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Online Health Services Legal Framework / Situation in Germany
by HB May 13, 2018

May 13, 2018

In Germany medical doctors are regulated by the regulations of their provincial Medical Associations. Those rules are binding for doctors registered in the respective province. To achieve some unity for all of Germany the Provincial Medical Organizations are associated in a Federal Medical Association. This Federal Association issues a Model Regulation for Doctors which, however, is not binding but only serves as an orientation for the regulations by the Provincial Medical Associations. The Federal Association has recently (May 2018) recommended to change the existing Model Regulation so that - in individual cases - EXCLUSIVE advice via telecommunication media is permitted provided appropriate medical care is ensured. (It was already permitted in an ongoing patient-doctor relationship as an additional communication medium). Two provinces have already changed their (binding) Regulations prior to the Federal Association: Schleswig-Holstein (a Northern Province) has already allowed it and Baden-Württemberg (a Southern Province with a border to Switzerland) permits it in "model trials" licensed by its Medical Association. The issue is still highly contested but doctors feel the pressure from medical call centers in neighboring countries in particular Switzerland and the UK. NB: Veterinaries are not allowed to prescribe regulated medicines exclusively via electronic media (Regulation by the Federal Regulation on Pharmaceutical Products for Animals); they have to personally examine the animals. Herbert Burkert Research Centre for Information Law University of St.Gallen - tele comment to the best of my knowledge without having talked to you face to face (yet) -:) - I will be in Istanbul 22 - 26 May...

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Hate Speech Law in India (detailed report)
by Chinmayi Arun May 11, 2018

May 11, 2018

Dear All, (apologies for cross-posting) The Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, Delhi is pleased to share its report on ‘Hate Speech Laws in India’ <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pDoIwlusnM3ys-1GAYbnTPmepU22b2Zr/view>. The report maps hate speech laws in India, analysing statutes and caselaw to discuss the specific legal standards applicable to speech. As a part of this report, we discuss criminal laws, procedural laws, and medium-specific laws applicable to the internet, television and film, amongst others. Our analysis of hate speech jurisprudence covers a range of cases, from book bans to internet shutdowns. We hope that this report is useful to some of you, and that it serves as a resource for practising lawyers, journalists, activists and researchers. We welcome feedback, comments and questions and will be happy to support anyone who wishes to build on this report. Warm regards, Team CCG-NLUD

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4 open-rank positions in Digital Sociology, Big Data, Business IT, AI
by Dariusz Jemielniak May 7, 2018

May 7, 2018

(apologies for cross-posting) Hiring NeRDS for MINDS! Now that you know that we like horrible puns, please consider applying and/or help us spread the news about our new vacancies. MINDS (Management In Networked and Digital Societies) Department, running NeRDS (New Research on Digital Societies) group at Kozminski University <http://www.kozminski.edu.pl/en/>, a leading research-driven, non-public and non-profit business school in the heart of Europe (EQUIS, AACSB, and AMBA accredited <http://www.kozminski.edu.pl/en/about-kozminski/accreditations-affiliations-…> , consistently well recognized <http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/kozminski-university-warsaw/> in the Financial Times business schools rankings), is seeking to fill four open rank positions. The four vacancies we are seeking to fill are in the fields of: – Big Data and AI in Management, – Business IT, – Data Science and Digital Sociology, – HR and Cross-Cultural Management (with data science research experience). More details at: http://nerds.kozminski.edu.pl/positions-in-big-data- ai-data-science Informal inquiries can be directed to Prof. Dr Dariusz Jemielniak, the head of MINDS, darekj(a)kozminski.edu.pl -- ________________________________________________________ <http://nerds.kozminski.edu.pl/> Dariusz Jemielniak, Ph.D. Professor of Management Chair of MINDS (Management in Networked and Digital Societies) Department Kozminski University http://nerds.kozminski.edu.pl <http://nerds.kozminski.edu.pl/> associate faculty at Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University *Recent articles:* - Dariusz Jemielniak, Maciej Wilamowski (2017) Cultural Diversity of Quality of Information on Wikipedias <http://crow.kozminski.edu.pl/papers/cultures%20of%20wikipedias.pdf> *Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology* 68: 10. 2460–2470. - Dariusz Jemielniak (2016) Wikimedia Movement Governance: The Limits of A-Hierarchical Organization <http://www.crow.kozminski.edu.pl/papers/wikimedia_governance.pdf> *Journal of Organizational Change Management *29: 3. 361-378. - Dariusz Jemielniak, Eduard Aibar (2016) Bridging the Gap Between Wikipedia and Academia <http://www.crow.kozminski.edu.pl/papers/bridging.pdf> *Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology* 67: 7. 1773-1776. - Dariusz Jemielniak (2016) Breaking the Glass Ceiling on Wikipedia <http://www.crow.kozminski.edu.pl/papers/glass-ceiling.pdf> *Feminist Review *113: 1. 103-108. - Tadeusz Chełkowski, Peter Gloor, Dariusz Jemielniak (2016) Inequalities in Open Source Software Development: Analysis of Contributor’s Commits in Apache Software Foundation Projects <http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/asset?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.01…> , *PLoS ONE* 11: 4. e0152976.

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4 open-rank positions in Digital Sociology, Big Data, Business IT, AI
by Dariusz Jemielniak May 4, 2018

May 4, 2018

Hiring NeRDS for MINDS! Now that you know that we like horrible puns, please consider applying and/or help us spread the news about our new vacancies. MINDS (Management In Networked and Digital Societies) Department, running NeRDS (New Research on Digital Societies) group at Kozminski University <http://www.kozminski.edu.pl/en/>, a leading research-driven, non-public and non-profit business school in the heart of Europe (EQUIS, AACSB, and AMBA accredited <http://www.kozminski.edu.pl/en/about-kozminski/accreditations-affiliations-…>, consistently well recognized <http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/kozminski-university-warsaw/> in the Financial Times business schools rankings), is seeking to fill four open rank positions. The four vacancies we are seeking to fill are in the fields of: – Big Data and AI in Management, – Business IT, – Data Science and Digital Sociology, – HR and Cross-Cultural Management (with data science research experience). More details at: http://nerds.kozminski.edu.pl/positions-in-big-data-ai-data-science Informal inquiries can be directed to Prof. Dr Dariusz Jemielniak, the head of MINDS, darekj(a)kozminski.edu.pl -- ________________________________________________________ <http://nerds.kozminski.edu.pl/> Dariusz Jemielniak, Ph.D. Professor of Management Chair of MINDS (Management in Networked and Digital Societies) Department Kozminski University http://nerds.kozminski.edu.pl <http://nerds.kozminski.edu.pl/> associate faculty at Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University *Recent articles:* - Dariusz Jemielniak, Maciej Wilamowski (2017) Cultural Diversity of Quality of Information on Wikipedias <http://crow.kozminski.edu.pl/papers/cultures%20of%20wikipedias.pdf> *Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology* 68: 10. 2460–2470. - Dariusz Jemielniak (2016) Wikimedia Movement Governance: The Limits of A-Hierarchical Organization <http://www.crow.kozminski.edu.pl/papers/wikimedia_governance.pdf> *Journal of Organizational Change Management *29: 3. 361-378. - Dariusz Jemielniak, Eduard Aibar (2016) Bridging the Gap Between Wikipedia and Academia <http://www.crow.kozminski.edu.pl/papers/bridging.pdf> *Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology* 67: 7. 1773-1776. - Dariusz Jemielniak (2016) Breaking the Glass Ceiling on Wikipedia <http://www.crow.kozminski.edu.pl/papers/glass-ceiling.pdf> *Feminist Review *113: 1. 103-108. - Tadeusz Chełkowski, Peter Gloor, Dariusz Jemielniak (2016) Inequalities in Open Source Software Development: Analysis of Contributor’s Commits in Apache Software Foundation Projects <http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/asset?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.01…> , *PLoS ONE* 11: 4. e0152976.

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Last CFP: Social Informatics 2018
by Oleg Nagornyy April 24, 2018

April 24, 2018

Dear all, This is the last call for the 10th Social Informatics conference. This year it will be held at Higher School of Economics, St.Petersburg, on September 25-28, 2018, and will be organized by the Laboratory for Internet Studies. We invite social and computer scientists to present original research work on studying the interplay between socially-centric platforms and social phenomena. As usual, conference proceedings will be published in Lecture Notes for Computer Science Springer series. What is NEW is that up to ten best papers will be published in the Journal of Web Science, either in addition to proceedings or instead of them. We are also featuring two great workshops on multiplex social networks and on practical topic modeling. Don’t miss the deadline: May 9, 23:59:59 (Hawaii Time) Contact: socinfo2018(a)gmail.com. Full details at socinfo2018.hse.ru. *** Please forward to anyone who might be interested *** Best regards, Oleg Nagornyy Higher School of Economics Laboratory for Internet Studies

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Job opening Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society (TILT)
by G. van den Maagdenberg April 23, 2018

April 23, 2018

Dear members of the Network of Centers, There is a position available for an Assistant Professorship in Ethics, Law and Policy of new Data Technologies at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society (TILT). The vacancy can be found on the link below: https://bit.ly/2Ka6ZCC With kind regards, [cid:image002.png@01D3DAFE.15EDF120]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> Please check our webpage: https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/research/institutes-and-research-groups/t… and Twitter https://twitter.com/TilburgU_TILT for the latest news.

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Global Symposium on AI & Inclusion Outputs Package
by Celina Beatriz April 7, 2018

April 7, 2018

Dear all, We hope this email finds you all well. We’re writing to share with you an interactive web page constructed to highlight our AI & inclusion work -- a centerpiece of which is the Global Symposium on AI & Inclusion. https://aiandinclusion.org/ We’ve created this output as a means to showcase the important research, findings, and ideas both that went into the symposium and that came out of it and will continue to influence the AI and inclusion work of the NoC and the Ethics & Governance of AI initiative ongoing at the Berkman Klein Center in partnership with the MIT Media Lab. We invite you to peruse the web page, and in particular the Global Symposium on AI & Inclusion section, for a comprehensive look at how the symposium -- which, as you know, convened 170 participants from over 40 countries in Rio to discuss the most significant opportunities and challenges of AI -- has influenced our AI & inclusion work. We are deeply grateful to this network for the support to embark on such a unique, flagship event that we collectively made possible. The connections fostered and dialogues initiated at the symposium have already begun influencing our AI & inclusion work, as evident throughout this webpage, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts and feedback from this output on how we can continue to strengthen that network and build from this event. Many thanks, *The BKC/ITS Teams* -- *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 Workshop Proposals: 10th International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo 2018)
by Oleg Nagornyy March 28, 2018

March 28, 2018

*** Please forward to anyone who might be interested *** The SocInfo’18 Committee invites proposals for the Workshops Day of the conference. The preferred formats are group discussions and practical tutorials. A tutorial should provide either an in-depth look at an emerging technique or software package or a broad summary of an important direction in the field of social informatics, preferably with a practical training. A group discussion should provide an opportunity to informally discuss issues with a selected focus, especially conceptual, methodological or practical difficulties of social informatics, as opposed to presenting final results. Workshops should not be structured as mini-conferences dominated by long talks and short discussions. Instead, the organizers are encouraged to promote different types of activities including games and brainstorming sessions. All workshops should be interactive and involve between 15 and 40 members. Finally, the workshops should have the potential to attract the interest of researchers in computer science and social sciences, and possibly of developers and practitioners. Proposal content Proposals for workshops should be between 2 and 5 pages in length (10pt, single column, with reasonable margins), written in English, and should contain the following: • A concise title. • The names, affiliations and contact information of the organizers. A typical workshop should count no more than three co-chairs, preferably affiliated with different organizations. • Proposed duration of the workshop – half or full day (3-4 hours or 6-7 hours). • A statement of the workshop: objective/goals. • A statement detailing: Why is the workshop topic important? Why is the workshop timely? How is it relevant to social informatics? • A two-paragraph description of the workshop topic and themes. • If the workshop was conducted before, where and when was it conducted? Please give details on number of attendees and acceptance ratio (if applicable). • A description of the workshop format and list of proposed activities. • An indication of the maximum number of participants and a description of how workshop submissions will be selected: by the time of registration, by some predefined criteria or else. • A short bio of the workshop organizers, including a description of their qualifications relative to the topic area, and past experience in organizing/facilitating workshops or research meetings. Proposal review The workshop chairs will review each submission and select those with the highest scores on originality, interdisciplinarity, coherence with the conference aims, and ability to attract audience. Important Dates • Workshop proposal submission deadline: April 9, 2018 • Workshop acceptance notification: April 30, 2018 • Paper submission deadline: May 9, 2018 Workshop Chairs: • Luca Maria Ayello, Bell Labs, UK • Sergei Koltcov, HSE, Russia Conference Chairs: • Steffen Staab, WeST, Koblenz-Landau • Olessia Koltsova, LINIS HSE Visit conference website for more information: https://socinfo2018.hse.ru/ <https://socinfo2018.hse.ru/>. Best regards, Oleg Nagornyy <http://nagornyy.me/> Higher School of Economics Laboratory for Internet Studies

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Fwd: Request: Help find the new cohort of #MozFellows - apps due April 20
by Celina Beatriz March 26, 2018

March 26, 2018

This might be of interest to some... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Amy Schapiro <amys(a)mozillafoundation.org> Date: Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 5:19 PM Subject: Help find the new cohort of #MozFellows - apps due April 20 To: Hi all! We have just launched our call for applications <https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2018/03/21/seeking-fellows-better-internet-ap…> for the 2018-2019 global Mozilla Fellows cohort, and we’re asking for your help to find leaders - technologists, scientists and policy activists - passionate about building a safer, healthier internet for all. Mozilla Fellowships provide resources, tools, community and amplification to those building a more humane digital world. During their tenure, Fellows use their skill sets to design products, run campaigns, influence policy and ultimately lay the groundwork for a more open and inclusive internet. Mozilla Fellows hail from a range of disciplines and geographies and during a 10-month tenure, Fellows work on individual projects, but also collaborate on cross-disciplinary solutions to the internet’s biggest challenges. The Fellowships run from September 2018 through June 2019. You can read more about the Fellowship program and current Fellows here <https://foundation.mozilla.org/fellowships/> (on our new site!), and you can find the application here <https://foundation.mozilla.org/fellowships/apply/>. Who are we looking for? We’re looking for Fellows that fit three particular profiles: 1) Open web activists who embed at leading human rights and civil society organizations <https://medium.com/read-write-participate/welcoming-11-new-partners-in-the-…> around the world, lending their technical expertise. 2) Scientists and researchers who infuse open-source practices into scientific research. 3) Tech policy professionals who examine the interplay of technology and public policy. Amy and the Mozilla Fellowship team -- Amy Schapiro | Senior Manager, Fellowship Programs | Moz://a Foundation 650.759.1100 <(650)%20759-1100> | Pronouns: she/her | Twitter @aschapi <https://twitter.com/aschapi> | amys(a)mozillafoundation.org -- *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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Geneva Internet L@w Summer School 2018 / Geneva Internet L@w Research Colloquium 2018
by Jacques de Werra March 24, 2018

March 24, 2018

Dear Colleagues: This is to inform you about the 5th edition of the Geneva Internet L@w Summer School<https://www.unige.ch/genevasummerschools/programme/courses/internet-law> that will take place from June 18 to June 29, 2018 at the University of Geneva. The Geneva Internet l@w summer school offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the framework of an Internet law clinic and to discuss cutting edge Internet law and policy issues with academics (including researchers participating in the Geneva Internet L@w Research Colloquium<https://www.unige.ch/droit/pi/research-projects/research-colloquium/>, see below), practitioners, representatives of global policy makers, international organizations and leading institutions, including the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society<https://cyber.harvard.edu/>, 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), as well as from other prestigious academic or governmental institutions and global internet companies. This is also to inform you about the 3rd edition of the Geneva Internet L@w Research Colloquium <https://www.unige.ch/droit/pi/research-projects/research-colloquium/> which will take place on June 22, 2018 (and is part of the summer School). The colloquium is organized by the University of Geneva, in collaboration with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society<https://cyber.harvard.edu/>, 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/> and the University of Zurich<http://www.uzh.ch/en.html>. The colloquium provides researchers working in Internet law 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), engage with one another in an informal setting, have in-depth discussions and exchanges, and receive helpful feedback and advice (see the testimonials for the last colloquium: https://www.unige.ch/droit/pi/summer-schools/internet-law/internet-law-summ…) Please note that the deadline for applications is April 15, 2018 (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: www.internetlawcolloquium-geneva.ch<http://www.internetlawcolloquium-geneva.ch>. We would be most grateful if you could share this information with your students / the members of your research team who could have an interest for these activities. Please feel free 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) Prof. Jacques de Werra Vice-rector University of Geneva

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