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How Much Privacy Should We Trade to Survive a Pandemic?

A number of countries, including South Korea, Italy, and Israel, have begun using digital tools to track the movement of people who are infected, identify those who may have been exposed to the coronavirus, and measure the extent to which citizens are complying with stay-at-home orders. While the verdict is still out on whether these tools will ultimately prove effective at containing the spread of the virus during this first wave of the pandemic, the potential to automatically track the spread of the disease may be useful in the future.

Free Speech Project: Confronting Viral Disinformation

The Coronavirus is a fast-spreading global crisis. Misinformation and rumors about the pandemic are a serious problem that could impact response efforts around the world. What are Facebook and other social media platforms doing to combat this and how can we be informed citizens of the internet? We'll hear from two legal experts and Facebook's head of security on the head-on efforts to address misinformation about the pandemic, and whether these efforts might alter how users, the platforms themselves, and society think about online free speech.

Encrypted Messaging

Monday, January 27, 2020 - 9:00 am–10:15 am

Moderator: Jon Callas, Senior Technology Fellow, ACLU
Panelists: Riana Pfefferkorn, Associate Director of Surveillance and Cybersecurity, Stanford Center for Internet and Society; Daniel J. Weitzner, Founding Director, MIT Internet Policy Research Initiative; Matt Blaze, Georgetown UniversityJanuary 27, 2020Read more about Encrypted MessagingSan Francisco

Spreading awareness of open contracting in Somalia: Open Data Day 2020 report

On Saturday 7th March 2020, the tenth Open Data Day took place with people around the world organising over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data.

Webinar Manual de Boas Práticas Jurídicas para Startups e Empreendedores: orientações em tempos de Covid-19

Webinar Manual de Boas Práticas Jurídicas para Startups e Empreendedores: orientações em tempos de Covid-1915h00O Evento: A FGV Direito Rio, por meio do seu Núcleo de Prática Jurídica, realiza o Webinar “Manual de Boas Práticas Jurídicas para Startups e Empreendedores: orientações em tempos de Covid-19”. A palestra contará com a participação de Felipe Hanszmann e Helder Galvão, supervisores da Clínica LAJUNT (Laboratório de Assessoria Jurídica a Novas Tecnologias).

​NTU and SMI launch comprehensive report to help the shipping industry adopt alternative and greener fuels

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Guide for COVID-19 remote consultation by primary carers designed by NTU Singapore scientist and peers

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Dispatches from the Quarantine 05: Salvatore Iaconesi

A dispatch from Salvatore Iaconesi, artist and technologist based in Rome

Moral in Zeiten der Apokalypse - Stewart O’Nans Roman „Das Glück der anderen“

In dem kleinen Kaff „Freundschaft“ irgendwo im Westen der USA bricht kurz nach dem amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg eine Diphterie-Epidemie aus, gegen die es damals keine Impfung gab. Aber schlimmer noch als bei der heutigen Corona-Pandemie ist die hochansteckende Krankheit für die allermeisten Menschen tödlich: ein Überleben nach Ansteckung eher die Ausnahme.

Moral in Zeiten der Apokalypse

In dem kleinen Kaff „Freundschaft“ irgendwo im Westen der USA bricht kurz nach dem amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg eine Diphterie-Epidemie aus, gegen die es damals keine Impfung gab. Aber schlimmer noch als bei der heutigen Corona-Pandemie ist die hochansteckende Krankheit für die allermeisten Menschen tödlich: ein Überleben nach Ansteckung eher die Ausnahme.

L’EduHackathon al Politecnico di Torino sarà online!

Page Type: newsNell’ambito del progetto Erasmus+ Edu-Hack, il Centro Nexa su Internet e Società del Politecnico di Torino ha organizzato per il prossimo 27 e 28 aprile il primo EduHackathon italiano, ultima tappa del percorso di formazione pilota che ha visto protagonisti 40 fra professori e ricercatori universitari provenienti, oltre che dal Politecnico di Torino, dall’Università di Genova e dall’Università eCampus, entrambi membri del Network del progetto.
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Care-Ethics and Corona: A perspective of care and concern

The outbreak of the corona virus has upset our everyday life and social conditions worldwide. From the effects on the economy, travel bans, and working conditions, to the massive restrictions on public life, to the individual consequences of contact and exit restrictions - the consequences of the pandemic are visible and tangible everywhere. The crisis raises questions of responsibility and appropriate handling of a situation that is new to us. It confronts us with a deep vulnerability.

What the decentralized web can learn from Wikipedia

By Eleftherios Diakomichalis, with Andrew Dickson & Ankur Shah Delight. Originally published in permaweird

Pooling Knowledge: Private Medicine vs. Public Health?

The Coronavirus and the Need for Systems Change, Pt.1

The Coronavirus pandemic raises many questions about public health, global diseases and the way we produce and distribute cures and treatments. Who pays for the corona vaccine and how? How is that innovation organised? Who profits?

Entrevista al Dr. Rodrigo Gillibrand, psiquiatra sobre pandemia

Nuevamente la salud mental de la población está en crisis. Cuando nos estábamos adaptando a la incertidumbre y a un nuevo escenario sociopolítico a causa de los cambios sociales que estamos viviendo, aparece un nuevo estresor que es el coronavirus. Para saber de qué manera esta nueva crisis nos afecta y cómo podemos abordar las diversas sensaciones que nos provoca, conversamos con el psiquiatra y académico del Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental Oriente.Los chilenos hemos vivido complejas situaciones en los últimos meses.

Equipos médicos U. Chile intercambian conocimiento con pares chinos

Con el fin de encontrar mejores maneras de enfrentar la emergencia sanitaria que se vive por el Covid-19, profesionales de la Facultad de Medicina y del Hospital Clínico de la U.

Exploring climate change data in Costa Rica: Open Data Day 2020 report

On Saturday 7th March 2020, the tenth Open Data Day took place with people around the world organising over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data.

Verändert die Pandemie die politischen Parteien? - PRuF Online-Live-Diskussion zur Digitalen Mitgliederpartizipation

Aktuell gilt es, Möglichkeiten und Grenzen einer digitalen Parteiarbeit und den (auch gesetzgeberischen) Handlungsbedarf (ganz konkret etwa in Bezug auf die Kommunalwahlen in NRW) auszuloten. Dazu hat das Institut für Deutsches und Internationales Parteienrecht und Parteienforschung  (PRuF) für den kommenden Donnerstag, 16. April, von 18:00 Uhr bis 19:30 Uhr, ein Experten-Webinar initiiert. 

PRuF Online-Live-Diskussion zur Digitalen Mitgliederpartizipation: Verändert die Pandemie die politischen Parteien?

Aktuell gilt es, Möglichkeiten und Grenzen einer digitalen Parteiarbeit und den (auch gesetzgeberischen) Handlungsbedarf (ganz konkret etwa in Bezug auf die Kommunalwahlen in NRW) auszuloten. Dazu hat das Institut für Deutsches und Internationales Parteienrecht und Parteienforschung  (PRuF) für den kommenden Donnerstag, 16. April, von 18:00 Uhr bis 19:30 Uhr, ein Experten-Webinar initiiert. 

Social-media companies must flatten the curve of misinformation