Other News from Participating Centers

Neu gefundenes Aminosäurederivat macht Pflanzen resistent

Pflanzen reagieren auf unterschiedliche Weisen auf eindringende Krankheitserreger („Pathogene“) wie Bakterien oder Pilze. Typisch ist zum Beispiel der kontrollierte Zelltod von Pflanzenzellen rund um eine Infektionsstelle, wodurch den Pathogenen der Zugang zu Nährstoffen entzogen wird. Ein anderer Mechanismus ist die lokale Verstärkung der pflanzlichen Zellwand, welche eine physikalische Barriere zu den gesunden Pflanzenteilen darstellt.

No, YouTube’s “trolls” won’t destroy Wikipedia

YouTube’s decision to embed Wikipedia articles under controversial videos caused a huge uproar. Commentators and scholars chastised YouTube for being lazy, for outsourcing their responsibility, or for “crushing” the online... MORE
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SC Constitution Bench on Aadhaar- Final Hearing (Day XXI)

In October 2015, a 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India referred challenges to the Aadhaar program to a constitution bench. One of the primary concerns of this petition was to decide on the existence of a fundamental right to privacy, which has since been upheld. Other similar petitions, concerned with the legitimacy of […]

Book of the Day: Blockchain and the Law: The Rule of Code

Since Bitcoin appeared in 2009, the digital currency has been hailed as an Internet marvel and decried as the preferred transaction vehicle for all manner of criminals. It has left nearly everyone without a computer science degree confused: Just how do you “mine” money from ones and zeros?

Enabling Data Philanthropy for Health and Care

In our report Intelligent Sharing: unleashing the potential of health and care data in the UK to transform outcomes, we recommended a number of measures to promote and facilitate what we termed ‘data philanthropy’, and the passage of the Data Protection Bill through Parliament affords us a timely opportunity to explore how Government might implement some of them in practice.
What is data philanthropy?
There are a number of competing definitions, but we take ‘data philanthropy’ to mean:

Prof.Xue Participated in UNESCAP Events on Cross-Border Paperless Trade

On March 20-22, 2018, UNESCAP Legal and Technical Working Group Meeting, Interim Intergovernmental Steering Group Meeting and Capacity Building Workshop on Cross-Border Paperless Trade were held in the United Naitons Conference Center in Bangkok. Prof. Xue, as the Chair of Legal Panel of UNNeXT and initial drafter of the Issue Paper of the Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-Border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific was invited to participate in all three meeting series.

IETF 101, Day 5: All Sorted, Innit?

This week is IETF 101 in London, and we’ve been bringing you daily blog posts highlighting the topics of interest to us in the ISOC Internet Technology Team. Friday is only a half-day, but there’s still a couple of interesting sessions to wrap-up the week.

NOTE: If you are unable to attend IETF 101 in person, there are multiple ways to participate remotely.

Tool Without A Handle: Online Confessions

In my last post, I wrote of moral hazards created by privacy, using extramarital affairs as just one example (really, any legal or moral wrongdoing facilitated by secrecy illustrates the point). Privacy, as it happens, also encourages use of networked information technologies for confession of moral wrongs and provides incentives for both wrongdoers and victims to find support from others with similar interests and concerns.

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United States

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Youth-friendly data protection in Mexico: Articulo 12, A.C.

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: Cédric Laurant from Artículo 12, A.C. What: Litigation, advocacy, materials for youth Mission/vision: To defend Mexican users’ privacy on and offline through litigation Where: Mexico Since: 2013 (but the […]

Professora Ligia Fabris realiza sustentação oral no STF em ação sobre representatividade política das mulheres

Na última quinta-feira, 15 de março, a professora Lígia Fabris realizou sustentação oral no Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) representando a entidade CEPIA (Cidadania, Estudo, Pesquisa, Informação e Ação), na condição de amicus curiae, no julgamento da Ação Direita de Inconstitucionalidade (ADI) nº 5.617, que trata da representatividade das mulheres na política. Proposta pela Procuradoria-Geral da República (PGR), a ação discute a constitucionalidade da norma prevista no art.

Vacature: onderzoeksmedewerker bij INC

De Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) is voor FDMCI, het lectoraat Netwerkcultuur (Institute of Network Cultures), onderdeel van het Kenniscentrum (CREATE-IT), per 1 juni 2018 op zoek naar
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De Faculteit Digitale Media en Creatieve Industrie (FDMCI) is onderdeel van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam en telt ruim 6.600 studenten en 425 medewerkers. De faculteit, met een sterke crossmediale, mode en ICT­-focus, is ambitieus en wil op alle fronten kwaliteit uitdragen.
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Ya están abiertas las postulaciones a los Cursos de invierno EdV 2018

Del 7 al 25 de marzo estará disponible el sistema de postulación a los "Cursos de Invierno", que la Escuela de Verano de la Universidad de Chile ha programado para el primer semestre del año 2018. Las clases se realizarán los días sábado entre el 14 de abril y el 11 de agosto, y serán dictadas por académicos y docentes de nuestro plantel.Iniciada hace 29 años, la Escuela de Verano de la Universidad de Chile (EdV) es un programa académico que busca motivar la pasión por el aprendizaje y formar jóvenes con sentido crítico y espíritu de investigación. 

U. de Chile abre concurso que distinguirá las mejores obras publicadas

La convocatoria está dirigida a los autores cuyos respectivos trabajos hayan sido publicados entre 1997 y 2011, en ciencias, y entre 1999 y 2007, en literatura. Los trabajos ganadores en cada categoría obtendrán $22 millones.

Orquesta Sinfónica inicia temporada con el chelista David Geringas

El músico y director letón se presentará por primera vez en el país, donde actuará como solista en el concierto que la orquesta ofrecerá el 16 y 17 de este mes, el que contempla obras de Dvorak y Brahms.La Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional abrirá su temporada oficial 2018 con un invitado de lujo. Se trata del destacado chelista David Geringas, quien llegará hasta el Teatro Universidad de Chile para interpretar el Concierto en si menor para violonchelo, op. 104, de Dvorak.

Kim Jong-un: Otra vez la amenaza del hongo nuclear

La anunciada reunión entre el presidente de Estados Unidos y el líder de la República Popular Democrática de Corea, Kim Jong-Un, ha traído esperanza para quienes temen que la escalada de amenazas y sanciones entre ambos pudiera desatar eventualmente un conflicto nuclear. El profesor del Instituto de Estudios Internacionales (IEI), Walter Sánchez, comenta en esta columna las dudas que rodean el encuentro, y sus consecuencias para el mundo.En la reciente visita de la ex Presidenta Bachelet a Japón se hizo un homenaje a las víctimas de las bombas nucleares.

The Dawn of New Digital Rights for Finnish Citizens

I’m pleased to introduce our new project New Digital Rights MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), that will teach citizens about  their personal data rights through GDPR and MyData frameworks. It is funded by the Internet Society’s Beyond the Net Funding Programme and made possible with volunteers.

The Help-Yourself City: Legitimacy and Inequality in DIY Urbanism

Book by Gordon C.C. Douglas: “When local governments neglect public services or community priorities, how do concerned citizens respond? In The Help-Yourself City, Gordon Douglas looks closely at people who take urban planning into their own hands with homemade signs and benches, guerrilla bike lanes and more. Douglas explores the frustration, creativity, and technical expertise behind these interventions, but also the position of privilege from which they often come.

Data for Development: What’s next? Concepts, trends and recommendations

Report by the WebFoundation: “The exponential growth of data provides powerful new ways for governments and companies to understand and respond to challenges and opportunities.

Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius in the news about Cambridge Analytica and online political microtargeting

How Do We Connect Everyone to the Internet? An IETF 101 Technical Plenary

How do we connect everyone, everywhere, to the Internet? What role do “community networks” play in helping connect more people? How can we best use wireless spectrum and what are the issues with that? How can satellites fit into the picture? And what is the state of satellite technology? And what about the role of “space lasers”?
All that and more was the subject of yesterday’s featured panel at the Technical Plenary at IETF 101 in London.