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We-Guild: The Social Safety Network

We-Guild is a way for self-employed people to get sick-pay. A trust-based network of mutual support where everyone you trust chips in when you need it in exchange of you chipping in for them when they need it.

Der Life Lolli – der erste Lolli, der Leben retten kann

Alle 15 Minuten eine Neudiagnose: Jedes Jahr erkranken alleine in Deutschland über 12.000 Menschen an Blutkrebs/Leukämie, darunter auch viele Kinder. Eine Stammzellspende ist oft ihre letzte Hoffnung. Doch nur bei etwa einem Drittel aller Patienten kommt ein passender Spender aus der eigenen Familie in Frage. Viele Betroffene sind daher auf die Spenden von Fremden angewiesen.
Typisierungs-Lolli: Bewusstsein für die Stammzellspende schaffen

‘Willing to participate, but need more time’: Twitter on parliamentary panel hearing

Executives from social media firm Twitter’s US headquarters will not appear before a parliamentary panel that has summoned them on Monday over perceived bias towards right-wing handles on the micro-blogging platform.
The article by Smriti Kak Ramachandran and Vidhi Choudhary was published in Hindustan Times on February 10, 2019. Sunil Abraham was quoted.

Court Refuses to Shed Light on Government’s Attempt to Break Facebook Messenger Encryption

On February 11, a federal court in Fresno denied a motion to unseal that I had filed last November along with the ACLU, the ACLU of Northern California, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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Order Denying Motions to Unseal

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Publication Date: February 11, 2019Publication Type: Litigation BriefOrder denying motions by Riana Pfefferkorn and others to unseal the docket and court's legal reasoning in a sealed case wherein the Department of Justice allegedly sought to compel Facebook to comply with a wiretap order for Facebook's end-to-end encrypted voice calling app, Messenger. 

Submission to PJCIS Regarding Assistance and Access Act

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Author(s): Riana PfefferkornPublication Date: February 14, 2019Publication Type: Other WritingSubmission to Australia's Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) regarding its review of the Assistance and Access Act that had passed into law in early December 2018.

Research directions towards the Wikimedia 2030 strategy

The Wikimedia Foundation’s Research team has published a set of white papers that outline our plans and priorities for the next 5 years.

A Q&A Session with Douglas Ruskhkoff

Douglas Rushkoff, author and host of Team Human recently held a Q&A session at Quora. Here are his answers:

We Are on This Road Together

Twenty-six-year-old software engineer Akah Harvey N L has fun building things and sharing his knowledge with local communities in Cameroon. While an undergraduate, Akah took part in the Google Summer of Code, giving him the opportunity to develop an application for one of the largest software organizations in the world. He is now a code reviewer for the online learning platform, Udacity, and leads software development training at Seven Academy in Cameroon.

​NTU rolls out qualitative admissions process and new programmes to assess and develop students holistically

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EU’s chilling copyright crackdown an ‘attack on openness’

EU negotiators have struck a deal over copyright reform that is an ‘attack on openness’, the new chief executive of Open Knowledge International has warned. Catherine Stihler, a former MEP and vice-chair of the European Parliament’s consumer protection committee, said the changes will restrict internet freedoms for millions of users.

Düsseldorfer Allergie- und Immunologietage am 8. und 9. März

Die zweitägige Veranstaltung vom Freitag, den 8. bis Samstag, den 9. März, im CCD Congress Center Düsseldorf richtet sich mit ihren wissenschaftlichen Vorträgen und Fortbildungskursen an Ärzte und medizinisches Fachpersonal.
Der besondere Fokus liegt auf praxisrelevanten Diagnostik- und Therapieempfehlungen auf Grundlage des neuesten Standes aktueller Themen in Allergologie und klinischer Immunologie. Für Medizinische Fachangestellte bieten die Allergietage ein spezielles Schulungsprogramm, besonders für dermatologische Praxen, an.

Natali Helberger benoemd tot lid KHMW

The post Natali Helberger benoemd tot lid KHMW appeared first on IVIR.

Applying Sortition in the EU: House of Lots or Random Votes?

The ‘digital constellation’ offers both opportunities and risks for democracy. While the information and communication technologies allow us to instantly communicate with each other enhancing the democratic dialogue, they prove to be a fertile ground for misinformation campaigns, hate speech and foreign cyberattacks. Although we are more frequently confronted with the risks, we haven’t seriously…

4s Open Panel: Commoning Knowledge: Regeneration Through S&T

Our colleague Maywa Montenegro will be leading this panel in the upcoming 4S New Orleans Conference

Jeden Donnerstag: Die HHU-Zahl der Woche - Heute: Hochschulsport

Die Grafikreihe "HHU Facts" zeigt kurz und knapp interessante Fakten rund um die HHU auf: Thema heute sind günstige Kulturangebote für die Studierenden an der HHU.
Alle bisher veröffentlichten Motive auf einen Blick finden Sie in der Bildergalerie (in Vorbereitung).
Haben Sie vielleicht auch ein interessantes Statistik-Thema rund um die HHU? Die HHU-Webredaktion ist offen für weitere Motive und freut sich über jede Anregung / Einsendung: Dieter Joswig, Tel. +49 211 81-14861E-Mail senden

World Day Against Cyber Censorship: Who is controlling what we see online?

World Day Against Cyber Censorship is a yearly event that happens on March 11 to rally support for a single, unrestricted Internet that is accessible to all and to draw attention to the ways that governments around the world are deterring and censoring free speech online.

Scientists call for ban on lethal, autonomous robots

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Agency Might Have Overstated Tesla Autopilot's Safety Impact

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Zertifikatsverleihung und Festvortrag von Frau Prof. Dr. McGuire

Am 6. Februar 2019 wurden die Zertifikate für die erfolgreiche Absolvierung der Zusatzausbildung im Informations-, Telekommunikations- und Medienrecht sowie für die Zusatzausbildung im Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz im Rahmen einer feierlichen Verleihung überreicht. Zu diesem Anlass durften wir Prof. Dr. Mary-Rose McGuire von der Universität Osnabrück begrüßen. Prof. McGuire hielt einen spannenden Festvortrag zu dem hochaktuellen Thema „Das Geschäftsgeheimnis: ein neues Schutzrecht?“.