Cátedra Jean Monnet convida o Professor Michel Levi C.15h50 até 17h30O Evento: A Cátedra Jean Monnet da FGV Direito Rio, no âmbito do curso de Regionalismo Comparado terá o prazer de receber, na próxima quarta-feira, a ilustre presença do professor Michel Levi C., da Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar, Quito. Após apresentação pela professora titular da Cátedra Jean Monnet, Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida, o tema central da aula será European Union and South America Relations.

Predatory paedophiles online pose a major threat to children who form 7% of internet users in India.
The blog post by Priyanka Thirumurthy was published by News Minute on May 6, 2017. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

India’s crusade for digitisation and digital inclusion has failed millions of Indians with disabilities. Will the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act change that?
The article by Dorodi Sharma was published in the Wire on May 9, 2017.

Lock Aadhaar, and notify UIDAI if you get a one-time-password for a transaction you did not initiate
The article by Sanjay Kumar Singh was published in the Business Standard on May 11, 2017. Udbhav Tiwari was quoted.

India certainly needs a modern data privacy and protection law, Nilekani said in an interview.
The Alnoor Peermohamed and Raghu Krishnan was published in the Business Standard on May 13, 2017.

Udbhav Tiwari represented CIS at the Third and Final Multistakeholder Consultation on Encryption held at the Taj Palace, New Delhi on May 11, 2017. The event was organised by the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. Saikat Dutta and
Japreet Grewal were also present at the round-table discussion.

Last year’s highly public and widely discussed TRAI consultation resulted in Internet providers being barred from charging differently for different parts of the Internet. This time around, the telecom regulator’s newest consultation on Net Neutrality is significantly more business-as-usual, and much more muted.
The blog post by Aroon Deep was published by Medianama on May 15, 2017.

‘The Post-digital Condition’ is the English translation of the opening essay from Swimming in the Ocean: Texts from a Post-digital World, the essay collection by INC’s very own Miriam Rasch to be published in Dutch by renowned publishing house De Bezige Bij in June 2017. The essay is published in the INC Longform series.

Aadhaar-issuing authority UIDAI has asked research firm Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) to explain its sensational claim that 13 crore Aadhaar numbers were "leaked" and provide details of servers where they are stored.
The article originally published by PTI was also published by the Financial Express on May 19, 2017.

Yet another day, yet another major security breach. But, this time it’s not a presidential candidate in the U.S. or the U.K.’s National Health Service. Instead. it’s Zomato, the popular Indian online food delivery and restaurant search service.

The blog post by Aayush Ailawadi was published by Bloomberg Quint on May 19, 2017. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

Online restaurant aggregator says it will beef up security after 17 million user details were stolen.
The article by Alnoor Peermohamed was published in the Business Standard on May 19, 2017. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

In the wake of the ransomware attack triggered by WannaCry virus, IT firms in Bengaluru are racing against time to updating their security systems. At some firms, employees have been asked to stay away from work for a few hours, while many other companies have declared holiday for a day or two for their employees.

La coordinadora de la Oficina de Proyectos Educacionales Internacionales de la Universidad de Lodz, Malgorzata Gramala, se integró al trabajo del Departamento de Postgrado y Postítulo durante un mes. En este período, intercambió valiosas experiencias relativas a la gestión universitaria de internacionalización de postgrado.“Si hoy una universidad quiere ser competitiva, tanto en investigación como en formación, debe internacionalizarse. Pienso que no hay otra alternativa. No existen universidades que puedan ser exitosas de manera individual.

Siete tesis innovadoras de doctorado, magíster y pregrado ganaron el certamen PiensaCobre 2017, organizado por Codelco y el Centro de Modelamiento Matemático. Destacan entre los premiados tres estudiantes extranjeros, cuatro mujeres y tres tesis de universidades regionales.El Centro de Modelamiento Matemático de la Universidad de Chile (CMM) y Codelco premiaron a los siete ganadores y ganadoras de PiensaCobre, segunda versión del concurso de memorias y tesis universitarias de doctorado, magíster y pregrado.

EMERJ promove debate sobre “A Judicialização das Relações Políticas e Sociais”09h30 até 12h00O Evento: Com o objetivo de discutir o Poder Judiciário em suas relações com a política e a sociabilidade do país, o Fórum Permanente de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Escola da Magistratura do Rio de Janeiro – EMERJ, promoverá uma palestra gratuita na próxima quarta-feira, dia 24 de maio, das 9h30m às 12h.

Inscrições devem ser feitas até 18h do dia 26 de maioAs Escolas da Fundação Getulio Vargas no Rio de Janeiro recebem inscrições para o processo seletivo destinado ao preenchimento de vagas remanescentes na graduação – por meio de transferência externa e para portadores de diploma. Com ingresso no segundo semestre de 2017, os candidatos podem escolher entre os cursos de Administração, Economia, Ciências Sociais, Direito e Matemática Aplicada.

W tym numerze Kserokopii zachęcamy przede wszystkim do refleksji nad poziomem trwającej reformy prawa autorskiego – Politico ocenia ją bardzo nisko. Ponadto polecamy artykuły o tym, że sztuczna inteligencja jest wyzwaniem dla prawa autorskiego; brak nadzoru nad organizacjami zbiorowego zarządzania może prowadzić do nieprawidłowości finansowych; oraz dlaczego w Singapurze na taką skalę występują naruszenia prawnoautorskie w sieci.

Fiscal data is a complex topic. It comes in all different kind of formats and languages, its’ availability cannot be taken for granted and complexity around fiscal data needs special skills and knowledge to unlock and fully understand it. The Global Open Data Index (GODI) assesses three fiscal areas of national government: budgets, spending, and procurement.

This blog post is part of our on-going Network series featuring updates from chapters across the Open Knowledge Network and was written by the Open Knowledge Japan team.
International Open Data Day

Paper by Rebecca Rumbul and Emily Shaw: “‘Civic technology’ is mostly used to refer to NGO led digital initiatives designed to bridge the gap between citizen and institution. However, since the rise of Code for America and similar organisations around the world, civic citizen-focused tech has increasingly been developed and implemented by and with public bodies themselves in an attempt to reach out to citizens and increase engagement and participation.