One discussant from Brazil, one from India and one from South Africa gathered to debate one question. Global South countries have issued a decade of shared declarations on digital rules, yet South-South digital diplomacy still lacks real agenda-setting power. What is missing? Is it a lack of political will, or a lack of technical capacity?
In 'De week dat niks meer werkt' onderzoeken journalist Sophie Derkzen en advocaat en privacy/cybersecurity-expert Ot van Daalen hoe kwetsbaar Europa is geworden door zijn afhankelijkheid van technologie uit de VS en China.
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By Divyansha Sehgal Data is the foundational building block of all AI systems and it is evident that they are continually hungry for it. Reports of AI running out of data for model training dominate headlines: we see AI companies destroying books to get at the words inside of them; there are licensing deals with […]
Foto: rh2010/AdobestockHow do wildfires, water scarcity, agriculture in peripheral protected zones, and tourism interact? Together with colleagues, Glenda Garcia-Santos investigated how these factors influence one another in Garajonay National Park on the Canary Island of La Gomera, home to one of Europe’s last remaining laurel forests. The research team’s findings show that protecting vulnerable ecosystems requires not only ecological measures to help nature recover, but also better cooperation among the people involved.
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An Austrian story worth carrying forward. A new beginning for open data, shared knowledge, and technology that serves everyone.
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Beyond our sessions and events, the best part of our BCN tour was the people: catching up with familiar faces and meeting new ones is what keeps the open knowledge communities moving
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Prof. Dr. Heribert Warzecha wird neuer Präsident der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU). Der Universitätsrat der JMU wählte ihn am Montag, 9. November 2026, einstimmig zum Nachfolger von Paul Pauli, der dieses Amt seit 2021 innehat. Paulis Amtszeit endet am 31. März 2027, einen Tag später übernimmt Warzecha.
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Presentó el Legal Complexity Index, una propuesta que permite comparar la complejidad de términos de uso, políticas de privacidad y políticas de inteligencia artificial de plataformas digitales, en distintos idiomas.
IViR is pleased to announce that Ot van Daalen has been appointed full professor of ‘Privacy and Artificial Intelligence Law’ at the Amsterdam Business School of the University of Amsterdam. Ot will continue to work at IViR one day a week.
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Journée pluridisciplinaire de l’action transverse Sécurité informatique et SHS, 24 nov. 2026, Lille.
L’article Les ingérences étrangères à l’ère numérique est apparu en premier sur Centre Internet et Société.
At PLSC Europe2026, Laurens Naudts won the Top Policy Provocation award for his paper "Commoning (In)visibilities? On Datafication and Civil Society Representation in the EU’s Digital Acquis”.
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Yogyakarta 5 November, 2026 – Bringing together students from Singapore and Indonesia, the Center for Digital Society UGM hosted an educational visit from Methodist Girl’s School MGS and SMA Stella Duce 1. This is the second student visit to CfDS held by Methodist Girls’s School (MGS) Asian Programme (MAP) after 2025. The program aims to deepen understanding of the digital challenges facing young people. During the visit, the students explored “Youth Digital Rights, Gen AI in Education and Digital Safety”.
The Frictionless libraries for R and Python now support the Data Package v2 specification — with cross-language harmonisation, automatic version detection and continued v1 compatibility. Made possible by the NLnet Foundation, all the maintainers and broader Frictionless Data community.
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Foto: Viks_jin/Adobestock (KI generiert)The recently published study on working from home and working while ill (presenteeism) by Lena Zöhrer and Heiko Breitsohl (OBHRM research group), conducted in collaboration with Nils Backhaus and Sophie-Charlotte Meyer from the German Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, has recently received coverage in Austrian media.
On 23 October 2026, the study was featured on Ö1’s Mittagsjournal. In an interview, Lena Zöhrer discussed the phenomenon of presenteeism and key findings of the study.
Jemandem zuhören, der von seinem Besuch in einem Freizeitpark berichtet: Für viele Menschen fühlt sich das so an, als säßen sie selbst in einer emotionalen Achterbahn. Auch wenn die Zuhörerinnen und Zuhörer nie einen Fuß in den Park gesetzt haben, können sie dennoch die Gefühle ihres Gegenübers nachempfinden: Die tiefe Enttäuschung – als sich herausstellt, dass dessen Lieblingsattraktion geschlossen ist. Die Freude – über das beste Eis seines Lebens. Und die Verlegenheit – nachdem dieses Eis auf dem Freefall-Tower abrupt den Magen wieder verließ.
Tribune de Francesca Musiani, Le Monde, 3 nov. 2026.
L’article Mobilisations sociales : « Couper les réseaux sociaux ne peut être une variable d’ajustement de la gestion des manifestations » est apparu en premier sur Centre Internet et Société.
Digital streetwork takes social work off the street and onto social media plattforms. A new survey maps 36 projects in German-speaking countries and shows what they achieve and need.
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