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ERRATA CORRIGE (Correct link)
by ITLaw Unipd March 26, 2019

March 26, 2019

Dear Colleagues I am pleased to announce that the 2nd edition of ITLL Summer School will be held in Padova from 17 to 21 June. The programme and all info can be found at http://itll.it/summer-school/ I would ask you to spread the programme among your students and members and moreover do not hesitate to contact us for further cooperation in summer/winter programmes as well as joint workshops. ITLL Director Prof. Claudia Sandei -- *www.itll.it* <http://www.itll.it>

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ITLL International Summer School
by ITLaw Unipd March 26, 2019

March 26, 2019

Dear Colleagues I am pleased to announce that the 2nd edition of ITLL Summer School will be held in Padova from 17 to 21 June. The programme and all info can be found at www.itll.it/summerschool/ I would ask you to spread the programme among your students and members and moreover do not hesitate to contact us for further cooperation in summer/winter programmes as well as joint workshops. ITLL Director Prof. Claudia Sandei -- *www.itll.it* <http://www.itll.it>

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Geneva Internet Law Summer School & Geneva Internet Law Research Colloquium (June 2019) / deadline for application April 15, 2019
by Jacques de Werra March 23, 2019

March 23, 2019

Dear Colleagues, This is to inform you that the University of Geneva organizes this year again the Geneva Internet Law Summer School<https://www.unige.ch/genevasummerschools/programme/courses/internet-law> that will take place from June 17 to June 28, 2019. The Geneva Internet Law summer school offers a unique opportunity to discuss cutting edge Internet law and policy issues with leading academics, practitioners, representatives of international organizations and other leading global digital policy actors, including the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society<https://cyber.harvard.edu/> (thanks to Chris Bavitz for his continuous participation!), the International Telecommunication Union<https://www.itu.int/en/Pages/default.aspx> (ITU), the World Intellectual Property Organization<http://www.wipo.int/portal/en/index.html> (WIPO), and the Geneva Internet Platform <https://www.giplatform.org/> (GIP). This is also to inform you about the Geneva Internet Law Research Colloquium <http://www.internetlawcolloquium-geneva.ch> that will take place on June 21, 2019. The colloquium (which is part of the summer school) is organized by the University of Geneva, in collaboration with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society<https://cyber.harvard.edu/> (it will be great to welcome Urs Gasser again), the CRIDES Center for Economic Law and Society at the Catholic University of Louvain<https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/juri/crides> (UCL), the Geneva Internet Platform<https://www.giplatform.org/>, the Institute for Technology and Society of Rio<https://itsrio.org/en/en-home/>, the University of Zurich<http://www.uzh.ch/en.html>, Renmin University of China<https://www.ruc.edu.cn/en> and the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche en Droit de l'Immatériel of the University Paris Sud<http://www.cerdi.u-psud.fr/>. The colloquium, which is part of the Geneva Internet Law Summer School<https://www.unige.ch/genevasummerschools/programme/courses/internet-law>, provides researchers and scholars working on Internet law topics the opportunity to present their work-in-progress to a global panel of Internet law experts (coming from all the partner institutions involved in the colloquium), to engage with one another in an informal setting, to have in-depth discussions and exchanges, to receive helpful feedback and advice and to help create a global internet law research community (see the testimonials for the last colloquium: https://www.unige.ch/droit/pi/research/research-colloquium/research-colloqu…) Please note that the deadline for applications is April 15, 2019 for both the summer school and for the research colloquium. For more information on the summer school, please visit: www.internetlaw-geneva.ch<http://www.internetlaw-geneva.ch> and for the research colloquium, please visit : www.internetlawresearch-geneva.ch<http://www.internetlawresearch-geneva.ch>. Please feel free to share this information with your students / the members of your research team and other communities that could have an interest for these activities and do not hesitate to contact us at internetlaw(a)unige.ch<mailto:internetlaw@unige.ch> for any questions. Thank you Best regards Jacques de Werra (for the organizers of the summer school & the research colloquium)

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[Policy Dialogue] Can the idea of 'Essential Internet' taken out of WHO concept: 'Essential Medicine' preclude unproductive & superfluous use of Internet
by rezwan.haque at du.ac.bd March 20, 2019

March 20, 2019

Dear Colleagues of NoC, >From the arcane of computer technologies to the sophisticated network of networks we see today that is known as internet and the merit of this tool has already astounded us but as always, misuse and overuse of this precious tool has also revealed the dark side. That makes us wonder, whether time has come to control/regulate/balance the usage of this tool. Essential Internet Under the guardianship of ITU (International Telecommunication Union), 'Essential Internet' concept, in concert with the ‘Essential Medicine’ concept of World Health Organization/WHO (Google search will reveal the details), member countries need to conduct a nationwide survey to determine the average/basic amounts (gigabytes) of internet needed for per user which should be available for all at the cheapest price possible and then rest of the gigabytes should available at high/exorbitant cost to prevent unnecessary, redundant and superfluous use of internet (& digital device) on p*rnography, gaming, selfie, narcissism (due to app like TicToc, etc.), digital addiction, smartphone addiction, goldbricking/ cyberslacking or cyberloafing, internet addiction disorder especially considering the environmental damage due to huge CO2 emission. On other side, the tax that will be imposed to raise the cost of excessive use will be diverted to social awareness building program and supply of electricity for those who have limited means. My colleagues here at Dhaka also penned few opinion pieces at local dailies and we're hoping your valuable comments in this delicate yet timely debate. Kind Regards, Rezwan Haque Founder Centre for Internet & Society- Bangladesh [https://my-email-signature.link/signature.gif?u=215044&e=50542889&v=6d4123d…]

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Fwd: Make Google Do It. Interpellating digital subject/objects of desire in the gendering of artificially intelligent virtual personal assistants - Guest research seminar
by Celina Beatriz March 7, 2019

March 7, 2019

Sharing Guido's message below! Hi Celina Please see below an event organised by NINSO <https://twitter.com/NinsoRIG> Northumbria Internet & Society Research group and of interest for NoC members. The video of the event will be uploaded on our YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkmxC2_qCl-Clro9YIUljCQ> channel. Cheers Guido *From:* Guido Noto La Diega *Sent:* 25 February 2019 18:03 *To:* 'european-law--technology-network(a)googlegroups.com' < european-law--technology-network(a)googlegroups.com> *Subject:* Make Google Do It. Interpellating digital subject/objects of desire in the gendering of artificially intelligent virtual personal assistants - Guest research seminar Dear All NINSO (Northumbria Internet & Society Research Group) is delighted to host Dr Rachel Adams for the guest research seminar ‘*Make Google Do It.** Interpellating digital subject/objects of desire in the gendering of artificially intelligent virtual personal assistants*.’ Generously *supported by the Law & Society SIG*, * the seminar* will explore how the particular gendering of artificially intelligence virtual personal assistants as female through their names, characterisations and marketing, meets with an imperative grammar with which users are to engage with them, most notably with the call “Hey Siri!” or “Hey Alexa!” Drawing on Louis Althusser and Judith Butler’s accounts of interpellation, I discuss how the gendering of these devices coupled with the new techno-crafted grammar given to engage with them, plays into a broader history of female automata produced as both subjects to and objects of a male desire to (literally) constitute, control and command the female. Thus, expanding on the current account of female gendered virtual personal assistants as a strategy for softening the transition from a traditional past to a disruptive digital future, I argue that, more critically, this gendering re-inscribes and legitimises a historically embedded male desire which works, primarily, to ensure the female is always in a subject to/object of relationship to their male “user”/maker, without agency to attain her own status as subject. *Dr Rachel Adams* is a Research Specialist at the Human Sciences Research Council and an ECR at the Information Law and Policy Centre, Institute for Advanced Legal Studies, University of London. Dr Adams holds degrees in human rights law (MPhil, UCT, 2011) and jurisprudence (Ph.D., UCT, 2017). Her work and research spans human rights and constitutionalism, to artificial intelligence, gender, surveillance and transparency in South Africa and internationally. She is currently preparing a monograph book for publication entitled Transparency: New Trajectories in Law (Routledge, 2019). Dr Adams is a member of the Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s Independent Advisory Group on Automated Number Plate Recognition, she is an Editor for the South African Journal on Human Rights, and an Associate Editor for the theme Law, Policy Development and Management Science for Calabash: Journal of African Indigenous Knowledge Systems. *WHERE*: Faculty of Business and Law (CCE1), room 405 (but *if you can’t come, *a video will be recorded!) *WHEN*: Wednesday 6th March 2019 at noon Please *register* at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/make-google-do-it-tickets-56349087638. Looking forward to seeing you all! On behalf of NINSO – Northumbria Internet & Society Research Group, Guido *Dr Guido Noto La Diega* *Senior Lecturer – International Research Partnerships Coordinator (Law)* *Northumbria University Director @italiot | Co-convenor @NinsoRIG | Fellow @nexacenter* T: +44(0)191 349 5562 E: *guido.notoladiega(a)northumbria.ac.uk <guido.notoladiega(a)northumbria.ac.uk>* Room 105, Faculty of Business and Law, City Campus East 1, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, United Kingdom Recent papers include: ‘Against the dehumanisation of decision-making <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3188080>. Algorithmic decisions at the crossroads of intellectual property, data protection, and freedom of information’ (2018) ‘Can the law fix the problems of fashion? <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3198514> An empirical study on social norms and power imbalance in the fashion industry’ (2018) Visit Academia.edu <http://northumbria.academia.edu/GuidoNotoLaDiega> and SSRN <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1794950> for open access to my research! *[image: northumbria new logo]* <https://www.linkedin.com/in/guido-noto-la-diega-ph-d-6696146/> *GO GREEN, KEEP IT ON SCREEN!* This message is intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. Any use, disclosure or reproduction without the sender’s explicit consent is unauthorised and may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please notify Northumbria University immediately and permanently delete it. Any views or opinions expressed in this message are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the University. Northumbria University email is provided by Microsoft Office365 and is hosted within the EEA, although some information may be replicated globally for backup purposes. The University cannot guarantee that this message or any attachment is virus free or has not been intercepted and/or amended. -- *Celina M.A. Bottino* *Diretora de Projetos* *Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade do Rio de Janeiro (ITS)* https://www.facebook.com/ITSriodejaneiro itsrio.org +55 21 3486-0390

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Call for Applications: Visiting Postdoctoral Fellowships “Algorithmed Public Spheres” (Hamburg)
by Cornelius Puschmann Feb. 27, 2019

Feb. 27, 2019

Dear colleagues, Please allow me to share the call for applications pasted below -- do pass it on to any postdocs you know who might be interested. All best (and apologies for cross-posting), Cornelius ***Visiting Postdoctoral Fellowships “Algorithmed Public Spheres” (Deadline: April 1st)*** The Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI) in Hamburg, Germany, invites applications for international postdoctoral research fellows who will conduct innovative research on the social and cultural impact of algorithms during stays of 2-12 months in the academic year 2019/2020. The Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI) is a publicly funded research institute and member institute of the Leibniz Association that focuses on the study of mediated public communication. Its research encompasses both broadcast and digital communication from an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective. The members of the postdoctoral research network Algorithmed Public Spheres (http://aps.leibniz-hbi.de/) study the relevance of algorithms for the constitution of the public sphere. We emphasize in particular the importance of algorithms for filtering, ranking and selecting media content and for structuring digital communication. In contrast to the use of data mining in areas such as healthcare, credit scoring and general business analytics, where such techniques have a long tradition, the impact of algorithms on the public sphere poses novel challenges. How are communication, media, and public discourse impacted by transferring the dominant logics of consumption from other industries to news, information, and political deliberation, implemented in social media platforms, search engines, and on news websites? How do we adapt as individuals as well as as a society to the growing prevalence of algorithmic systems? Research in this area could include: – Algorithms and political polarization – Reverse engineering of platform mechanics – (Big) social data mining – Fragmentation of the public sphere – Governance of and by algorithms – Algorithm awareness and algorithm literacy – Measurement of algorithmic bias and discrimination – Algorithms in news production, distribution and consumption processes – User interaction with and rationalization of algorithms We invite applications for international postdoctoral research fellows from fields including, but not restricted to, computer and information science, communication and media studies, law, political science, sociology and philosophy, who will conduct innovative research on the social and cultural impact of algorithms during stays of 2-12 months in Hamburg in the academic year 2019/2020. We particularly welcome cross-cutting research proposals that integrate technical and social perspectives and result in concrete outcomes, for example in the form of peer-reviewed research articles or proposals for externally funded projects. Up to two funded fellowships will be awarded as result of this call. The fellowships cover airfare and a contribution to the accommodation and subsistence in Hamburg. In specific cases, we may offer a temporary employment contract instead of a scholarship. To apply, please send a cover letter (one page), a project proposal (up to three pages) and your CV (up to four pages), including a list of your most relevant publications (maximum of five), to Cornelius Puschmann ( c.puschmann(a)leibniz-hbi.de) Please note that applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered. IMPORTANT DATES: Application deadline: April 1, 2019 Announcement of 2019/2020 Fellows: May 1, 2019 -- Dr. Cornelius Puschmann Senior Researcher Leibniz Institute for Media Research │ Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI) Rothenbaumchaussee 36 20148 Hamburg, Germany www.hans-bredow-institut.de Associated Researcher Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) Französische Straße 9 10117 Berlin, Germany www.hiig.de p: +49 40 450 217 55 e: c.puschmann(a)hans-bredow-institut.de w: cbpuschmann.net *Recent papers:* Möller, J., van de Velde, R. N., Merten, L., & Puschmann, C. (2019). Explaining online news engagement based on browsing behavior: Creatures of habit? *Social Science Computer Review*. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439319828012 <https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439319828012> Puschmann, C. (2018). Beyond the bubble: Assessing the diversity of political search results. *Digital Journalism*. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2018.1539626 Puschmann, C., & Powell, A. (2018). Turning words into consumer preferences: How sentiment analysis is framed in research and the news media. *Social Media + Society*, *4*(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305118797724 -- <http://www.hiig.de/>Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft gGmbH Französische Straße 9 · 10117 Berlin T +49 30 200 760 82 · F +49 30 206 089 60 · www.hiig.de <http://www.hiig.de/> <http://www.facebook.com/HIIG.Berlin> <https://twitter.com/hiig_berlin> <https://www.instagram.com/hiigberlin/> Gesellschaftssitz Berlin | Amtsgericht Berlin Charlottenburg | HRB 140911B | USt-ID DE 291 151 171 Forschungsdirektorium: Prof. Dr. Jeanette Hofmann (Geschäftsführung) · Prof. Dr. Dr. Ingolf Pernice · Prof. Dr. Björn Scheuermann · Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Schildhauer · Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz | Geschäftsführung: Dr. Karina Preiß

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CfP Platform Values: Conflicting Rights, AI and Tax Avoidance
by Luca Belli Feb. 27, 2019

Feb. 27, 2019

Dear colleagues, Please find below the Call for Papers for a special issue of the Computer Law & Security Review<https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-law-and-security-review/call-for…>, dedicated to Platform Values: Conflicting Rights, Artificial Intelligence and Tax Avoidance. The CfP celebrates 5 years of activities of the UN Internet Governance Forum Coalition on Platform Responsibility<https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/dynamic-coalition-on-platf…> and includes the organisation of a workshop for feedback and discussion of the submitted papers that will be hosted at FGV Law School, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in July 2019. Please, feel fre eto share this CfP through your networks Best Regards Luca CfP page https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-law-and-security-review/call-for… Platform Values: Conflicting Rights, Artificial Intelligence and Tax Avoidance. Purpose: The purpose of this call is to gather a diverse range of analytical perspectives on the multiform notion of platform values. The special issue resulting from this call will be presented in a dedicated workshop at the IGF 2019, hosted by the Government of Germany in Berlin from 25 to 29 November 2019. To guarantee that authors receive the most extensive feedback on their contributions, an additional workshop for feedback and paper discussion will be hosted at FGV Law School, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 27 July 2019 (see the timeframe at the bottom of this call). The authors of the papers selected after the first round of reviews will be invited to come – at their own expenses – to present their draft papers at the workshop. Description: Platform regulations are having enormous impact on the lives of several billion individuals, and this impact is poised to increase over the next decade. This special issue aims at exploring three of the most crucial points of contention with regard to values underlying the operation of digital platforms: the dispute resolution mechanisms they design and the ways such mechanisms are structured to deal with conflicting rights and principles; the values that can or should be baked into platforms’ automated decision-making and the rights of appropriation in relation to the development of artificial intelligent systems; and the tax avoidance strategies that are frequently pursued by tech giants to minimise their fiscal responsibility across the multiple jurisdictions in which they provide their services. This Call for Papers celebrates five years of activities of the UN IGF Coalition on Platform Responsibility1. Over the first years of activity, the Coalition has explored the role of digital platforms as gateways to speech, innovation and value creation; it has highlighted that their ascendance as central elements of our society, economy, and public sphere is redefining the concepts of “private” and “public”, and challenging conventional approaches to regulation and governance. Along those lines, this Call for Papers starts from the consideration that, to guarantee the balance and sustainability of governance systems, the exercise of power should be constrained. To do so, a deliberative process over the aims, mechanisms and boundaries of regulation is needed. Accordingly, when private entities rise to the level of quasi-sovereigns or private regulators, it is natural to expect discussion, shared understanding and scrutiny of the choices and trade-offs embedded in their private ordering. Yet, there is little discussion of the ways in which platforms are generating, shaping and championing values in an increasingly intermediated society. More work is needed to question and enquire what counts as value and how value judgment ought to be made in these hybrid spaces, exploring the elements that should underpin legal and policy-making initiatives, and the risks that may occur when decision-making remains in the sole province of contractual and self-regulation. Contributions to this work should enquire whether it is appropriate for deliberations over platform values and user rights to be exclusively driven by the economic imperatives of shareholders, and whether they should not also take into account the broader set of concerns and expectations of the stakeholders affected by platform regulations. In this perspective, we call for papers providing analyses and putting forward concrete solutions and policy proposals with regard to platform values. This call is therefore aimed at papers analysing conflicting rights, artificial intelligence systems and tax avoidance strategies with regard to digital platforms. Particularly, the call targets analyses regarding: 1. Conflicting rights. The first set of governance questions pertain to the intersection of conflicting rights and values: should platforms prioritise certain rights or principles over others? Are they best-placed to identify which rights should be privileged when - privately - regulating social interactions? How should such balancing be conducted between conflicting rights of the same nature, for example between conflicting economic freedoms or conflicting fundamental human rights? What is the relevance of the sources of those rights, for instance in conflicts between rights enshrined in terms of service and diverging conceptions of those rights under the “law of the land”? Should principles, community guidelines and rules of practice (including internal precedents) be weighed any differently as part of balancing? Should balancing be ruled out for certain conflicts? 2. Artificial intelligence. This second set of questions can be seen as twofold. On the one hand, it relates to value appropriation, in particular in the scramble for data and insights that can be extracted from it to power a new breed of artificial intelligence applications. Since data is a key input for the improvement of algorithms, profiling, and the elaboration of new cognitive services, should data subjects and other players in the platform ecosystems share in the value generated by their marginal input? Should platforms be the only beneficiaries of this learning process, or should the law constrain their ability to exclude others (including consumers, workers, competitors and complementors) from sharing in the benefits generated by the platform ecosystem? On the other hand, the development and implementation of artificial intelligence systems to automatise decision-making functions calls into question the values that should be “baked” into such systems in order to minimise negative consequences and strive towards the design and development of ethical automated systems. In this respect, what are the fundamental values that should orientate the design, development and deployment of artificial intelligence within platforms? How can those values be appropriately incorporated into artificial intelligence solutions implemented within platforms? Are the principles of transparency, non-discrimination and due process sufficient to prevent unfair value extraction, or do we need stronger intervention? 3. Tax avoidance. Finally, it is necessary to appreciate whether platforms provide long-term value with their functionalities (for example, bringing together different sides) or rather primarily engage in value extraction (for instance, limiting choice and deriving advantages in favouring certain kinds of behaviors or business models) and regulatory arbitrage. Defining how and where the value is created is crucial in determining the tax regime that is applicable to their activities, and in identifying unfair or fraudulent transfers of wealth. How should value be constructed for tax purposes, and how should regulators around the world deal with global tech giants? Are recent legislative initiatives on digital VAT marking the beginning of an inevitable race to the bottom to attract investment by global platforms, or do they set the foundations for interstate cooperation? Are existing reflections, such as the OECD’s works on transfer pricing and Base Erosion and Profit-Shifting sufficiently mature to be implemented by states? And, most importantly, are states willing and able to implement existing proposals?Is a national or local tax on intermediaries for data collection and aggregation a viable way to account for the transfer of value that takes place between users and platforms? [1] For an overview of the Coalition’s work, see https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/dynamic-coalition-on-platf… Timeframe Ø Deadline for extended abstracts (min. 4000 words): April 10th, 2019 Ø First Round of Reviews and paper selection: May 31st, 2019 Ø Workshop for feedback and paper discussion: July 27th, 2019 Ø Revised manuscript: September 10th, 2019 Ø Final decision: September 30th, 2019 [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_direito_rio.jpg] Luca Belli, PhD Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_tel.jpg]+55 21 3799 5763 t @1lucabelli<https://twitter.com/1lucabelli> [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_direito_rio_map.j… de Botafogo, 190 13º andar Botafogo - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - CEP: 22250-900 [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_email.jpg] luca.belli(a)fgv.br<mailto:luca.belli@fgv.br> [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_url.jpg]inter… <https://internet-governance.fgv.br/>

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Essay competition "twentyforty"
by Benedikt Fecher Feb. 26, 2019

Feb. 26, 2019

Dear colleagues, there's less than a week left to submit an abstract to our NoC essay competition on utopias for a digital society. I am sure there are quite a few creative minds in our circle that are able to develop utopias for how we live, love, rule, work, and learn in 20 years time. This is your chance to contribute a piece and be one of the 10 people that get invited to Berlin for a 5-days essay sprint – expenses covered. Please look here for more info: http://hiig.de/twentyforty?fbclid=IwAR19csTab_vkY7H2mQKaM-R-Y1Hj_lHtRUK3Nwu… I'm looking forward to seeing you in Berlin. All the best benedikt -- Dr. Benedikt Fecher | Head of Research Program "Knowledge & Society" -- <http://www.hiig.de/>Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft gGmbH Französische Straße 9 · 10117 Berlin T +49 30 200 760 82 · F +49 30 206 089 60 · www.hiig.de <http://www.hiig.de/> <http://www.facebook.com/HIIG.Berlin> <https://twitter.com/hiig_berlin> <https://www.instagram.com/hiigberlin/> Gesellschaftssitz Berlin | Amtsgericht Berlin Charlottenburg | HRB 140911B | USt-ID DE 291 151 171 Forschungsdirektorium: Prof. Dr. Jeanette Hofmann (Geschäftsführung) · Prof. Dr. Dr. Ingolf Pernice · Prof. Dr. Björn Scheuermann · Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Schildhauer · Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz | Geschäftsführung: Dr. Karina Preiß

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Global web tracking study
by L.M.H. de Jong-van Hooff Feb. 19, 2019

Feb. 19, 2019

Dear Members of the Network of Centers, On behalf of the Global Data Justice<http://www.globaldatajustice.org/> research group at TILT, Tilburg University, I am writing to invite you to participate in the first global study on the web tracking practices and networks. We are conducting research to explore what third-party trackers loaded through particular websites can tell us about the firms, networks and transfers that make up the global data market. Very little is known about the size and nature of this market on the global level, although many studies have been conducted on higher-income countries, and this study aims to begin to fill this gap in the research. We are seeking collaborators who can conduct a simple, fairly non-technical, 10-minute piece of web research using simple tools that will analyse what trackers load when they visit a) a news website and b) a mobile phone operator's website, each based in their own country. (For more information, see the brief 'info for participants' file attached). When we have a set of files showing which trackers load from similar searches in different countries, we will use this as the basis from which to anlayse more complex features of the data market such as links between firms, processes of data brokerage, and how the market for tracking data operates in different countries and regions. We aim to do this study yearly over the next five years, so if you would be interested in collaborating over the longer term, you can indicate this on the consent form (attached in pdf and word). We will keep your details private, but we will inform you of all findings from the study, and the eventual global dataset of trackers by country will be released as open data for researchers worldwide. If you would be willing to participate, or can recommend someone else who might, please reply to this email with a signed consent form (signing electronically is fine) and you will receive the protocol for the study. The team is happy to discuss further: please send any questions to info(a)globaldatajustice.org<mailto:info@globaldatajustice.org>. Yours, Leonie de Jong Managing Director Department of Law, Technology, Markets, and Society (LTMS) Home of Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT) Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC) Tilburg University Montesquieu Building M709 Phone: +31 13 466 3665 e-mail: L.dejong(a)tilburguniversity.edu<mailto:L.dejong@tilburguniversity.edu>

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Fwd: assistance report
by Leyla Keser Feb. 18, 2019

Feb. 18, 2019

Dear all, We are in the process of organising a conference on behalf of the Turkish Ministry of Justice (MoJ) on law ethics and technology interplay in the digital age. We plan to invite speakers/delegates from all around the world. The conference is an interdisciplinary event; for which we plan to invite academics, lawyers, engineers as well as other professions from different backgrounds. We need your assistance in terms of establishing a general invitee list who may be of interest for this event. We would like to remind you that the event is not limited to academia; we expect active participation of NGOs, companies, public and private sector. You know better who would fulfill the criteria and could possibly contribute to such an event. Please share with us as much as possible names, institutions, etc. that you consider suitable for the context. Turkish MoJ will cover accommodation, travel costs and any relevant expenses. The event is planned to take place at the end of September in Istanbul. We, as Bilgi IT Law Instiute, are co-organising the event with Turkish MoJ. If you may have any further questions, please contact us. Best, Leyla -- www.leylakeser.org

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