Imagine a world, not as distant as we might like to think, where our individual thought processes are aided and improved by technologies external to the biologically-bequeathed neural matter that sits within our skulls and throughout our nervous systems. Further, these technologies are designed and optimized to perform these functions in such a way as to become automatic or invisible to their user. And rather than act as simple one-way conduits or repositories, they actively drive their user's thinking in a manner that creates a two-way, symbiotic interaction between human and device.

Steve Schwartz at Tableau: “For most people, asking about the price of a bag of rice is inconsequential. For Moustapha Toure, it is a question of life and death for thousands.

Paper by Karen E. C. Levy: “…critiques blockchain-based “smart contracts,” which aim to automatically and securely execute obligations without reliance on a centralized enforcement authority. Though smart contracts do have some features that might serve the goals of social justice and fairness, I suggest that they are based on a thin conception of what law does, and how it does it.

iNaturalist: “…is a place where you can record what you see in nature, meet other nature lovers, and learn about the natural world.

La historia del universo, los agujeros negros y la conformación del Sistema Solar serán algunos de los temas que se tratarán en las cuatro charlas que durante este mes se realizarán en la Sala Sazié de la Casa Central de la Universidad de Chile.

Bajo el lema "Universidades Chilenas: hacia territorios libres de acoso sexual", la Casa de Bello conmemoró este 8 de marzo, con una ceremonia que apuntó a reposicionar y reafirmar los esfuerzos de nuestro plantel por la igualdad de derechos entre hombres y mujeres.La reflexión y el compromiso de la U. de Chile contra la violencia de género, y particularmente contra el acoso sexual, marcaron la ceremonia de conmemoración del Día Internacional de la Mujer en el Salón de Honor de Casa Central este mediodía.

A satellite session at RightsCon in Brussels is being organized by the Tactical Technology Collective on March 28, 2017. Rohini Lakshané is a speaker at this event.
Tactical Tech is interested in the problem of online harassment as a barrier to political participation in quantified societies, and in terms of the harm it causes those targeted. We have been working to customise tactics of resistance and support to communities/individuals who are working online and are exposed to, or are at risk of, harassment.

National Institute of Public Finance & Policy organized a round-table on privacy and data protection on March 24, 2017 in New Delhi.
Click to see the agenda.

For more details visit http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/round-table-on-privacy-and-data-protection-at-nipfp

It appears that with each passing day, the government is linking an increasing number of benefits and government services to the 12-digit biometric-based Aadhaar number for Indians, despite growing concerns around its data privacy and security.
The article by Rimin Dutt and Ivan Mehta was published by Huffington Post on March 24, 2017. Sunil Abraham was quoted.

Andrew Burt in the Financial Times: “When the investor Marc Andreessen wrote in 2011 that “software is eating the world,” his point was a contentious one.

This blog is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2017. On Saturday 4 March, groups from around the world organised over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data.

Działalność Organizacji Zbiorowego Zarządzania prawami autorskimi (OZZ) od kilku lat budzi duże kontrowersje, szczególnie ze względu na znikomą transparentność ich funkcjonowania i raportowania finansowego. Problemy z działaniem OZZ potwierdza nowy raport Centrum Analiz Klubu Jagiellońskiego, pod tytułem: “W czyim interesie? Funkcjonowanie organizacji zbiorowego zarządzania prawami autorskimi w Polsce”.

Działalność Organizacji Zbiorowego Zarządzania prawami autorskimi (OZZ) od kilku lat budzi duże kontrowersje, szczególnie ze względu na znikomą transparentność ich funkcjonowania i raportowania finansowego. Problemy z działaniem OZZ potwierdza nowy raport Centrum Analiz Klubu Jagiellońskiego, pod tytułem: “W czyim interesie? Funkcjonowanie organizacji zbiorowego zarządzania prawami autorskimi w Polsce”.

W tym numerze Kserokopii przedstawiamy nowe dokumenty dotyczące reformy prawa autorskiego w Unii Europejskiej, w tym długo oczekiwany projekt raportu dotyczącego reformy prawa autorskiego przez Komisję Prawa Parlamentu Europejskiego (JURI). Zachęcamy też do zapoznania się z raportem nt. nieprawidłowości w funkcjonowaniu Organizacji Zbiorowego Zarządzania przygotowanym przez Centrum Analiz Klubu Jagiellońskiego.

W tym numerze Kserokopii przedstawiamy nowe dokumenty dotyczące reformy prawa autorskiego w Unii Europejskiej, w tym długo oczekiwany projekt raportu dotyczącego reformy prawa autorskiego przez Komisję Prawa Parlamentu Europejskiego (JURI). Zachęcamy też do zapoznania się z raportem nt. nieprawidłowości w funkcjonowaniu Organizacji Zbiorowego Zarządzania przygotowanym przez Centrum Analiz Klubu Jagiellońskiego.

Research Paper by Phil Weiser: “A core failing of today’s administrative state and modern administrative law scholarship is the lack of imagination as to how agencies should operate.

Report by the Data Foundation: “Imagine if U.S. companies’ compliance costs could be reduced, by billions of dollars. Imagine if this could happen without sacrificing any transparency to investors and governments. Open data can make that possible.

OECD Report: ““Behavioural insights”, or insights derived from the behavioural and social sciences, including decision making, psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, organisational and group behaviour, are being applied by governments with the aim of making public policies work better. As their use has become more widespread, however, questions are being raised about their effectiveness as well as their philosophical underpinnings.

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Report by Bapu Vaitla et al for Data2X: “Conventional forms of data—household surveys, national economic accounts, institutional records, and so on—struggle to capture detailed information on the lives of women and girls. The many forms of big data, from geospatial information to digital transaction logs to records of internet activity, can help close the global gender data gap.