Jill Halford & Neil Sherlock at NPC: “A growing mistrust and scepticism of organisations, experts and leaders has become a defining feature of recent times, causing many to question established truths that they’ve traditionally held dear. Against a backdrop of increasing volumes of data and commentary, amplified by social media, and the rise of ‘fake news’, it has become much harder for the public to both know who the experts are and to trust them to get things right.

Bob O’Donnell in RECODE: “No one likes to think about limits, especially in the tech industry, where the idea of putting constraints on almost anything is perceived as anathema.

PSFK: “The state of your health shouldn’t be a mystery, nor should patients or doctors have to wait long to find answers to pressing medical concerns. In PSFK’s Future of Health Report, we dig deep into the latest in AI, big data algorithms and IoT tools that are enabling a new, more comprehensive overview of patient data collection and analysis.

A pesar de las recientes lluvias, el cambio climático sigue su tendencia y los especialistas advierten que la disponibilidad de agua para la zona central del país continuará su descenso. Es por ello que en miras a alternativas que ayuden a revertir este escenario, proponen la recarga artificial de acuíferos, medida con la que otros países han tenido buenos resultados.

Durante cuatro días, la destacada conservadora peruana Cecilia Huamán, se hizo parte del trabajo que lleva adelante el Museo de Arte Popular Tomás Lago de la Universidad de Chile, MAPA, invitada a conocer y hacer un diagnóstico sobre la conservación y restauración de los retablos del reconocido artesano ayacuchano Joaquín López Antay (1897-1981), donados al museo en la década del cincuenta. La visita marca un nuevo hito en la relación del MAPA con el Museo de Artes y Tradiciones Populares de la Universidad Católica de Perú.

The Internet has served as a vehicle for radicalisation and mobilisation online, as well as a growing source of hate speech. In addition to the legal and policy solutions that may be available in different jurisdictions, policymakers are increasingly turning to platform providers and technology intermediaries to develop automated solutions in this space. This event  focused on challenges to free expression that such automated solutions might pose, and whether technological approaches threaten principles of the open Internet.

Executive Director Malavika Jayaram was a participant and speaker at the 3-day 2017 Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) in Bangkok, Thailand, from 26-29 July, 2017. The theme of the Forum was “Ensuring Inclusive and Sustainable Development in Asia Pacific: A Regional Agenda for Internet Governance”.

While the third interdisciplinary workshop on privacy, data protection & surveillance in our series focused primarily on theoretical questions, the fourth workshop mainly concerned more practical issues. We put a major focus... MORE

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Date: Wed, 07/26/2017Internet Society survey highlights a wide range of online fears
[Singapore, 26 July 2017] – The Internet Society today released the findings from its annual Survey on Internet Policy Issues in Asia-Pacific. The findings show that cyber security is now the top concern for Internet users in the region, followed by access, data protection, connectivity and privacy. The concerns brought to light by the survey highlight the fears people now have when going online.

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A la comunidad Universitaria:
Comunicamos que el día de hoy la Corte de Apelaciones de Santiago acogió la orden de no innovar interpuesta por la Universidad de Chile en contra de la Dirección de Compras Públicas. Esta decisión ordena suspender los efectos del acto emanado de la mencionada Dirección de Compras que procedió a inhabilitar a la Universidad de Chile para contratar con los órganos de la Administración del Estado.

La instancia permitió identificar intereses en común y proyectar una mayor colaboración entre la Casa de Bello y las instituciones norteamericanas. Los participantes, además, compartieron perspectivas sobre internacionalización y la necesidad de superar las barreras idiomáticas para potenciar el intercambio.

Diversas causas pueden gatillar esta patología que es de alta prevalencia en hombres de más de 50 años, siendo las más frecuentes las de tipo vascular, asociadas a factores de riesgo como tabaquismo, hipertensión arterial, diabetes y colesterol alto.El año 1998 marcó un antes y un después para pacientes que sufrían de disfunción eréctil, trastorno popularmente conocido como “impotencia sexual”.

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Date published: July 25, 2017The New York Times"Albert Gidari, director of privacy at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said that if iRobot did share the data, it would raise a variety of legal questions.

Nicole Softness at Quartz: “Many Americans aren’t aware they don’t live in a direct democracy. But with a little digital assistance, they could be….Once completely cut off from the global community, Estonia is now considered a world leader for its efforts to integrate technology with government administration.

Com o post hoje o IRIS inicia uma série de publicações escritas por convidados externos. Na estreia da abertura deste espaço, começamos com a russa especialista em Direito Autoral e Regulamentação da Internet Lina Gevorgyan, sobre a proteção de Dados na Rússia:

Jonathan Steinke, Jacob van Etten and Pablo Mejía Zelan in Agronomy for Sustainable Development: “Over the last decades, participatory approaches involving on-farm experimentation have become more prevalent in agricultural research. Nevertheless, these approaches remain difficult to scale because they usually require close attention from well-trained professionals.

Yuan Yang, Yingzhi Yang and Sherry Fei Ju in the Financial Times: “China, a surveillance state where authorities have unchecked access to citizens’ histories, is seeking to look into their future with technology designed to predict and prevent crime.