Startups, Inovação e Direito de Internet
Descrição: Desde Junho de 2016, o Instituto de Referência em Internet e Sociedade vem trabalhando com parceiros e a Assembléia Legislativa de Minas Gerais nas discussões públicas sobre a consolidação de um marco legislativo pioneiro de fomento às startups do Estado. Conhecida por seus polos de inovação, como os ecossistemas de startups de Belo Horizonte e Santa Rita do Sapucaí, Minas Gerais tem um futuro promissor no setor da tecnologia e da inovação.

Cory Doctorow at The Guardian: “Here’s the bad news: technology – specifically, surveillance technology – makes it easier to police disaffected populations, and that gives badly run, corrupt states enough stability to get themselves into real trouble.

This blogpost was written by Lindsay Ferris and Mor Rubinstein
 
There is a lot of data out there, but which data users needs to solve their issues? How can we, as an external body, know which data is vital so we can measure it?  Moreover, what to do when data is published in so many levels – local, regional and federal that is so hard to find?

European Commission: “In 2009, the Ministerial Declaration on eGovernment was adopted in Malmö, Sweden, uniting EU member states around a comprehensive programme for administrative reform and digital government.

On Friday, June 2, Open Knowledge Greece (OK Greece) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT), regarding the sharing and the analysis of transport data in the city of Thessaloniki, with the aim to predict traffic and improve mobility in the street.
From left to right: Dr Jose Salanova – HIT’s Research Associate; Dr Charalampos Bratsas – OK Greece President; Dr Evangelos Bekiaris – HIT’s Director and Dr Georgia Aifadopoulou- HIT’s Deputy Director-Research Director

Molly Jackman et al at Facebook: “After a natural disaster, humanitarian organizations need to know where affected people are located, what resources are needed, and who is safe. This information is extremely difficult and often impossible to capture through conventional data collection methods in a timely manner.

This blog post is part of our Global Open Data Index (GODI) blog series. Firstly, it discusses what open licensing is and why it is crucial for opening up data. Afterward, it outlines the most urgent issues around open licensing as identified in the latest edition of the Global Open Data Index and concludes with 10 recommendations how open data advocates can unlock this data.

Financial apps may appear to be free but before you install them, read their privacy policies to know what you may be signing away.
The article by Shaikh Zoaib Saleem was published in Livemint on June 8, 2017. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

Financial apps may appear to be free but before you install them, read their privacy policies to know what you may be signing away.
The article by Shaikh Zoaib Saleem was published in Livemint on June 8, 2017. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

Book by Scott Edward Bennett: “…explores how public opinion is used to design, monitor and evaluate government programmes in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Using information collected from the media and from international practitioners in the public opinion field, as well as interviews in each of the 4 countries, the author describes how views of public opinion and governance differ significantly between elites and the general public.

Written by: Dwi Aini Bestari
a.dwiainibestari@students.uu.nl
 
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Chapter by Liliana Laranjo, Annie Lau and Enrico Coiera in Cognitive Informatics in Health and Biomedicine: “The growing burden of chronic disease is drawing unprecedented attention to the importance of optimizing lifestyle behaviors. Interventions to promote behavior change seem promising, but their full potential can be missed when they are not easily disseminated or accessible to a larger audience.

Am Mittwoch, 14. Juni 2017 bleibt die Bibliothek in der Zeit von 10 – 12 Uhr geschlossen!

En el marco de su visita a la Universidad de Chile, el Rector de la Casa de Estudios española, Santiago García, fue invitado por el Rector Ennio Vivaldi a un encuentro del Consorcio de Universidades del Estado de Chile (Cuech), instancia en la que pudo conocer el actual debate en torno a la educación pública de nivel superior en Chile.El desarrollo de nuevos programas de intercambio, cotutelas de doctorado y modalidades de formación online fueron parte de los temas abordados durante una reunión entre autoridades de

Aplicaciones prácticas y teóricas de la Big Data y los sistemas de información asociados a la eficiencia en salud, la reducción de costos y una mejor atención para los pacientes, fueron los grandes temas abordados en la conferencia organizada por la Universidad de Chile y la MIT Sloan Latin America Office (MSLAO), "Análisis Estratégico: Cambiando el Futuro de la Salud", que se realizó este jueves 25 de mayo Santiago. Paneles de expertos y charlas fueron parte de una jornada de diálogo respecto al futuro de la atención médica en el mundo.

Griffin Connolly at RollCall: “Facebook users now have the option to pin “constituent badges” to their profiles, letting friends — and members of Congress — know which district they live in. And users can now search for articles, links, and posts that other residents in their districts engage with most frequently.

Book by Joel Penney: “From hashtag activism to the flood of political memes on social media, the landscape of political communication is being transformed by the grassroots circulation of opinion on digital platforms and beyond. By exploring how everyday people assist in the promotion of political media messages to persuade their peers and shape the public mind, Joel Penney offers a new framework for understanding the phenomenon of viral political communication: the citizen marketer.

Die Macht der Algorithmen – Einladung zu einer Expertendiskussion

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