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20 years of the Laws of Cyberspace

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Berkman Klein event celebrates how Lawrence Lessig's groundbreaking paper provided structure to the Center's field of study

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It’s been two decades since Harvard Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig published “The Laws Of Cyberspace,” which, in the words of Professor Jonathan Zittrain, “imposed some structure over the creative chaos of what maybe was a field that we’d call cyberlaw.”

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Data Stewards: Data Leadership to Address the Challenges of the 21st Century


“The GovLab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering is pleased to announce the launch of its Data Stewards website — a new portal for connecting organizations across sectors that seek to promote responsible data leadership that can address the challenges of the 21st century — developed with generous support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

Chamada de artigos | Global Law in Context - 3ª edição

CHAMADA DE ARTIGOS
GLOBAL LAW IN CONTEXT - 3ª EDIÇÃO
 
A Cátedra Jean Monnet da FGV Direito Rio abre chamada de contribuições para a 3ª edição do Global Law in Context. Por meio de artigos curtos e objetivos, busca-se promover a atualização acerca dos diferentes acontecimentos que movem o mundo, tentando desvendar suas implicações para o Direito Internacional e Europeu.

Emotionen

Mit der Aufklärung schien eine strikte Orientierung an Vernunft und Rationalität – allzumal in den Wissenschaften – erfolgsversprechender zu sein als eine – vermeintlich in die Gegenrichtung zielende – Betonung des Gefühls. Das ändert sich seit vielen Jahren beispielsweise in der gesellschaftlichen Forderung nach mehr emotionaler Intelligenz. Heute kommt kaum eine noch so kurze Textnachricht ohne Emojis oder Emoticons aus, die der reinen Information beigegeben werden.

RIPE 76 Sees Strong Focus on Routing Security

The RIPE 76 meeting is happening this week in Marseille, France, held at the fantastic location of the Palais du Pharo overlooking Marseille’s Old Port. And it’s also another record attendance with over 850 people registered.

Ab jetzt auch hier jeden Donnerstag neu: Motive der "Nostalgia"-Reihe der HHU

Jetzt ist auch die zusätzliche "Klickversion"-Ansicht der Reihe fertig, die wöchentlich ausgebaut wird: Hier geht es zur Startseite der Bildergalerie-Sektion.Die Bildergalerie "HHU-Nostalgia" stellt interessante Archiv-Motive vor und wird kontinuierlich ausgebaut und ergänzt: Viel Spaß!Haben Sie vielleicht auch noch ein interessantes "historisches" Foto der HHU? Die HHU-Bildredaktion freut sich über jede Einsendung: Dieter Joswig, Tel. +49 211 81-14861E-Mail senden

Deutschland und Frankreich nach dem 1. Weltkrieg

Die beiden international renommierten Historiker Dr. Jean-Michel Guieu und Prof. Dr. Gerd Krumeich treten in einen deutsch-französischen Dialog und diskutieren, wie Frankreich und Deutschland aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg herausgetreten sind und eine Aussöhnungspolitik mit europäischer Dimension ins Auge fassten. Zugleich wird es darum gehen, einige spezifische Episoden der Geschichte der deutsch-französischen Beziehung Revue passieren zu lassen, um nachvollziehen zu können, wie sich in der Gesellschaft Frankreichs und Deutschlands die Erinnerung an diesen Konflikt gestaltet hat.

Erik Olin Wright on Unconditional Basic Income: Progressive Potentials and Neoliberal Traps

A recording of US professor Erik Olin Wright, speaking in Sidney Australia recently, about unconditional basic income and its anti-capitalist potential. This is not least for the support it would give to co-operative businesses and community-based care organisations. He makes the case for eroding capitalism by forming and expanding non-capitalist spaces within it.

Apply Now for Sept 18! MA: Design for Cultural Commons –

Our colleague Torange Khonsari forwarded us this through the European Commons Assembly mailing list. Scroll down for details on how to apply.
LAUNCHING FOR ADMISSION SEPTEMBER 2018
MA: Design for Cultural Commons – The Cass (London Metropolitan University)

Unfiltered: ‘Time is running out’

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United States

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Charter Uses Net Neutrality Repeal To Claim States Can't Hold It Accountable For Shoddy Service, Failed Promises

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United States

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Securus hack exposes law enforcement customers of location tracking

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United States

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Date published: May 17, 2018Tech Target"Daniel Nazer, senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, wrote on Twitter that Securus only "puts up a pretense of being a technology company.""

Behavioral economics from nuts to ‘nudges’

Richard Thaler at ChicagoBoothReview: “…Behavioral economics has come a long way from my initial set of stories. Behavioral economists of the current generation are using all the modern tools of economics, from theory to big data to structural models to neuroscience, and they are applying those tools to most of the domains in which economists practice their craft. This is crucial to making descriptive economics more accurate.

Estudiante FEN obtuvo premio al talento matemático

Giselli Castillo, estudiante de quinto año de la carrera de Ingeniería Comercial con Licenciatura en Ciencias Económicas y del Magíster, fue premiada con el segundo lugar de la novena versión de este certamen organizado por el Colegio de Ingenieros de Chile. Entre los ganadores del concurso, Giselli fue la única estudiante que no pertenece al área matemática.

Ciclo de Pianistas del Teatro Universidad de Chile homenajeará a Arrau

Nueve serán los conciertos a lo largo del año a través de los que talentosos pianistas nacionales y extranjeros interpretarán las 32 Sonatas de Beethoven, en homenaje a quien es considerado el primer gran pianista sudamericano y uno de los más sobresalientes del siglo XX.El destacado músico argentino de origen canadiense, Alexander Panizza, será el encargado de abrir el Ciclo de Pianistas 2018 organizado por el Centro de Extensión Artística y Cultural de la Universidad de Chile (CEAC) en un concierto donde abordará las Sonatas op.2 N°1, N°2

Data Violence and How Bad Engineering Choices Can Damage Society

Blog by Anna Lauren Hoffmann: “…In 2015, a black developer in New York discovered that Google’s algorithmic photo recognition software had tagged pictures of him and his friends as 

The Piikani Cultural and Digital Literacy Camp Program

The Piikani Nation in Southern Alberta, concerned they were in danger of losing their Blackfoot culture and traditions, sought out an innovative way to share it with younger generations. Elders and school officials in Piikani focused on how they could use technology to engage youth and preserve their knowledge and history.

Smarter Crowdsourcing for Anti-Corruption: A Handbook of Innovative Legal, Technical, and Policy Proposals and a Guide to their Implementation

Paper by Noveck, Beth Simone; Koga, Kaitlin; Aceves Garcia, Rafael; Deleanu, Hannah; Cantú-Pedraza, Dinorah: “Corruption presents a fundamental threat to the stability and prosperity of Mexico and combating it demands approaches that are both principled and practical. In 2017, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved project ME-T1351 to support Mexico in its fight against corruption using Open Innovation.

Data Stewards: Data Leadership to Address the Challenges of the 21st Century


The GovLab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering is pleased to announce the launch of its Data Stewards website — a new portal for connecting organizations across sectors that seek to promote responsible data leadership that can address the challenges of the 21st century — developed with generous support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society Launch the World Intermediary Liability Map 2.0

-- Updated version of online WILMap provides improved functionality in tracking global online liability laws --
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United States

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