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How Insurance Companies Used Bad Science to Discriminate

Jessie Wright-Mendoza at JStor: “After the Civil War, the United States searched for ways to redefine itself. But by the 1880’s, the hopes of Reconstruction had dimmed. Across the United States there was instead a push to formalize and legalize discrimination against African-Americans.

Meet the Center for Internet and Society

RSVP is required for this free event. October 3, 2018Stanford Law School

Data-Driven Government: The Role of Chief Data Officers

Jane Wiseman for IBM Center for The Business of Government: “Governments at all levels have seen dramatic increases in availability and use of data over the past decade.

GovLab Senior Fellow Spotlights CrowdLaw Manifesto in New Article for El País

In a new article written for the Spanish national newspaper El País, GovLab Senior Fellow Victoria Alsina describes GovLab’s recently launched

III Seminário de Integração FGV - PUCPR - UERJ - UFPR :: Transformações do Direito Administrativo: O Estado Administrativo 30 anos depois da Constituição de 1988

III Seminário de Integração FGV - PUCPR - UERJ - UFPR :: Transformações do Direito Administrativo: O Estado Administrativo 30 anos depois da Constituição de 198808h30 até 17h00O Evento: Programação
 
09h30 às 09h45 | Credenciamento
 
09h45 às 11h | Mesa de Debates 1 | Moderação: Natasha Salinas (FGV Direito Rio)
 
Serviços públicos e a Lei de Proteção de Dados Pessoais: o mesmo direito administrativo?
Sergio Guerra | Professor FGV Direito Rio

The Cost-Benefit Revolution

Book by Cass Sunstein: “Why policies should be based on careful consideration of their costs and benefits rather than on intuition, popular opinion, interest groups, and anecdotes.

Tanzania’s government is casting itself as the nation’s sole custodian of data

Abdi Latif Dahir at Quartz: “Tanzania’s government wants to have exclusive control over who collects and shares data about the country.

AI storytelling on Messenger for youth citizenship

Youth and privacy in the Americas: UNICEF Brazil How do youth allies promote young people’s critical thinking on privacy, in informal learning contexts in the Americas? This blog post is part of a series showcasing the work of different organizations at the intersection of youth development, digital rights, and online safety. Quick facts Who: Nelson Leoni from UNICEF Headquarters and Pedro Ivo Alcantara from UNICEF Brazil What: Campaigning Mission/vision: To promote the fulfillment of children’s […]

Student Assistant DICDE (Advocate Europe)

Das The team of the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) is looking for the following at the earliest opportunity a student employee with an IT background. The working hours of 10-20 hours per week will be determined by arrangement and according to your availability and will be paid at €12.50/hour. You…
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Data in sight! The discovery of privacy

From Mirrors to Data: The 21st Century Digital Barter

Dados à vista! O descobrimento da privacidade

De espelhos a dados: O escambo digital do século XXI
Provavelmente, todo brasileiro que estudou os primeiros anos da história do Brasil conhece o significado do termo “escambo”. Hoje, achamos inadmissível o fato de colonizadores terem negociado com nativos objetos de pequeno valor em troca de uma das mercadorias mais valiosas e cobiçadas na Europa naquela época.

VOZES SILENCIOSAS: A Experiência da Mulher com o Zika Vírus

VOZES SILENCIOSAS: A Experiência da Mulher com o Zika Vírus18h00 até 21h00O Evento: A FGV Direito Rio convida para a mesa redonda e o coquetel de lançamento do relatório “VOZES SILENCIOSAS: A Experiência da Mulher com o Zika Vírus”. 

FGV Direito Rio: 1º lugar geral no Brasil no XXV Exame da OAB

A Escola alcançou seu maior índice de aprovação no exameO último ranking divulgado pela Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (OAB) indica que a Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro (FGV Direito Rio) obteve o maior índice de aprovação entre todas as instituições participantes, públicas ou privadas, que tiveram ao menos 10 alunos presentes. A FGV Direito Rio obteve um aproveitamento de 87,5% dentre os alunos que prestaram o Exame.

To Secure Knowledge: Social Science Partnerships for the Common Good

Social Science Research Council: “For decades, the social sciences have generated knowledge vital to guiding public policy, informing business, and understanding and improving the human condition. But today, the social sciences face serious threats. From dwindling federal funding to public mistrust in institutions to widespread skepticism about data, the infrastructure supporting the social sciences is shifting in ways that threaten to undercut research and knowledge production.

Zulassungsfreie Fächer: Jetzt an der HHU einschreiben!

Bis zum 5. Oktober können sich Studieninteressierte für einen der 18 zulassungsfreien Studiengänge an der HHU einschreiben (Übersicht über das Studienangebot der HHU).
Mit dem kommenden Wintersemester 2018/19 wächst das zulassungsfreie Studienangebot der HHU um den neuen Bachelor-Studiengang Transkulturalität. Der Studiengang ist noch in der Akkreditierungsphase – man kann sich aber schon einschreiben und im Oktober starten.

The Week in Internet News: Facebook to Fact-Check Videos and Photos

Fight against fakes: Facebook plans to fact-check videos and photos posted on the social media platform in an effort to combat misinformation, reports the Associated Press on SeattleTimes.com. Fact-checkers will use several methods, including analyzing image metadata, to determine accuracy, and Facebook will label photos and videos that are fakes, the company said.

The Hacking of America

Jill Lepore at the New York Times: “Every government is a machine, and every machine has its tinkerers — and its jams. From the start, machines have driven American democracy and, just as often, crippled it. The printing press, the telegraph, the radio, the television, the mainframe, cable TV, the internet: Each had wild-eyed boosters who promised that a machine could hold the republic together, or make it more efficient, or repair the damage caused by the last machine.

BMFZ-Meeting: zum Thema „Autophagie“

Dieser Prozess wurde bereits in den 1960er Jahren beobachtet, doch die molekulare Charakterisierung erfolgte erst in den letzten 20 Jahren. 2016 erhielt Prof. Yoshinori Ohsumi den Nobelpreis für Physiologie und Medizin für seine wegweisenden Arbeiten zu den molekularen Mechanismen der Autophagie.

Douglas Rushkoff on the importance of human connection in the digital age

Douglas Rushkoff, speaking at this summer’s Future Fest explores the importance of human connection in the digital age.
About Team Human

A provocative, exciting, and important rallying cry to reassert our human spirit of community and teamwork.”―Walter Isaacson

Everything for everyone: Michel Bauwens interviews Nathan Schneider

The P2P Foundation has followed the work of Nathan Schneider for years, starting with his reporting on Occupy, followed by his visit to our FLOK project in Ecuador in 2014 (the first commons transition project undertaken at the invitation of nation-state institutions). Nathan was then instrumental in setting up, with Trebor Scholz, the platform cooperative movement and conferences. He is now teaching in Boulder, CO, but also keeping up his reporting on the cooperative movement, and a spiritually engaged progressive.