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LAPSI Public Conference January 2012 - LAPSI Award ( you still have 1 month to apply)
by Cristiana Sappa Nov. 24, 2011

Nov. 24, 2011

The LAPSI Thematic Network is currently organizing its 2ndPublic Conferencethat will take place in Bruxelles, on 23rdand 24th January 2012. The two-day meeting will give the opportunity to publicly present the state of the art of the LAPSI policy recommendations on Public Sector Information (PSI) re-use. The featured policies focus on some of the major legal topics involved with the re-use of PSI; in particular, intellectual property rights issues, privacy, data protection and personal data processing, competition law aspects. The LAPSI members will discuss their policies together with external discussants and experts in the field of PSI, as well as with stakeholders and citizens who want to broaden their knowledge around the topics of PSI and Open Data. The LAPSI 2nd Public Conference on-line registration is available at: http://lapsi-conf02.eventbrite.com/ The 2nd Public Conference will be held at the University Foundation, Bruxelles – Salle Félicien Cattier, rue d'egmont 11, 1000 Bruxelles. The draft version of the meeting program is available at: http://www.lapsi-project.eu/bruxellesprog In addition to the scheduled activites, the winner of the 3rdLAPSI Award on the most user-friendly design of a PSI portal in the EU will be announced during the second day of the Public Conference. Since PSI availability is crucial for fostering re-use initiatives, the very purpose of the Award is to support any initiative which can be beneficial to PSI re-use policies for moving forward. The Award is open to public sector bodies, businesses and citizens who designed or manage a PSI portal in the EU. Apanel of experts will evaluate the submitted projects with regard to the user-friendly design of the portal; the originality and the layout appeal of the portal; the efficacy of the portal in facilitating the access of the PSI; the efficacy of the portal in fostering the awareness on legal aspects of PSI (such as competition, data protection and privacy, intellectual property rights). The Award has received the support of the Italian Infocamere(http://www.infocamere.it/) and as a result, the most user-friendly design of a PSI portal will be rewarded with a prize of 1,000 Euros. Application must be submitted in English by 23rdof December 2011 (16:00 hrs CET). The Call for applications is available at: http://www.lapsi-project.eu/call2 The Submission form is available at: http://www.lapsi-project.eu/form2 LAPSIis the European Thematic Network studying Legal Aspects of Public Sector Information Re-use. It intends to build a network apt to become the main European point of reference for high-level policy discussions and strategic action on all legal issues related to the access and the re-use of the PSI, namely in the digital environment. The LAPSI Thematic Network is aimed to produced policy recommendations in view of the impact assessment exercise linked to the revision of the Directive 2003/98/EC scheduled for 2012.More info at: http://www.lapsi-project.eu/ Cristiana Sappa Project Manager, LAPSI, www.lapsi-project.eu, and EVPSI, www.evpsi.org Postdoctoral Researcher, Torino Law School Research Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet and Society, http://nexa.polito.it

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Decisione della Corte di Giustizia Europea nel caso SABAM / Scarlet
by Marco Pancini Nov. 24, 2011

Nov. 24, 2011

Buone notizie dal Lussemburgo: http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2011-11/cp110126en.… *EU law precludes the imposition of an injunction by a national court which requires an internet service provider to install a filtering system with a view to preventing the illegal downloading of file.* -- Marco Pancini | Senior Policy Counsel | pancini(a)google.com | +32.28948492 +32.473531203 This email may be confidential or privileged. If you received this communication by mistake, please don't forward it to anyone else, please erase all copies and attachments, and please let me know that it went to the wrong person. Thanks. -- Marco Pancini | Senior Policy Counsel | pancini(a)google.com | +32.28948492 +32.473531203 This email may be confidential or privileged. If you received this communication by mistake, please don't forward it to anyone else, please erase all copies and attachments, and please let me know that it went to the wrong person. Thanks.

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Incontro "Internet Memoria e Futuro" - Trento, 24 novembre 2011
by Giuseppe Futia Nov. 24, 2011

Nov. 24, 2011

*"Internet, Memoria e Futuro <http://thesemanticway.fbk.eu/internetmemoriaefuturo>*segna la chiusura di un progetto di ricerca triennale, LiveMemories <http://www.livememories.org/>, con l'intento di raccogliere e condividere i risultati raggiunti. Il coinvolgimento di numerosi partner territoriali - data provider, aziende e istituzioni - testimonia il percorso fatto, e allo stesso tempo indica una strada ancora da percorrere: la /Semantic Way/ sulla quale intraprendere le sfide delle applicazioni delle tecnologie semantiche per i prossimi anni". Tra gli interventi proposti <http://thesemanticway.fbk.eu/programma>,*Federico Morando, Managing Director e Research Fellow del Centro NEXA su Internet & Società, relazionerà sul tema dell'Open Data*. -- Giuseppe Futia Communications Manager NEXA Center for Internet& Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino http://nexa.polito.it E-mail: giuseppe.futia(a)polito.it Tel. +39 3331103017

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Fwd: [A2k] Dutch parliament refuses ACTA secrecy
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 23, 2011

Nov. 23, 2011

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [A2k] Dutch parliament refuses ACTA secrecy Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:32:10 +0100 From: Ante <ante(a)ffii.org> Reply-To: ante(a)ffii.org To: a2k(a)lists.keionline.org, ip-health(a)lists.keionline.org Dutch parliament refuses ACTA secrecy http://acta.ffii.org/?p=924 with links November 23, 2011 By Ante On the same day that the European Parliament had its first secret meeting on ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement), the Dutch parliament decided it will not take ACTA into consideration unless all ACTA negotiation texts are published. A few weeks ago, the Dutch House of Representatives’ committee of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation requested the ACTA negotiation texts (the earlier versions of ACTA). The minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation, Maxime Verhagen, sent the texts to parliament, adding a non disclosure obligation. In debates, Members of Parliament may not refer to the documents, nor quote from them. Sunday, Bits of Freedom sent a letter to the committee, asking the committee not to accept the secrecy. Committee member Kees Verhoeven (D66) proposed a message from the committee to the minister that no substantive treatment of any ACTA document can be made without publication of all relevant documents and above all that the committee can discus all documents in public. According to experts, the treaty has major implications for Dutch legislation (eg on copyright and Internet freedoms) and the House can’t at the moment consult experts nor can it inform the public about ACTA’s consequences, since ACTA is partly confidential. For this reason, the committee also requests the minister not to take irreversible steps, neither in Europe and nor in the Netherlands, in terms of ACTA. And towards the commission itself, the proposal to temporarily withdraw all ACTA related documents from the agenda until the minister discloses all documents. Bits of Freedom reports a majority in the Dutch House of Representatives (D66, PVV, GroenLinks, SP and PvdA) adopted the proposal. Meanwhile in Brussels, the European Parliament International Trade committee (INTA) held a highly controversial in-camera meeting to learn what the legal service of the European Parliament thinks of ACTA. On 9 November, the FFII had send an open letter to the Chairman of the Committee on International Trade (INTA), in which the FFII objected to the planned in-camera meeting on the 23th. On 12 November the INTA chairman defended the secrecy in a letter to the FFII. 7 civil society groups asked for European Parliament transparency on ACTA on the 17th. On Friday the 18th, the Parliament refused to disclose the legal service’s opinion on ACTA, “disclosure would undermine the protection of the public interest as regards international relations”. On Sunday, the FFII filed a confirmatory application for legal service’s opinion on ACTA. According to the FFII, the argument that disclosure of the opinion would undermine international relations is totally overstretched. The Parliament’s second reason violates the European Court of Justice case law (Turco case), and the third argument lacks substance. On Monday 21th, sources in Parliament reported the meeting was postponed. But on Wednesday the 23th, the meeting was on. Henrik Alexandersson, assistant to Christian Engstrom, reports on his blog: - Controversial INTA meeting on ACTA held in camera today 23 November despite protests from Civil Society. - Previous decision to postpone the meeting annulled yesterday night by INTA Coordinators. - Vote on holding the meeting in public was denied. After 4 European Parliament resolutions asking for ACTA transparency, the Parliament now took the decision to keep the legal service’s opinion confidential. And to meet in-camera. This whole show will be repeated soon: the Legal Affairs Committee asked for a legal service’s opinion as well. A partly secret ratification process… How deep do you want to sink? The European Parliament should take a good look at the Dutch Parliament’s example. _______________________________________________ A2k mailing list A2k(a)lists.keionline.org http://lists.keionline.org/mailman/listinfo/a2k_lists.keionline.org

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Aiutare RespectMyNet a mappare violazioni NN in Italia
by Simone Basso Nov. 23, 2011

Nov. 23, 2011

Ricevo e, con piacere, inoltro questa richiesta di aiuto da parte di Axel Simon di La Quadrature Du Net, che si occupa del sito Respect My Net. Respect My Net (http://respectmynet.eu/) si propone di raccogliere e pubblicare segnalazioni di violazione della neutralita` della rete in Europa. Permettendo agli utenti di confermare le segnalazioni postate da altri utenti. Con l'obiettivo di dimostrare che c'e` un problema di neutralita` della rete in Europa. Come ricercatore e sviluppatore di Neubot.org trovo questo approccio molto interessante e penso che il sito meriti tutto l'appoggio possibile. In passato le violazioni della neutralita` della rete sono state scoperte da utenti curiosi che hanno investigato e postato sul web le loro scoperte. Centralizzando queste informazioni Respect My Net puo` diventare una miniera d'oro per chi vuole fare ricerca sulla neutralita` della rete. Operativamente, come si puo` fare a dare una mano? Certe violazioni della neutralita` della rete sono tricky da identificare, altre lo sono molto meno. Sto pensando per esempio a domini bloccati via DNS, all'impossibilita` di usare Skype via cellulare, etc. Adesso sono al Poli e non ho niente da rimproverare dalla rete del GARR. Piu` tardi quando torno a casa vedo che cosa posso fare, banalmente cercando ad esempio di capire se i problemi riportati per altri paesi e operatori si verificano anche da casa mia e/o usando la mia connessione 3G. Grazie, Simone <http://www.neubot.org/> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RespectMyNet evidence, confirmations Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:21:12 +0100 From: Axel Simon - La Quadrature du Net <as(a)laquadrature.net> Organization: La Quadrature du Net To: bassosimone(a)gmail.com Hi Simone, First of all, thanks for working on Neubot. Great stuff! I'm part of the people working on RespectMyNet.eu, so I thought I'd send you an email about the current goal. As you probably know, BEREC is working on a report requested by the Commission about the factual Net Neutrality situation in Europe. If we are to prove to BEREC, and to the Commission, that there are indeed many cases of Net Neutrality violations all over Europe, and that a wait-and-see approach just won't cut it, we need evidence. So RespectMyNet.eu was launched with that intent. So far, we have quite a few reports, and a lot of the violations in different plans and contracts around Europe covered, but we are lacking two things: - confirmations - verification / validation We have been asking French citizens to confirm French operators' violations, but we need help to get more violations confirmed, and to have as many confirmation as possible. The numbers will really help show BEREC how widespread violations are and the scale of the problem. It would be great if you could ask your community to confirm the cases reported for your contry (as well as reporting any violation not already reported of course). The cases are here : http://respectmynet.eu/list Can you help us on this? :) The cases can also be sorted by country: http://respectmynet.eu/list/IT/ and then by operator: http://respectmynet.eu/list/IT/Telecom%20Italia There aren't many Italian cases yet, but I'm sure you can help solve that! LQDN is meeting with BEREC in 2 weeks, so having as many confirmations as possible by that time will be immensely helpful. Finally, once the cases are confirmed, we will still need to verify them before we can validate them. This basically means checking ourselves or finding trusted hackers to do so. We are still considering the best way of doing this, but it will clearly require some work. Given your experience with Neubot, you might have good ideas about how to go about this. Last thing, are you on the RespectMyList mailing list? https://laquadrature.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nnmon Thanks a lot for your help, let me know if I can help in any way. Take Care, axel -- Axel Simon Campaigner / La Quadrature du Net http://www.laquadrature.net | email: as(a)laquadrature.net phone: +33 (0)6 08 04 01 44 | twitter/identi.ca: @AxelSimon

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Quadrature: EU Parliament Massively Commits to Net Neutrality and Open Internet
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 23, 2011

Nov. 23, 2011

Questa vicenda mi ricorda la grande guerra sui brevetti software del 2002-2005. Adesso come allora, veniamo ridicolizzati come "fissati", "ideologici", un ostacolo al "progresso" e all'"innovazione". E adesso come allora, è stato il Parlamento Europeo a capire la questione assai meglio di tanti altri. Nel caso dei brevetti software il tempo ci ha dato pienamente ragione, al punto che negli USA le proposte di abolizione dei brevetti sw sono ormai mainstream. Analogamente capiterà, ne sono certo, con la neutralità della rete. juan carlos ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *La Quadrature du Net* <jz(a)laquadrature.net <mailto:jz@laquadrature.net>> Date: Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 6:43 PM Subject: [opennetcoalition] EU Parliament Massively Commits to Net Neutrality and Open Internet To: opennetcoalition(a)laquadrature.net <mailto:opennetcoalition@laquadrature.net> La Quadrature du Net - For immediate release Permanent link: https://www.laquadrature.net/en/eu-parliament-massively-commits-to-net-neut… EU Parliament Massively Commits to Net Neutrality and Open Internet *** Paris, November 17th, 2011 ? The European Parliament today massively adopted its resolution on Net neutrality, calling on the EU Commission to protect the open Internet, which is put at risk by an increasing number of restrictions imposed by telecoms operators. This overall positive resolution urges EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes to depart from her failed wait-and-see approach by rapidly assessing the need for further regulation to keep the Internet open and free. This votes represent a political commitment by the European Parliament to protecting the Internet from any form of restriction or censorship. *** The EU Parliament's adoption of a resolution on Net neutrality [1] by a massive majority comes at a timely moment, as the EU Commissioner for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes keeps denying [2] the illegitimate restrictions to Internet access imposed by operators that are reported all over Europe, as evidenced by the citizen platform RespectMyNet. This vote is also a signal sent to BEREC ? the body of EU telecoms regulators, which is expected to soon release its anticipated study on Net neutrality violations [3] ? as the Members of the EU Parliament point to the dangers of access restrictions for freedom of communication, as well as competition and innovation in the digital economy. Even though the resolution contains loopholes [4], it is a strong political statement in favour of an open Internet. In particular, the Parliament requires the Commission to swiftly assess the need for further regulation to protect Net neutrality, as soon as BEREC concludes its fact-finding exercise [5]. ?EU telecoms operators already violate Net neutrality in large numbers [6] by illegitimately restricting Internet access. If Commissioner Neelie Kroes is really committed to defending freedom of expression, as she has claimed in the past, she must act accordingly by imposing Net neutrality by law, as was done in the Netherlands. Today's massive vote by EU Parliament certainly increases the pressure on the Commission to effectively guarantee competition and innovation as well as citizens' freedom of expression and privacy online. As the EU Parliament commits to defending the Net's openness, it should now act by further pushing for an effective regulation and rejecting any attempt at imposing Internet access restrictions or censorship in the name of an obsolete copyright regime, such as ACTA.?, said Jérémie Zimmermann, spokesperson of citizen advocacy group La Quadrature du Net. * References * 1. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B7-2011… <http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B7-2011…> 2. See Mrs. Kroes' recent declaration against the Dutch Net neutrality law: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/regulation/2011/10/03/kroes-attacks-dutch-net-n… 3. Release of the Body of European Regulators of Electronic Communications' (BEREC) study on Internet traffic management practices is expected for February 2012. 4. See our short analysis of the text, published just after the committee vote last month: https://www.laquadrature.net/en/net-neutrality-resolution-adopted-in-eu-par… 5. The resolution ?calls on the Commission consequently to guard that Internet Service Providers do not block, discriminate against, impair, or degrade the ability of any person to use a service to access, use, send, post, receive, or offer any content, application, or service of their choice irrespective of source or target? 6. See: http://www.respectmynet.eu ** About la Quadrature du Net ** La Quadrature du Net is an advocacy group that promotes the rights and freedoms of citizens on the Internet. More specifically, it advocates for the adaptation of French and European legislations to respect the founding principles of the Internet, most notably the free circulation of knowledge. In addition to its advocacy work, the group also aims to foster a better understanding of legislative processes among citizens. Through specific and pertinent information and tools, La Quadrature du Net hopes to encourage citizens' participation in the public debate on rights and freedoms in the digital age. La Quadrature du Net is supported by French, European and international NGOs including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Open Society Institute and Privacy International. List of supporting organisations: https://www.laquadrature.net/en/they-support-la-quadrature-du-net ** Press contact and press room ** Jérémie Zimmermann, jz(a)laquadrature.net <mailto:jz@laquadrature.net>, +33 (0)615 940 675 http://www.laquadrature.net/en/press-room

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cambiare il copyright in Europa
by Simone Aliprandi Nov. 23, 2011

Nov. 23, 2011

Chissà che questa donna di 70 anni non riesca a ... http://www.ilpost.it/2011/11/21/cambiare-copyright-neelie-kroes/ (però il link al discorso non porta a nulla. e non trovo altre fonti. se qualcuno sa dove trovarlo, lo prego di condividere). Un caro saluto. -- Simone Aliprandi - http://www.aliprandi.org

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Proposta di legge regionale sul riuso dei dati pubblici con il contributo del Centro NEXA su Internet & Società e di Csig
by Giuseppe Futia Nov. 23, 2011

Nov. 23, 2011

La proposta di legge regionale piemontese n.163, "Disposizioni in materia di pubblicazione tramite la rete Internet e di riutilizzo dei documenti e dei dati pubblici dell'amministrazione regionale", è stata pubblicata il *18 novembre scorso*, e si appresta ora ad intraprendere l'iter di approvazione in aula. Nel corso del procedimento di stesura della proposta, Regione Piemonte, oltre ad avvalersi delle proprie competenze interne, ha beneficiato anche dell'ausilio di un gruppo di lavoro costituito da esperti di questioni legate all'informazione del settore pubblico e ai dati aperti, provenienti dal *Centro NEXA su Internet & Società* e dall'Associazione Centro Studi di Informatica Giuridica (Csig) di Ivrea- Torino <http://www.csig.eu/>. Il testo della proposta di legge è disponibile su Arianna <http://arianna.consiglioregionale.piemonte.it/ariaint/TESTO?TIPOVISUAL=HTML…>, la banca dati leggi regionali del Piemonte.

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YouTube_uso ed abuso del ContentID
by MANTELERO ALESSANDRO Nov. 23, 2011

Nov. 23, 2011

Rogues Falsely Claim Copyright on YouTube Videos to Hijack Ad Dollars http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/11/youtube-filter-profiting/all/1 Alessandro Mantelero

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Conferenza NEXA su Internet & Società 2011 - 17 dicembre 2011
by Giuseppe Futia Nov. 23, 2011

Nov. 23, 2011

Conferenza NEXA su Internet & Società 2011 Dati aperti su una Rete aperta http://nexa.polito.it/conf2011 ** *Sabato, 17 Dicembre 2011, ore 10.00 - 18.00* *I3P, Incubatore Imprese Innovative Politecnico di Torino - Sala Conferenze Via Pier Carlo Boggio 59, www.i3p.it <http://www.i3p.it/contatta_I3P>*** La *terza conferenza NEXA su Internet & Società* sarà un momento di discussione sul tema "*Dati aperti su una Rete aperta*". I ricercatori e i fellows del Centro NEXA ne parleranno con esperti, policy makers, professionisti, appassionati e semplici cittadini. L'incontro includerà anche CCIT2011, una sessione sullo stato di Creative Commons in Italia <http://creativecommons.it/>, continuando la tradizione degli incontri annuali CC-IT <http://creativecommons.it/eventi>. La partecipazione alla conferenza NEXA è gratuita, ma occorre registrarsi <http://nexa2011.eventbrite.com/> entro il 13 dicembre 2011, fino a esaurimento posti disponibili (la registrazione è aperta su nexa2011.eventbrite.com <http://nexa2011.eventbrite.com/>). *Programma della giornata* 9.30 - 10.00 *Accoglienza dei partecipanti registrati <http://nexa2011.eventbrite.com/>* /Registrazione dei partecipanti./ 10.00 - 10.05: *Benvenuto* /Benvenuto di Marco Ricolfi, co-direttore del Centro NEXA su Internet & Società./ 10.05 - 11.00: *Neutralità della Rete, elementi architetturali e implicazioni giuridiche* Speakers: Simone Basso (Fellow Centro NEXA e principale sviluppatore del progetto Neubot <http://neubot.org/>), Alessandro Zorer (Informatica Trentina <http://www.infotn.it/IT/strumenti-informatica-trentina/>), speaker da confermare (M-Lab <http://www.measurementlab.net/>) 11.00 - 11.45: *Lightning talks da cinque minuti* 11.45 - 12.30: Mario Calderini (Politecnico di Torino) introduce il *Keynote speech di Carlo Mochi Sismondi (Presidente FORUM PA <http://portal.forumpa.it/>)* 12.30 - 13.30: *Pausa pranzo* /Pranzo offerto dal Centro NEXA./ 13.30 - 14.15: *La rivoluzione degli /open data/ tra ostacoli e opportunità* Moderatore: Prof. Andrea Rossetti (Università Milano Bicocca) Speakers: Raimondo Iemma (Fondazione Rosselli <http://www.fondazionerosselli.it/User.it/>), Francesca Pavoni (Università degli Studi di Torino), Cristiana Sappa (Research Fellow del Centro Nexa, LAPSI <http://lapsi-project.eu/>). 14.15 - 15.15: *Dati aperti in Italia: prospettive sul 2012* Moderatore: Lorenzo Benussi (Fellow Centro NEXA e ricercatore presso TOPIX ) Speakers: Gianfranco Andriola (Formez - dati.gov.it <http://www.dati.gov.it/>) Anna Cavallo, (CSI Piemonte - dati.piemonte.it <http://www.dati.piemonte.it/>), Giulio De Petra (Informatica Trentina), Roberto Moriondo, (Regione Piemonte), speaker da confermare (dati.emilia-romagna.it <http://dati.emilia-romagna.it/>) 15.15 - 15.50: *Consultazione AGCOM sul diritto d'autore* Speakers: Carlo Blengino (Fellow Centro NEXA), Deborah De Angelis (Fellow Centro NEXA) 15.50 - 16.20: *Coffe break e poster session* *Creative Commons Italia 2011 (CCIT2011)* Moderatore: Federico Morando (Managing Director e Research Fellow del Centro NEXA) /CCIT2011 è una sessione sullo stato di Creative Commons in Italia <http://creativecommons.it/>./ 16.20 - 16.35: *Verso le licenze CC 4.0* Speaker: Massimo Travostino (Fellow Centro NEXA) 16.35 - 17.20: *CC Project Showcase* 17.20 - 17.35: *CC Lightning Talks* 17.35 - 17.50: *Discussione* 17.50 - 18.00: *Conclusioni* /Conclusioni di Juan Carlos De Martin, co-direttore del Centro NEXA su Internet & Società. / *Ufficio Stampa Centro NEXA su Internet & Società:* Giuseppe Futia NEXA Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica Tel. +39 333 1103017

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