May 2016 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

Danah Boyd sulla "algorithmic accountability" di Facebook

by Antonio Casilli

https://points.datasociety.net/facebook-must-be-accountable-to-the-public-7… "This conversation is by no means over. It is only just beginning. My hope is that we quickly leave the state of fear and start imagining mechanisms of accountability that we, as a society, can live with. Institutions like Facebook have tremendous power and they can wield that power for good or evil. But for society to function responsibly, there must be checks and balances regardless of the intentions of any one institution or its leader." -- Antonio A. Casilli Associate Professor, Telecom ParisTech Research Fellow Edgar-Morin Center (EHESS)

May 14, 2016

How the U.S. Could Regulate Facebook - The Atlantic

by J.C. DE MARTIN

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/05/how-could-the-us-regu… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

May 13, 2016

Fwd: Summer School: The regulation of robotics

by Fernanda Faini

Carissimi, sperando di far cosa gradita segnalo la seguente Summer School (in allegato locandina e brochure): The Regulation of Robotics in Europe: Legal, Ethical and Economic Implications July 11-16th 2016, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa Application deadline May 16th 2016 www.europeregulatesrobotics-summerschool.santannapisa.it We are pleased to announce the first edition of the International Summer School on “The Regulation of Robotics in Europe: Ethical, Legal and Economic Implications” ( www.europeregulatesrobotics-summerschool.santannapisa.it) This unique initiative, funded by the European Commission through the Jean Monnet Program, stems from the successful experience of the RoboLaw ( www.robolaw.eu) project and its subsequent developments. The aim of the summer school is to provide students with a broad understanding of the many relevant implications of the regulation of robotics in Europe by (i) Analyzing applicable European regulation and the standards enterprises need to conform to; (ii) Discussing the relevant ethical and societal issues existing and foreseeable; (iii) Analyzing the economic and management challenges robotic enterprises face The teaching body is extremely diversified, including Lawyers, Engineers, Philosophers, Business and Management Experts, many of which directly participated in the RoboLaw project, to provide the most interdisciplinary perspective. The coordinator of the Summer School is Dr. Bertolini, Assistant Professor of Private Law at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, and one of the leading experts in the regulation of robotics in Europe. Dr. Bertolini advised the European Parliament and Commission on multiple occasions in particular on issues regarding the regulation of robotics, liability and risk management and product standardization. His research is widely covered by national and international press, including The Economist, The Times, The Guardian, BBC Radio, Wired, Motherboard, Robotic Business Review. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE SUMMER SCHOOL IN PILLS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOCUS AREA: Law and Technology & Innovation Management AIM: To provide participants with a broad understanding of the many relevant implications of the regulation of robotics in Europe. TRAINING OBJECTIVIES: to provide students with a solid background and methodological approach to: 1) enter the market for consultancy services to businesses developing robotic products, 2) undergo independent research in law and technology, 3) understand the non-technological issues to take into account in robotic products design. WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Students at an advanced stage of their university courses ( last year students ) or graduate students (master or Ph.D.) in law, political sciences, economics and engineering, interested in understanding the legal, ethical, social and economic issues raised by robotics. Young professionals working for policy makers or industries investing in or developing robotic products. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, forwarding, or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited without the express permission of the sender. If you received this communication in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Cari saluti Fernanda --- Fernanda Faini *Responsabile Assistenza giuridica egov e open gov - Regione Toscana* *PhD Candidate Università di Bologna (CIRSFID) - **Cultore della materia Università di Firenze* *Presidente Circolo dei Giuristi Telematici* cell: 3385352449 mail: fernandafaini(a)gmail.com twitter: @fernandafaini facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fernanda.faini linkedIn: *https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernandafaini <https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernandafaini>* skype: fernanda_pensiero sito web: *http://www.fernandafaini.it <http://www.fernandafaini.it>*

May 13, 2016

Tech titans respond to demands to improve transparency around privacy and free expression - Access Now

by J.C. DE MARTIN

https://www.accessnow.org/tech-titans-respond-demands-improve-transparency-… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

May 13, 2016

Re: [nexa] Of Course Facebook Is Biased. That’s How Tech Works Today | WIRED

by Giorgio Ventre

Direi che questo problema rende la questione Network Neutrality decisamente secondaria. O meglio: la modifica profondamente. Un cordiale saluto Giorgio Il 11/05/2016 20:52, J.C. DE MARTIN ha scritto: > http://www.wired.com/2016/05/course-facebook-biased-thats-tech-works-today/ > > > (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any)) > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > -- ======================================================================== Prof. Ing. Giorgio Ventre Direttore Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e Tecnologie dell'Informazione Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Via Claudio 21 80125, Napoli, Italy Tel: +39 081 7683908 Fax: +39 081 7683816 Mob: +39 3807679372 E-mail: giorgio(a)unina.it http://www.dieti.unina.it http://www.docenti.unina.it/giorgio.ventre ======================================================================== --- Questa e-mail è stata controllata per individuare virus con Avast antivirus. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

May 12, 2016

Facebook Trending: It’s made of people!! (but we should have already known that)

by Alessandro Mantelero

Facebook Trending: It’s made of people!! (but we should have already known that) by Tarleton Gillespie · Gizmodo has released two important articles (1, 2) about the people who were hired to manage Facebook’s “Trending” list. The first reveals not only how Trending topics are selected and packaged on Facebook, but also the peculiar working conditions this team experienced, the lack of guidance or oversight they were provided, and the directives they received to avoid news that addressed Facebook itself. The second makes a more pointed allegation: that along the way, conservative topics were routinely ignored, meaning the trending algorithm had identified user activity around a particular topic, but the team of curators chose not to publish it as a trend [...]. See more at: http://culturedigitally.org/2016/05/facebook-trending-its-made-of-people-bu… -- Alessandro Mantelero Politecnico di Torino Nexa Center for Internet and Society | Director of Privacy Politecnico di Torino–Tongji University| Coordinator, Double Degree program in Management and IP Law Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology | Part-time Expert, School of Public Administration European Data Protection Law Review | Associate Editor http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero

May 12, 2016

Save the date: "A bit of [hi]story. Dalla valvola allo smartphone, i computer che hanno fatto la storia" - 21 e 22 maggio - Spazio MRF Torino

by Elìa Bellussi

www.abitofhistory.it * **Sabato 21 (ore 11:00 - 24:00) e domenica 22 maggio (ore 09:00 - 19:30)** **Spazio MRF - C.so Settembrini, 164 - Torino* Evento *gratuito* e aperto al pubblico sulla storia dell'informatica per sapere da dove arriviamo, sulla situazione attuale per capire dove siamo arrivati e sul futuro della stessa per capire dove andremo. Esposizione, conferenze e laboratori per giovani (coderdojo, laboratori di robotica e riuso, laboratori di making) e anziani (alfabetizzazione) con un occhio particolare anche alle tematiche di genere (verrà lanciato il Finding Ada Lovelace Day 2016). Organizzato da: Associazione culturale "Museo Piemontese dell'Informatica - MuPIn" Per info: Elia Bellussi - e.bellussi(a)gmail.com - +39 333 689 2117 *Allego comunicato stampa* -- CoderDojo Champion di Torino Presidente associazione culturale "Museo Piemontese dell'Informatica - MuPIn" Strada Carignano, 48 - 10024 - Moncalieri (TO) Codice fiscale: 94064820015 Mobile: +39 333 68 92 117 - Web: http://www.mupin.it

May 12, 2016

Organising in the “digital wild west”: can strategic bottlenecks help prevent a race to the bottom for online workers?

by J.C. DE MARTIN

https://usilive.org/opinions/organising-in-the-digital-wild-west-can-strate… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

May 12, 2016

The inside story of Facebook’s biggest setback

by fabio chiusi

The social network had a grand plan to connect millions of Indians to the internet. Here’s how it all went wrong (The Guardian) Qui: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/12/facebook-free-basics-ind… f.

May 12, 2016

Re: [nexa] FB facial recognition lawsuit

by Fabrizio Testa

Che sia invece l'Europa a far sorgere preoccupazioni sul fronte del riconoscimento facciale (dei migranti)? Segnalo quanto segue (non mi pare già passato in lista, in caso contrario mi scuso) http://punto-informatico.it/4318140/PI/News/eurodac-riconoscimento-facciale… Fabrizio ____________________________________ @ inviata da dispositivo mobile, riservata ai sensi di legge Il 11/Mag/2016 23:14, "Alberto Cammozzo" <ac+nexa(a)zeromx.net<mailto:ac%2Bnexa@zeromx.net>> ha scritto: La legge dell'Illinois impazza: <http://canmua.net/california/shutterfly-settles-facial-recognition-lawsuit-…> Shutterfly settles facial recognition lawsuit with man who claimed privacy violation top news Shutterfly settles facial recognition lawsuit with man who claimed privacy violation update daily A lawsuit brought by an Illinois man who accused photo-sharing website Shutterfly of violating his privacy by using facial recognition software to identify his face has been settled for an undisclosed amount. The case, which was given the go-ahead to proceed in January by a federal judge in Chicago, was being closely watched because if it had gone to trial it could have had implications for Facebook and other companies that use facial recognition software. Illinois resident Brian Norberg alleged in the suit, which sought class-action status, that his face ended up in Shutterfly's database after a friend uploaded and tagged a photo of him in February 2015. Shutterfly measured the contours of his face and the distance between his eyes, nose and ears to create a template it used to suggest other photos of Norberg be tagged with his name, the suit said, alleging that Shutterfly had violated Norberg's rights under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. [...] E Facebook si fa prudente: Facebook announced this morning that its private photo-sharing application, Facebook Moments <http://www.momentsapp.com/>, is now available in all countries worldwide, thanks the launch of a new, modified version in the EU and Canada. While the U.S. and other international versions of the application take advantage of facial recognition technology to suggest which friends to share with by identifying who appears in your photos, the modified being launched now does away with that feature due to various privacy laws and regulations in these markets. This makes the app a bit more labor-intensive, as it now can’t automatically identify who is in your photos – it can only suggest that a group of photos that /may/ contain the same person. [...] <http://techcrunch.com/2016/05/10/facebook-moments-launches-in-the-eu-canada…> Alberto On 07/05/2016 12:27, Alberto Cammozzo wrote: > Facebook loses first round in suit over storing biometric data > > > Facebook Inc (FB.O > <http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=FB.O>) lost the > first round in a court fight against some of its users who sued the > social networking company, alleging it "unlawfully" collected and > stored users' biometric data derived from their faces in photographs. > > The judge presiding over the case in a California federal court on > Thursday turned down Facebook's motion seeking dismissal of the suit. > > Facebook filed the motion arguing that the users could not file a > complaint under Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) as > they had agreed in their user agreement that California law would > govern their disputes with the company, and that BIPA does not apply > to "tag suggestions." > > The court found that Illinois law applies and that the plaintiffs have > stated a claim under BIPA. > > The complainants had alleged that Facebook's face recognition feature > that suggests "tags" on photos unlawfully collected and stored > biometric data, in violation of the Illinois BIPA. > > The case was filed by some Illinois residents under Illinois law, but > the parties agreed to transfer the case to the California court, the > court order showed. > > Facebook was also hit with a lawsuit over its plan to issue new stock > last month. > > The company said in April it will create a new class of non-voting > shares in a move aimed at letting Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg give > away his wealth without relinquishing control of the social media > juggernaut he founded. > > Facebook was not immediately available for comment. > > <http://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-lawsuit-idUSKCN0XX08U> > > Alberto > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it<mailto:nexa@server-nexa.polito.it> > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa _______________________________________________ nexa mailing list nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it<mailto:nexa@server-nexa.polito.it> https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa

May 11, 2016