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The Week in Internet News: Facebook Calls for New Internet Regulations

More regulation, please: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in an op-ed in the Washington Post, called on governments to get more involved in Internet regulation, including defining harmful content and making rules on how sites should handle it.

Inquérito do STF contra fake news: avanço ou retrocesso?

No dia 14/03, o presidente do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), Ministro Dias Toffoli, determinou a abertura de um inquérito destinado a apurar a alegada existência de calúnias, ameaças e notícias fraudulentas contra a Corte, seus membros e familiares. A investigação, que tramita em sigilo absoluto e tem por relator o Ministro Alexandre de Moraes, vem suscitando fortes reações de diversos setores, incluindo juristas, procuradores da república e mesmo outros ministros.

El móvil, gran aliado para las marcas de calzado

El móvil, gran aliado para las marcas de calzado
ISEM Fashion Business School, en colaboración con la Facultad de Comunicación, presenta el informe Impacto Digital de las Marcas de Calzado 2019

De izquierda a derecha, Patricia San Miguel, directora de Digital Fashion Brands, Cristina Sánchez-Blanco y Marta Torregrosa, profesoras de la Facultad de Comunicación
FOTO: Cedida

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Parteien und Wahlen

Über 100 Teilnehmer aus Wissenschaft, Verwaltung aber auch aus der Politik diskutierten engagiert und intensiv über die vielschichtigen Probleme des Wahlrechts.

And we’re off! The Open Credit Network conducts its first trades

This post by Dave Darby was republished from Open Credit Network

Das Innovationssemester präsentierte seine Ergebnisse

Rund 80 junge Leute aus Düsseldorf und dem Umfeld haben am Innovationssemester der Wissensregion Düsseldorf im Winterhalbjahr teilgenommen. Insgesamt waren acht Teams gestartet, die von Expertinnen und Experten aus Universität, Hochschulen und Betrieben geleitet wurden. Die jungen, bunt durchmischten Gruppen haben sich mit verschiedenen gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen beschäftigt. So hat eine Gruppe mit low-cost Geräten den Feinstaub in Düsseldorf gemessen, eine andere Gruppe Strategien zur Deeskalation von riskanten Situationen im Krankenhaus entwickelt.

Let nature heal climate and biodiversity crises, say campaigners

This post by Damien Carrington is republished from the Guardian.com

Restoration of forests and coasts can tackle ‘existential crises’ but is being overlooked

Independencia inauguró plazoleta en honor a la Dra. Eloísa Díaz

En la superficie del único acceso de la actual estación de Metro Hospitales, la Municipalidad de Independencia, encabezada por su alcalde Gonzalo Durán, instaló un nuevo "hito urbano" destacando a la primera médica cirujana chilena, el que se suma al campus Norte de la U.

​New quick-fix wrap by NTU and JTC can repair and reinforce existing structures

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Celebrating 50 Years of the RFCs That Define How the Internet Works

50 years ago today, on 7 April 1969, the very first “Request for Comments” (RFC) document was published. Titled simply “Host Software”, RFC 1 was written by Steve Crocker to document how packets would be sent from computer to computer in what was then the very early ARPANET. [1]

Four things European legislators can do to not break the internet (again)

The European Union (EU) Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online runs the risk of repeating many of the mistakes written into the copyright directive, envisioning technological solutions to a complex problem that could bring significant damage to user rights.

Tech Giants are buying and selling our public debates to each other, and it has to stop

This post by Rich Mason was originally published on the RSA.org site

Sacred Economics (2019 Remix)

Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient
gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has
contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed
community, and necessitated endless growth.

Video reposted from Youtube

Save the Date: Hackathon@AIS

The third Hackathon@AIS will take place in Kampala, Uganda on the 19th and 20th of June 2019. The Hackathon@AIS is an event aimed at exposing engineers from the African region to Internet Standards development and usage. This will be the third event in the series following successful events held in Nairobi (2017) and Dakar (2018), each alongside the Africa Internet Summit (AIS).

Just Net Coalition Workshop on Equity and Social Justice in a Digital World

Anubha Sinha participated in a JNC workshop organized by Just Net Coalition Workshop on Equity and Social Justice in a Digital World and its partners in Bangkok from March 25 to 27, 2019.
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El móvil, gran aliado para las marcas de calzado

El móvil, gran aliado para las marcas de calzado
ISEM Fashion Business School, en colaboración con la Facultad de Comunicación presenta el informe "Impacto Digital de las Marcas de Calzado 2019"

Patricia SanMiguel, directora de Digital Fashion Brands, observatorio responsable del estudio, junto a las profesoras de la Facultad de Comunicación Cristina Sánchez-Blanco y Marta Torregrosa, que también han participado en la elaboración del informe.
FOTO: Cedida

Monetary Policy Takes Center Stage: MMT, QE or Public Banks?

Originally published on ellenbrown.com

Book Launch State Machines: 23 April @Furtherfield, London


State Machines: Reflections and Actions at the Edge of Digital Citizenship, Finance, and Art
Join editors Yiannis Colakides, Marc Garrett, Inte Gloerich, contributors Max Dovey and Helen Kaplinsky, and respondent Ruth Catlow for short presentations with plenty for time for discussion.
LOCATION: Furtherfield Commons, 269-271 Seven Sisters Road, London

Alex Pazaitis on Blockchain and P2P value creation in the information economy

Republished from youtube.com

Open Data Awareness Event at Kyambogo University, Uganda

This report is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2019. On Saturday 2nd March, groups from around the world organised over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data. The event reported on in this post took place on 9 March, and was organized by Samson Ngumenawe at Kyambogo University in Uganda under the Association of Student Surveyors Kyambogo (ASSK), an association that unites all lands students in Kyambogo.