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Moral panic over fake news hides the real enemy – the digital giants
by Alberto Cammozzo Jan. 13, 2017

Jan. 13, 2017

Bel pezzo di Evgeny Morozov sul Guardian sulle follie attorno alle "fake news" Arriva anche lui alla conclusione che ogni industria ha il suo inquinamento: l'inquinamento mediatico è il sottoprodotto del capitalismo digitale. <https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/08/blaming-fake-news-not…> Democracy is drowning in fake news. This is the latest reassuring conclusion drawn by those on the losing side of 2016, from Brexit to the US elections to the Italian referendum. [] Hence the recent surfeit of misguided solutions: ban internet memes (proposed by Spain’s ruling party); establish commissions of experts to rule on the veracity of news (a solution floated by Italy’s antitrust chief); set up centres of defence against fake news while fining the likes of Twitter and Facebook for spreading them (an approach suggested by German authorities). This last proposal is a great way to incentivise Facebook to promote freedom of expression – the same Facebook that has recently censored a photo of the nude statute of Neptune in the centre of Bologna for being too obscene! A tip for authoritarian governments: if you want to get away with online censorship, just label any articles you do not like as fake news and no one in the west will ever complain about it [] Caught between the two denials, the elites will never stop searching for innovative solutions to the problem of fake news – much as they never stopped searching for innovative solutions to climate change. The two issues do have a certain similarity: just as climate change is the natural byproduct of fossil capitalism, so is fake news the byproduct of digital capitalism.

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USACM Issues Statement on Algorithmic Transparency and Accountability
by Enrico Nardelli Jan. 12, 2017

Jan. 12, 2017

The ACM US Public Policy Council (USACM), recognizing the ubiquity of algorithms in our daily lives, as well as their far-reaching impact, has issued a statement and a list of seven principles designed to address potential harmful bias.... More below. Enrico Nardelli -------- Messaggio Inoltrato -------- Oggetto: USACM Issues Statement on Algorithmic Transparency and Accountability ACM Bulletin ACM Bulletin Archives <http://www.acm.org/membership/acm-bulletin-archive> January 12, 2017 to view image click on *USACM Issues Statement on Algorithmic Transparency and Accountability* to view image click on Recognizing the ubiquity of algorithms in our daily lives, as well as their far-reaching impact, the ACM US Public Policy Council (USACM) <http://www.acm.org/public-policy> has issued a statement and a list of seven principles <https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/2017_usacm_statem…> designed to address potential harmful bias. The goals of the statement include: providing context for what algorithms are, how they make decisions, and the technical challenges and opportunities to prevent and mitigate potential harmful bias. The USACM statement asserts that these principles should guide every phase of software system development and deployment. “Algorithmic bias can occur even with the best of intentions,” said Stuart Shapiro, USACM Chair. “This is, in part, due to the fact that both software development and its products can be complex and produce unanticipated results. Following these principles cannot guarantee that there will be no biased algorithms or biased outputs. But they will serve to keep computing professionals on the lookout for ways biases could creep into systems and provide guidelines on how to minimize the potential for harm.” The Statement on Algorithmic Transparency and Accountability was designed to be consistent with ACM’s Code of Ethics <https://ethics.acm.org>. The effort was initiated by USACM’s Algorithmic Accountability Working Group. Read the ACM news release. <http://www.acm.org/media-center/2017/january/usacm-statement-on-algorithmic…> to view image click on Association for Computing Machinery 2 Penn Plaza, Suite 701, New York, NY 10121 Copyright © 2017, ACM, Inc. All rights reserved You are subscribed with: nardelli(a)MAT.UNIROMA2.IT Unsubscribe <https://optout.acm.org/unsubscribe.cfm?rm=jcXBLkrA5A7E7327B1943F8A3A36B269E…> Connect with us: to view image click on <https://orange.hosting.lsoft.com/trk/click?ref=znwrbbrs9_6-124fex3b0b1x0567…> to view image click on <https://orange.hosting.lsoft.com/trk/click?ref=znwrbbrs9_6-124fex3da7dx0567…> to view image click on <https://orange.hosting.lsoft.com/trk/click?ref=znwrbbrs9_6-124fex3e0fex0567…> to view image click on <https://orange.hosting.lsoft.com/trk/click?ref=znwrbbrs9_6-124fex3a470x0567…> to view image click on <https://orange.hosting.lsoft.com/trk/click?ref=znwrbbrs9_6-124fex3da7ex0567…> to view image click on <https://orange.hosting.lsoft.com/trk/click?ref=znwrbbrs9_6-124fex3f8dfx0567…> to view image click on <https://orange.hosting.lsoft.com/trk/click?ref=znwrbbrs9_6-124fex3f8e0x0567…> to view image click on <mailto:acmhelp@acm.org> -- EN ===================================================================== Prof. Enrico Nardelli Dipartimento di Matematica - Universita' di Roma "Tor Vergata" Via della Ricerca Scientifica snc - 00133 Roma tel: +39 06 7259.4204 fax: +39 06 7259.4699 mobile: +39 335 590.2331 e-mail: nardelli(a)mat.uniroma2.it home page: http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~nardelli blog: http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/blog/enardelli/ ===================================================================== --

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Nuovo progetto H2020 su IoT, big data e data protection
by Alessandro Mantelero Jan. 12, 2017

Jan. 12, 2017

Presentato oggi all'IT University of Copenhagen il nuovo progetto H2020: VIRT-EU: Values and ethics in Innovation for Responsible Technology in Europe https://en.itu.dk/about-itu/calendar/events/2017/the-ethics-of-internet-of-… @VIRT_EU The project includes five European research partners besides ITU: London School of Economics (UK), Open Rights Group (UK), Uppsala University (SE), Politechnico di Torino (IT) and Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (DK). The goal of the project is to analyze and map the ethical practices of European hardware and software entrepreneurs, maker and hacker spaces, and community innovators in order to: (1) understand how IoT innovators enact ethics as they design future devices, (2) generate a new framework for Privacy, Ethical and Social Impact Assessment (PESIA) and (3) develop tools to support ethical reflection and self-assessment as part the design and development process for IoT technologies. -- Prof. Avv. 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 @mantelero EMAIL POLICY: once a day (Mon-Fri)

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CFP: Artificial and De-Personalised Decision-Making: Machine-Learning, A.I. and Drones
by Guido Noto La Diega Jan. 11, 2017

Jan. 11, 2017

Giro su richiesta di Accalia Atkinson-Payne *Call for Papers*: Deadline 27th January: 4th Winchester Conference on Trust, Risk, Information and the Law #TRILCon17 Date: Wednesday 3 May 2017 Venue: West Downs Campus, University of Winchester, Winchester, Hampshire, UK Book Online< http://store.winchester.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/academic-conferences/f…> at University of Winchester Events The Fourth Interdisciplinary Winchester Conference on Trust, Risk, Information and the Law will be held on Wednesday 3 May 2017 at the West Downs Campus, University of Winchester, UK. Our overall theme for this conference will be: Artificial and De-Personalised Decision-Making: Machine-Learning, A.I. and Drones We are delighted to announce that our keynote speakers will be Professor Katie Atkinson<https://cgi.csc.liv.ac.uk/%7Ekatie/>, Head of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, an expert in Artificial Intelligence and its application to legal reasoning, and John McNamara< https://www.ibm.com/blogs/systems/author/john-mcnamara/>, IBM Senior Inventor, who will speak on 'Protecting trust in a world disrupted by machine learning’. Papers and Posters are welcomed on any aspect of the conference theme. This might include although is not restricted to: * Machine learning and processing of personal information; * Artificial intelligence and its application to law enforcement, legal reasoning or judicial decisions; * Big Data and the algorithmic analysis of information; * Implications of the Internet of Things; * Machine based decision-making and fairness; * Drone law and policy; * Trust and the machine; * Risks of removing the human from - or leaving the human in - the process; * Responsibility, accountability and liability for machine-made decisions. The conference offers a best poster prize judged against the following criteria: 1) quality, relevance and potential impact of research presented 2) visual impact 3) effectiveness of the poster as a way of communicating the research. Proposals for workshops are also welcome. Workshops offer organisers the opportunity to curate panels or research/scholarship activities on an aspect of the conference theme in order to facilitate interdisciplinary discussion. This call for papers/posters/workshops is open to academics, postgraduate students, policy-makers and practitioners, and in particular those working in law, computer science & technology, data science, information rights, privacy, compliance, statistics, probability, law enforcement & justice, behavioural science and health and social care. Abstracts for papers are invited for consideration. Abstracts should be no more than 300 words in length. Successful applicants will be allocated 15-20 minutes for presentation of their paper plus time for questions and discussion. Abstracts for posters are invited for consideration. Abstracts should be no more than 300 words in length. Please note that accepted poster presenters will be required to email an electronic copy of their poster no later than a week before the conference. Accepted poster presenters will also need to deliver the hard copy of their poster to the venue no later than 9am on the date of the conference to enable it to be displayed during the day. Workshop proposals should summarise the workshop theme and goals, organising committee and schedule of speakers, panels and/or talks. Proposals should be no more than 500 words. Workshops should be timed to be 1.5-2 hours in length. Abstracts and proposals, contained in a Word document, should be emailed to trilcon17(a)winchester.ac.uk. Please include name, title, institution/organisation details and email correspondence address. The deadline for submission of abstracts/proposals is Friday 27 January 2017. Successful applicants will be notified by 17 February 2017. Speakers/poster presenters/workshop organisers will be entitled to the early registration discounted conference fee of £80 and will be required to book a place at the conference by 28 February in order to guarantee inclusion of their paper/poster/workshop. Speakers will be invited to submit their paper for inclusion in a special edition of the open access eJournal, Information Rights, Policy & Practice< https://journals.winchesteruniversitypress.org/index.php/jirpp/index>. To book a place at the conference, please click here to visit the Winchester University Store<http://store.winchester.ac.uk/> and click on academic conferences. For more information, please contact the conference team at trilcon17(a)winchester.ac.uk -- Guido Dr Guido Noto La Diega Lecturer in Law at the Northumbria University CEO @italiot | Founder @DPA2018 School of Law City Campus East, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST noto.la.diega(a)gmail.com +44(0)191 349 5562 @guidonld You can access my papers on Academia.edu and on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) This e-mail and any attachment hereto are strictly confidential and are exclusively intended for the person above identified. Without intended recipient’s entitlement, use, copy and dissemination of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received it in error, please advice us immediately by telephone and return the documents received to the above address, deleting the files. Thank you. Unless necessary, please do not print this e-mail.

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Mass Surveillance Across Europe
by Antonio Casilli Jan. 11, 2017

Jan. 11, 2017

Germany, France and the UK are moving the EU to continuous, unaccountable, warrantless mass surveillance Recent surveillance laws in Germany, France and the UK require online service providers to store (undoubtedly leaky and infinitely toxic) databases of everything you do online, and allow government agencies to raid these databases without accountability or meaningful oversight). https://boingboing.net/2017/01/11/germany-france-and-the-uk-are.html

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‘Eye Pyramid’ - The Italian Job: una storia di malware, spionaggio e massoneria
by A Dicorinto Jan. 11, 2017

Jan. 11, 2017

Due fratelli, Giulio e Francesca Maria Occhionero, avevano messo sotto controllo informatico Renzi, Draghi, Monti ed altre personalità per rivenderne dati e informazioni Continua qui: http://cybersecurity.startupitalia.eu/53903-20170111-eye-pyramid-the-italia… -- Arturo Di Corinto www.dicorinto.it ---------------------------------> AVVERTENZE AI SENSI DEL D.Lgs. 196/2003 Le informazioni contenute in questo messaggio di posta elettronica e/o nel/i file/s allegato/i sono da considerarsi strettamente riservate. Il loro utilizzo è consentito esclusivamente al destinatario del messaggio, per le finalità indicate nel messaggio stesso. Qualora riceviate questo messaggio senza esserne il destinatario, Vi preghiamo cortesemente di darcene notizia via e-mail e di procedere alla distruzione del messaggio stesso, cancellandolo dal Vostro sistema. Conservare il messaggio stesso, divulgarlo anche in parte, distribuirlo ad altri soggetti, copiarlo, od utilizzarlo per finalità diverse, costituisce comportamento contrario ai principi dettati dal D.Lgs. 196/2003

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Big Data e Privacy. La nuova geografia dei poteri ; Roma 30 gennaio 2017
by Mauro Alovisio Jan. 11, 2017

Jan. 11, 2017

Gent.me/mi segnalo convegno di interesse *Big Data e Privacy. La nuova geografia dei poteri Convegno organizzato dal Garante per la privacy in occasione della Giornata Europea della protezione dei dati personali 2017* In occasione della Giornata europea della protezione dei dati personali, l'Autorità Garante promuove un convegno intitolato *"Big Data e Privacy. La nuova geografia dei poteri"* <http://www.garanteprivacy.it/garante/document?ID=5846428> che si svolgerà a Roma il *30 gennaio *nell' Aula del Palazzo dei Gruppi Parlamentari. L'appuntamento, articolato in tre sessioni, intende essere un momento di approfondimento e confronto sul tema dei Big Data, esaminati in termini di opportunità e rischi per la privacy delle persone in relazione a diversi contesti: il nuovo capitalismo digitale e i nuovi modelli di business, l'impatto dei Big Data sull'organizzazione sociale e i processi decisionali, le prospettive che essi aprono per l'intelligenza artificiale e la genomica. Una riflessione, quella che il convegno si propone, tesa anche a valutare le conseguenze che l'uso massivo di informazioni personali ha sulla vita democratica e a ribadire l'importanza fondamentale che riveste la protezione dei dati personali come garanzia e presidio di libertà. per informazioni http://www.garanteprivacy.it/web/guest/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/docweb/… Cordiali saluti Mauro Alovisio

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Convegno diritto all'oblio
by Diego Giorio Jan. 11, 2017

Jan. 11, 2017

Segnalo questo convegno dedicato al diritto all'oblio, a marzo a Lugano: http://www.altalex.com/documents/news/2017/01/11/il-diritto-a-oblio-e-la-nu… Saluti a tutti D.

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Pubblicato il testo di proposta del nuovo regolamento europeo che sostuitirà la ePrivacy Directive 2002/58/EC (Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications)
by Francesca Mauro Jan. 10, 2017

Jan. 10, 2017

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93° Mercoledì di Nexa - 11 gennaio 2017
by Francesco Ruggiero Jan. 9, 2017

Jan. 9, 2017

*REMINDER*: vi ricordiamo che mercoledì 11 gennaio 2017, dalle ore 18 alle ore 20, si svolgerà il 93° Mercoledì di Nexa, con un incontro dal titolo: *"Integrazione di Big Data per la medicina di precisione".* Ospite dell'incontro *Enzo Medico* (Università degli Studi di Torino). Ingresso libero, webcast live all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events. Maggiori informazioni sono disponibili all'indirizzo: *https://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-93 <https://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-93>* Cordiali saluti, Francesco Il giorno 2 gennaio 2017 17:08, Francesco Ruggiero < francesco.ruggiero(a)polito.it> ha scritto: > Se non visualizzi correttamente questo messaggio clicca qui > <http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-93> > [image: NEXA] > > 93° Mercoledì di Nexa > Mercoledì 11 gennaio 2017, ore 18.00 - 20.00 > > Politecnico di Torino > > http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-93 > Integrazione di Big Data per la medicina di precisione > > Speaker > Enzo Medico (Università degli Studi di Torino) > > This event will be webcast live: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events > > La Medicina di Precisione (Precision Medicine) è intesa come “un approccio > emergente di trattamento e prevenzione delle malattie che tiene conto della > variabilità individuale di geni, ambiente e stili di vita di ciascuna > persona”. *Si fonda sui dati che il corpo umano produce costantemente*, > in misura crescente. Una parte dei Big Data è assorbita dalla salute, e > scorre insieme a ingenti gruppi di nozioni che compongono il flusso > dell’informazione. L'Intelligenza Artificiale e le biotecnologie, la > matematica e la bioinformatica consentono al medico e al ricercatore di > godere di quella smisurata estensione dell’intelletto e di trattare dati in > modo del tutto inedito per quantità e qualità. > > Tutto ciò contribuisce a migliorare le terapie, limitare gli errori, > inefficienze e sprechi, evitare la somministrazione di farmaci a chi non ne > trae beneficio, personalizzando i piani di cura; *medici, ricercatori e > amministratori pubblici potranno misurare con maggiore precisione il > rapporto costo-beneficio di quanto stanno attuando*. > Lo stesso vale per gli studi sul cancro; una malattia complessa e > determinata da una varietà di componenti che oggi è possibile iniziare a > vedere nel loro insieme: è possibile, ad esempio, raccogliere di uno stesso > paziente i risultati di test di laboratorio, dati clinici, storia > familiare, immagini, informazioni genetiche. E confrontarli con quelli di > altre migliaia di persone. Benché solo agli inizi, alcuni pazienti colpiti > da tumori con determinate caratteristiche genetiche oggi vengono già > trattati con terapie personalizzate. > > BIOGRAFIE - e informazioni supplementari > > [image: [MEDICO]] > > ENZO MEDICO è Professore Associato di Istologia e Direttore del > Laboratorio di Oncogenomica dell'IRCC, Università di Torino. Il laboratorio > si occupa di ricerca traslazionale genomica finalizzata all'identificazione > di tratti molecolari associati all'aggressività neoplastica e alla > resistenza/sensibilità a trattamenti terapeutici, con lo scopo di mettere a > punto strumenti diagnostici di patologia molecolare e di identificare e > caratterizzare nuovi bersagli terapeutici. Nel 2001 è stato borsista > Armenise-Harvard, presso la Harvard Medical School, Department of Genetics, > per la messa a punto di metodologie di generazione e analisi di profile di > espressione genica con DNA microarrays. > > *Letture consigliate e link utili:* > > - *The Precision Medicine Initiative* > <https://www.whitehouse.gov/precision-medicine>, WhiteHouse.gov. > - *Integrative Bioinformatics* > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrative_bioinformatics>, Wikipedia. > - *Biology: The big challenges of big data* > <http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v498/n7453/full/498255a.html>, > Nature, June 2013. > > > > > Che cosa sono il Centro Nexa e i cicli di incontri “Mercoledì di Nexa” e > “Nexa Lunch Seminar” > > Il Centro Nexa su Internet & Società del Politecnico di Torino > (Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica) è un centro di ricerca > indipendente e interdisciplinare che studia Internet e il suo effetto sulla > società. Maggiori informazioni all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/about. > > Durante i “*Mercoledì di Nexa*”, che si tengono *ogni 2° mercoledì del > mese* alle *ore 18 in punto*, il Centro Nexa su Internet e Società apre > le sue porte non solo agli esperti e a tutti coloro i quali lavorano con > Internet, ma anche a semplici appassionati e cittadini. Il ciclo di > incontri intende approfondire, con un linguaggio preciso ma divulgativo, i > temi legati alla Rete: motori di ricerca, Creative Commons, social > networks, open source/software libero, neutralità della rete, libertà di > espressione, privacy, file sharing, big e open data, smart cities e molto > altro. > > Al centro di quasi tutti gli incontri un ospite pronto a dialogare con i > direttori del Centro Nexa, il Prof. Juan Carlos De Martin del Politecnico > di Torino e il Prof. Marco Ricolfi dell'Università di Torino, nonché lo > staff e i Fellows del Centro Nexa. > > Maggiori informazioni sui Mercoledì di Nexa, incluso un elenco di tutti i > “Mercoledì” passati, sono disponibili all'indirizzo: > http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi. > > Si segnala inoltre che dal maggio 2012 *ogni 4° mercoledì* del mese *dalle > ore 13 alle ore 14* il Centro Nexa organizza anche i "*Nexa Lunch Seminar*". > Una lista di tutti i “Lunch Seminar” passati è disponibile all'indirizzo: > http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-seminars. > > See our events calendar <http://nexa.polito.it/events> if you're curious > about future luncheons, discussions, lectures, and conferences not listed > in this email. Our events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise > noted. > > Maggiori informazioni sui Mercoledì di Nexa e i Nexa Lunch Seminar, sono > disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/events. Weekly Events > Newsletter. Sign up <http://nexa.polito.it/mailing-lists> to receive this > newsletter if this email was forwarded to you. To manage your subscription > preferences, please click here > <https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa>. > > Connect & get involved: Jobs, internships, and more > <http://nexa.polito.it/get-involved> > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > > -- Francesco Ruggiero Communication Manager Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino web: http://nexa.polito.it mail: francesco.ruggiero(a)polito.it tel: 011 090 7219

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