-level offices.

Jon Huggett at the Stanford Social Innovation Review: “…power is the secret sauce of nonprofit collaborations. Great collaborations between organizations achieve more than either organization could achieve by itself. But when nonprofit collaborations don’t talk about power and address the implications of power imbalances openly, each party runs the risk of stumbling into (or contributing to) an ugly, counterproductive situation.

La profesora de la Maza, quien asumirá un segundo periodo de decanatura, y el profesor Maino, quien sucederá al académico Santiago Urcelay, fueron electos por sus comunidades académicas en los comicios realizados el viernes 1 y este lunes 4 de junio, respectivamente, marcados por una alta participación. En la jornada de hoy, además, la comunidad de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades realizó su proceso eleccionario, cuyos resultados serán anunciados este martes 5, mismo día en el que la Facultad de Medicina acudirá a las urnas.

Un instituto para la formación de profesores, un programa de magíster en políticas públicas y apoyo en programas de formación ciudadana son algunos de los principales logros de la alianza firmada en 2015 entre nuestro plantel y la Universidad de El Salvador.

Das Sommerkult Festival ist nicht nur das alljährliche musikalische Highlight auf dem Campus der Heinrich-Heine-Universität - das komplett studentisch und vom Kulturreferat des AStA organisierte Event genießt mittlerweile auch überregionale Bekanntheit und zieht nicht nur Düsseldorfer Studierende und Musikfans an. Seit über zehn Jahren wird unter dem Motto „Umsonst und draußen“ den Studierenden, Angehörigen der Universität sowie allen Musikinteressierten aus der Umgebung ein in der NRW-Hochschullandschaft einzigartiges Festival geboten.  

Imagine a vast sea—a sea of global capitalism. Beneath the surface is a frightening place to be: a ruthless world filled with unyielding competition and greed. The logic of this ocean is kill or be killed. Every creature for itself. And the prophets of this underworld are immense leviathans engaged in an endless hunt. They roam the depths, ceaselessly consuming.

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Ausgelobt und gestiftet wird der mit 6000 Euro dotierte drupa Preis alljährlich von der Messe Düsseldorf. Ausgezeichnet wird jeweils eine herausragende Promotionsschrift. Überreicht wurde der drupa Preis heute von Claus Bolza-Schünemann (Vorstandsvorsitzender der Koenig & Bauer AG und Vorsitzender des drupa-Komitees), Hans Werner Reinhard (Geschäftsführung Messe Düsseldorf), Prof. Dr. Andrea von Hülsen-Esch (Prorektorin für Internationales der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf), Prof. Dr. Ulrich Rosar (Dekan der Philosophischen Fakultät und Doktorvater Prof. Dr.

Zur Debatte stehen an dem Abend die Europa-Vorschläge des französischen Staatspräsidenten Macron und der deutschen Bundeskanzlerin Merkel. Nach einer kurzen Diskussion auf dem Podium soll das Publikum in die Diskussion einbezogen.
Die Veranstaltung geht auf eine Initiative der französischen Botschaft in Berlin und deren Wissenschaftskoordinator Landry Charrier zurück, der an dem Abend auch ein Grußwort hält.

Paper by Omri Ben-Shahar: “Digital information is the fuel of the new economy. But like the old economy’s carbon fuel, it also pollutes. Harmful “data emissions” are leaked into the digital ecosystem, disrupting social institutions and public interests. This article develops a novel framework- data pollution-to rethink the harms the data economy creates and the way they have to be regulated. It argues that social intervention should focus on the external harms from collection and misuse of personal data.