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Job opening at Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society (TILT)
by G. van den Maagdenberg Aug. 20, 2018

Aug. 20, 2018

Dear members of the Network of Centers, Currently there is a position available for a Lecturer LLM Law and Technology (1.0 FTE) at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society (TILT). It is a very nice opportunity to start your academic career. The vacancy can be found on the link below: https://bit.ly/2MQIV8T <https://t.co/CHLQrw4fKy> With kind regards, [cid:image003.png@01D438A6.AD1A3710]Ghislaine van den Maagdenberg Tilburg University TILT- Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society Secretary P.O.Box 90153 5000 LE TILBURG Office hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 08.30-17:00 hrs. Phone: + (31) 13 466 8199 Email : G.vdnMaagdenberg(a)uvt.nl<mailto:G.vdnMaagdenberg@uvt.nl>

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[NoC] - Learning Call "Governing the Digital" Sept. 14 @2 pm CEST
by Celina Beatriz Aug. 15, 2018

Aug. 15, 2018

Dear All, We are pleased to announce the resuming of the *NoC learning calls*. Dr. Christian Djeffal ( Humboldt-Institute for Internet and Society) kindly suggested to lead a learning call "Governing the Digital" to discuss the organization of digital policy at the highest political level. P lease find the description of the learning call here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RF1aInHJ3qKeEYRjdMuJEqdBvXHpFicHPRYGBG5…> . When: *Friday 14 September 2 pm CEST* How to connect: www.anymeeting.com/govdigital (you just need to access the link, no download or permission required) Hope to have many of you on the call. If there are other interested in leading learning calls, let us know. Best regards, Celina -- *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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Text: Information in business digital advertising
by Gerencia Jurídia Aug. 14, 2018

Aug. 14, 2018

Information in business digital advertising - By JURÍDIA: Research Center for Preventive Consumer Law in Digital Advertising. Link: https://juridia.co/en/information-business-digital-advertising/ Kind Regards, Camilo Alfonso ESCOBAR MORA, Ph.D. Blog <https://juridia.co/blog/> Móvil/Mobile: (+57) 320 803 40 90 / Fundador-Founder JURÍDIA® www.juridia.co *Centro de Investigación de Derecho Preventivo del Consumo en la Publicidad Digital* - Conocimiento a la medida. *Research Center for Preventive Consumer Law in Digital Advertising* - Tailored knowledge.

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NEW BOOK Gobernanza y Regulaciones de Internet en América Latina
by Luca Belli Aug. 14, 2018

Aug. 14, 2018

Dear colleagues, I would like to draw your attention (particularly of the Spanish speakers amongst you) on the recent release of the book Gobernanza y Regulaciones de Internet en América Latina (Internet Governance and Regulations in Latin America), which is now available in open access here bit.ly/IGRlatam<http://bit.ly/IGRlatam> This is the first work collecting the opinions of academics, regulators, prosecutors, business representatives and civil society advocates that are shaping the evolution of Internet governance and its regulations in Latin America. The volume features 29 chapters dedicated to network infrastructure, connectivity models, privacy and cybersecurity, and emerging issues, and it also includes two prefaces by Vint Cerf (Google's VP) and Raúl Echeberria (ISOC's VP), and an excellent postface by Edison Lanza (OAS' Rapporteur for freedom of expression). The book celebrates the 10th anniversary of the South School on Internet Governance (the main Internet Governance capacity-building initiative in the region) that, last year, was organised at FGV, gathering more than 250 experts and fellows. The Spanish edition of the volume was launched at LACIGF and the Portuguese version is currently being developed. We are also studying the feasibility of an English version. I will share further updates on these latter versions as soon as possible. With my best regards Luca [FGV Direito Rio] Luca Belli, PhD Senior Researcher Head of Internet Governance @ FGV<http://internet-governance.fgv.br/> luca.belli(a)fgv.br +55 21 3799 5763 @1lucabelli<https://twitter.com/1lucabelli> [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/Direito_Rio/assinatura_email/Ondas.png]

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Extracontractual and contractual legal variables of business digital advertising
by Gerencia Jurídia Aug. 8, 2018

Aug. 8, 2018

Extracontractual and contractual legal variables of business digital advertising - By JURÍDIA: Research Center for Preventive Consumer Law in Digital Advertising. Link: https://juridia.co/en/extracontractual-contractual-legal-variables-business… Kind Regards, Camilo Alfonso ESCOBAR MORA, Ph.D. Blog <https://juridia.co/blog/> Móvil/Mobile: (+57) 320 803 40 90 / Fundador-Founder JURÍDIA® www.juridia.co *Centro de Investigación de Derecho Preventivo del Consumo en la Publicidad Digital* - Conocimiento a la medida. *Research Center for Preventive Consumer Law in Digital Advertising* - Tailored knowledge.

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Re: [netsociety] TEDtalk on “From Net Neutrality to Network Self-determination”
by Luca Belli July 31, 2018

July 31, 2018

Good morning, Some of you made me notice that a part of my original email (including references, etc.) was accidentally erased. Below the complete email, with my apologies for the inconvenience Have an excellent day. Luca Dear colleagues, At the end of May, TEDxRoma invited me to give a TEDtalk on “From Net Neutrality to Network Self-determination”. The video recording of the talk has just been released and is now available here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-xlBqbNzGU I would like to thank those on this list with whom, over the past years, I had the pleasure to discuss net neutrality, community networks, prosumer law, data sovereignty and all the issues that I tried to connect and condensate in the talk. As you may know, the TED format prescribes a (roughly) 13 minute long “story-telling” talk and, of course, such format does not allow for an in-depth analysis. For those of you who might be interested in knowing more about the issues analysed in the talk, I am pasting below the short descriptions (with a brief list of references) of two lectures I will give in two weeks at CeTyS, Universidad de San Andrés, to analyse in further detail Net Neutrality evolutions and the concept of Network Self-determination. As usual, if you have any comments or questions, feel free to write me a private message. All the best Luca Net Neutrality Policies, Zero Rating and the Minitelisation of the Internet The Internet was designed as a general-purpose network grounded on openness, decentralisation and interoperability. Such features have allowed innovation to flourish, lowering barriers to communication, participation and cooperation, thus empowering end users. ‘General purpose’ means that the purpose for which the Internet is used is not predefined by the operator but can be autonomously decided by the end user. In this sense, the network neutrality (NN) principle mandates non-discriminatory treatment of Internet traffic to preserve an open environment, fostering the general-purpose nature of the Internet, unleashing end users’ creativity. This lecture will explore the evolution of the NN debate, stressing that the rationale of NN policies is to preserve an open and decentralised Internet architecture, empowering end users, fostering innovation and protecting users’ rights. The analysis of the different stages of NN policymaking will lead to one of the latest chapter of the NN saga: the emergence of zero rating (ZR) schemes and their compatibility with NN. The lecture will analyse how discriminatory practices with regard to both Internet traffic management and price differentiation may lead to a phenomenon defined as “Minitelisation” (Belli 2017) of the Internet, consisting of the shift from a user-centric, general-purpose network to one with a predefined purpose, thereby creating passive consumers of predetermined services (as in the old-fashioned Minitel), rather than active Internet users. References • Net Neutrality Compendium. Human Rights, Free Competition and the Future of the Internet. Springer. https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Expression/Telecommunications/LucaBe… · Net Neutrality, Zero-rating and the Minitelisation of the Internet. Journal of Cyber Policy. Routledge. Vol 2 , nº 1. pp 96-122. https://internet-governance.fgv.br/sites/internet-governance.fgv.br/files/p… · European net neutrality, at last? openDemocracy. https://www.opendemocracy.net/luca-belli-christopher-t-marsden/european-net… · The scramble for data and the need for network self-determination. openDemocracy. https://www.opendemocracy.net/luca-belli/scramble-for-data-and-need-for-net… · Neutralidad de la red, el zero-rating y el Marco Civil de Internet. In Belli Luca y Olga Cavalli (2018). Gobernanza y regulaciones de Internet en América Latina. FGV Direito Rio. pp 177-201. www.bit.ly/IGRlatam<http://www.bit.ly/IGRlatam> · For further information see www.networkneutrality.info<http://www.networkneutrality.info> Community Networks: towards Network Self-Determination Access to well-functioning network infrastructure on affordable and non-discriminatory terms facilitates significantly the full enjoyment of one’s fundamental rights. This lecture will start by analysing the current state of play of Internet connectivity in the region while considering some local examples to identify the reasons why almost half of the world population is still offline. Subsequently, the lecture will focus on Community Networks, exploring the wide range of positive externalities triggered by such initiatives. Community Networks are better characterised by the fact that they are organised and deployed in a bottom-up fashion, in order to be utilised and managed by the local community as a commons. Lastly, the lecture will focus on the emergence of a “right to Network self-determination” (Belli 2017) that should be seen as the right to freely associate in order to define, in a democratic fashion, the design, development and management of network infrastructure as a common good, so that all individuals can freely seek, impart and receive information and innovation. The legal as well as empirical basis of the right to Network Self-determination will be explored. References • Network self-determination: When building the Internet becomes a right. IETF Journal. https://www.ietfjournal.org/network-self-determination-when-building-the-in… • Network Self-determination and the Positive Externalities of Community Networks. in Luca Belli (Ed.) Community networks: the Internet by the people, for the people. pp 35-64. http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/dspace/handle/10438/19924 • Community networks: the Internet by the people, for the people. Official Outcome of the UN IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity. Rio de Janeiro. FGV Direito Rio. http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/dspace/handle/10438/19401 • Community connectivity: building the Internet from scratch: annual report of the UN IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity. Rio de Janeiro. FGV Direito Rio. http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/dspace/handle/10438/17528 • For further information see www.comconnectivity.org/resources<http://www.comconnectivity.org/resources> [FGV Direito Rio] Luca Belli, PhD Senior Researcher Head of Internet Governance @ FGV<http://internet-governance.fgv.br/> luca.belli(a)fgv.br<mailto:luca.belli@fgv.br> +55 21 3799 5763 @1lucabelli<https://twitter.com/1lucabelli> [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/Direito_Rio/assinatura_email/Ondas.png]

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NoC News #01
by NoC July 28, 2018

July 28, 2018

JULY 2018 https://networkofcenters.net/ https://www.facebook.com/NetworkofCenters/ Fake News Welcome to the NoC Newsletter. This editions’ focus is on Fake News & Freedom of Expression. Five centers of the NoC explore how the issue has been dealt within their respective countries, offering a glimpse of the worldwide discussion: Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University (United States), Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (Italy), InternetLab (Brazil), Institute for Communication Sciences (France), and QUT Digital Media Research Centre (Australia). Read more (https://networkofcenters.net/newsletter-noc-1) . Highlighted Publications and ongoing projects Harnessing Artificial Intelligence the European Way Author: Dr. Christian Djeffal Available here (https://verfassungsblog.de/harnessing-artificial-intelligence-the-european-…) . Children’s Digital Rights and Big Data: The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), 2016, and the Children’s Online Personal Data Protection Act (Coppa). (2018) Author: Ana Azurmendi Available here (http://www.elprofesionaldelainformacion.com/contenidos/2018/ene/03.html.) . Accounting for the Most Vulnerable: Ensuring Big Data Works for Sustainable and Inclusive Development Authors: Sabrina Rau & Sheldon Leader. Available here (https://www.hrbdt.ac.uk/accounting-for-the-most-vulnerable-ensuring-big-dat…) . In the Shades of the Uncanny Valley: An Experimental Study of Human-Chatbot Interaction Authors: Aleksandra Przegalinska, Leon Ciechanowski, Mikolaj Magnuski & Peter Gloor. (2018) (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167739X17312268) Available here (http://nerds.kozminski.edu.pl/) . (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167739X17312268) GDPR national adaptation laws fall behind schedule: Report on progress in the EU Member States, supervisory authorities and data controllers Author: Irene Kamara. Available here (https://pure.uvt.nl/portal/en/publications/gdpr-national-adaptation-laws-fa…) . PEGABOT PegaBot (Catch-a-bot) is a platform where users can check the activity of a social network account to discover the probability of a profile being a bot, bringing more transparency to the use of bots in Brazil. Check our website. (https://pegabot.com.br/) Check other selected publications and projects (https://networkofcenters.net/newsletter-noc-1) here (https://networkofcenters.net/newsletter-noc-1) . Upcoming Events Annual Conference of the European Hub When: 28 - 30 November Where: Haifa Host: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) More info (https://noc-europeanhub.net/#events) Social Informatics 2018 When: 25 - 28 September Where: Saint Petersburg, Russia Organizer: Laboratory for Internet Studies (LINIS), National Research University HSE, St. Petersburg. More info (https://socinfo2018.hse.ru/) Check for other selected events here (https://networkofcenters.net/newsletter-noc-1) Open Calls and Opportunities for Engagement https://cyber.harvard.edu/ Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society (BKC), Harvard University NoC centers can engage with BKC through our fellowship and internship programs - calls take place in the fall and spring - public events and webcasts (https://cyber.harvard.edu/events) , as well as courses (http://copyx.org/) and tools that can be used or co-developed. This is the Newsletter from the Global Network of the Internet and Society Research Centers. Want to receive the NoC Newsletter? Subscribe here (http://eepurl.com/dzhTBH) . Contact us: itsrio(a)itsrio.org (mailto:itsrio@itsrio.org?subject=Contato%20via%20newsletter) Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences (https://itsrio.us12.list-manage.com/profile?u=b2433258ec47fc6f9a063fd7b&id=…) or unsubscribe from this list (https://itsrio.us12.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=b2433258ec47fc6f9a063fd7b…) . ============================================================

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TEDtalk on “From Net Neutrality to Network Self-determination”
by Luca Belli July 20, 2018

July 20, 2018

Dear colleagues, At the end of May, TEDxRoma invited me to give a TEDtalk on “From Net Neutrality to Network Self-determination”. The video recording of the talk has just been released and is now available here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-xlBqbNzGU I would like to thank those on this list with whom, over the past years, I had the pleasure to discuss net neutrality, community networks, prosumer law, data sovereignty and all the issues that I tried to connect and condensate in the talk. As you may know, the TED format prescribes a (roughly) 13 minute long “story-telling” talk and, of course, such format does not allow for an in-depth analysis. For those of you who might be interested in knowing more about the issues analysed in the talk, I am pasting below the short descriptions (with a brief list of references) of two lectures I will give in two weeks at CeTyS, Universidad de San Andrés, to analyse in further detail Net Neutrality evolutions and the concept of Network Self-determination. As usual, if you have any comments or questions, feel free to write me a private message. All the best Luca Net Neutrality Policies, Zero Rating and the Minitelisation of the Internet The Internet was designed as a general-purpose network grounded on openness, decentralisation and interoperability. Such features have allowed innovation to flourish, lowering barriers to communication, participation and cooperation, thus empowering end users. ‘General purpose’ means that the purpose for which the Internet is used is not predefined by the operator but can be autonomously decided by the end user. In this sense, the network neutrality (NN) principle mandates non-discriminatory treatment of Internet traffic to preserve an open environment, fostering the general-purpose nature of the Internet, unleashing end users’ creativity. This lecture will explore the evolution of the NN debate, stressing that the rationale of NN policies is to preserve an open and decentralised Internet architecture, empowering end users, fostering innovation and protecting users’ rights. The analysis of the different stages of NN policymaking will lead to one of the latest chapter of the NN saga: the emergence of zero rating (ZR) schemes and their compatibility with NN. The lecture will analyse how discriminatory practices with regard to both Internet traffic management and price differentiation may lead to a phenomenon defined as “Minitelisation” (Belli 2017) of the Internet, consisting of the shift from a user-centric, general-purpose network to one with a predefined purpose, thereby creating passive consumers of predetermined services (as in the old-fashioned Minitel), rather than active Internet users. References · Net Neutrality Compendium. Human Rights, Free Competition and the Future of the Internet. Springer. https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Expression/Telecommunications/LucaBe… · Net Neutrality, Zero-rating and the Minitelisation of the Internet. Journal of Cyber Policy. Routledge. Vol 2, nº 1. Pp 96-122. https://internet-governance.fgv.br/sites/internet-governance.fgv.br/files/p… · European net neutrality, at last? openDemocracy. https://www.opendemocracy.net/luca-belli-christopher-t-marsden/european-net… · The scramble for data and the need for network self-determination. openDemocracy. https://www.opendemocracy.net/luca-belli/scramble-for-data-and-need-for-net… · For further information see www.networkneutrality.info<http://www.networkneutrality.info> Community Networks: towards Network Self-Determination Access to well-functioning network infrastructure on affordable and non-discriminatory terms facilitates significantly the full enjoyment of one’s fundamental rights. This lecture will start by analysing the current state of play of Internet connectivity in the region while considering some local examples to identify the reasons why almost half of the world population is still offline. Subsequently, the lecture will focus on Community Networks, exploring the wide range of positive externalities triggered by such initiatives. Community Networks are better characterised by the fact that they are organised and deployed in a bottom-up fashion, in order to be utilised and managed by the local community as a commons. Lastly, the lecture will focus on the emergence of a “right to Network self-determination” (Belli 2017) that should be seen as the right to freely associate in order to define, in a democratic fashion, the design, development and management of network infrastructure as a common good, so that all individuals can freely seek, impart and receive information and innovation. The legal as well as empirical basis of the right to Network Self-determination will be explored. References · Network self-determination: When building the Internet becomes a right. IETF Journal. https://www.ietfjournal.org/network-self-determination-when-building-the-in… · Network Self-determination and the Positive Externalities of Community Networks. in Luca Belli (Ed.) Community networks: the Internet by the people, for the people. pp 35-64. http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/dspace/handle/10438/19924 · Community networks: the Internet by the people, for the people. Official Outcome of the UN IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity. Rio de Janeiro. FGV Direito Rio. http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/dspace/handle/10438/19401 · Community connectivity: building the Internet from scratch: annual report of the UN IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity. Rio de Janeiro. FGV Direito Rio. http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/dspace/handle/10438/17528 · For further information see www.comconnectivity.org/resources<http://www.comconnectivity.org/resources> [FGV Direito Rio] Luca Belli, PhD Senior Researcher Head of Internet Governance @ FGV<http://internet-governance.fgv.br/> luca.belli(a)fgv.br +55 21 3799 5763 @1lucabelli<https://twitter.com/1lucabelli> [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/Direito_Rio/assinatura_email/Ondas.png]

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Getting the Deal Through – Telecoms and Media 2018
by Chukwuyere Izuogu July 18, 2018

July 18, 2018

Dear Friends and Colleagues, Please find attached a complimentarycopy of the Nigerian chapter of “Getting the Deal Through – Telecoms and Media2018” (GTDT-TMT). GTDT-TMT gives an overview of telecoms and media regulationin several jurisdictions in the world, including Nigeria, and is published byLaw Business Research in the United Kingdom. Theattached file is an expert analysis contained in the Nigerian chapter ofGTDT-TMT, of which I am a co-author. You may want to particularly pay attentionto the key trends and expected changes (paragraphs 16 and 27 of the attachedfile) occurring respectively in the telecoms and broadcasting/media sectors ofNigeria. You may also access this file through this link https://gettingthedealthrough.com/area/39/jurisdiction/18/telecoms-media-ni… . Enjoy your day/evening. Kind Regards, Chuks Chukwuyereskype: chukwuyere.izuoguchukwuyere.izuogu(a)yahoo.com Anything in life worth doing is worth overdoing, moderation is for cowards

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Fwd: RACI - The RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative
by Uta Meier-Hahn July 16, 2018

July 16, 2018

Dear colleagues, The CfP below might be of interest to some of you. I have participated in the programme myself and can recommend anybody with a research focus on internet infrastructure to apply. Best wishes Uta > Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht: > > Von: Gergana Petrova <gpetrova(a)ripe.net> > Betreff: RACI > Datum: 16. Juli 2018 um 12:21:52 MESZ > An: meier-hahn(a)hiig.de > Antwort an: Gergana Petrova <gpetrova(a)ripe.net> > > ---------------------------------------- > The RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative > ---------------------------------------- > The RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative (RACI) is accepting applications from students, academics and researchers for the upcoming meetings in autumn 2018. Successful applicants receive complimentary tickets, travel and accommodation to the meetings and the opportunity to present their research. > > - RIPE 77, Amsterdam, 15-19 October > - RIPE NCC Regional Meeting Almaty, 25 September > > Apply by submitting an abstract and draft slides by 12 August: > https://www.ripe.net/raci > > Examples of relevant research topics: > - Network measurements and analyses > - IPv6 deployment > - BGP routing > - Network security > - Internet governance > - Peering and interconnectivity > - Internet of Things > > RACI mailing list: > https://www.ripe.net/raci/mailing-list > > Twitter: > https://twitter.com/raci_ripe > > RACI LinkedIn Group: > http://www.ripe.net/raci/linkedin > > For any questions about the initiative or about applying, please contact me at gpetrova(a)ripe.net. > > Best regards, > Gergana > > Gergana Petrova > External Relations > RIPE NCC -- <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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