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Report: Digitalisation and European welfare states | Bruegel
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 7, 2019

Oct. 7, 2019

https://bruegel.org/2019/07/digitalisation-and-european-welfare-states/ (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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123° Mercoledì di Nexa | 9 ottobre 2019
by Francesco Ruggiero Oct. 7, 2019

Oct. 7, 2019

*REMINDER*: vi ricordiamo che mercoledì 9 ottobre, dalle ore 18.00 alle ore 20.00, si svolgerà il 123° Mercoledì di Nexa, con un incontro dal titolo: *Legal Knowledge Representation and Reasoning **in a Linked Open Data Framework* Ospite: *Enrico Francesconi (European Commission, Publications Office of the European Union)*. Maggiori informazioni sono disponibili all’indirizzo: https://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-123 Cordiali saluti -- 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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La quarta era dell'informatica sociale
by Philippe Aigrain Oct. 6, 2019

Oct. 6, 2019

Per i francofoni, il testo del mio intervento alla Conferenza inaugurale del Centro Internet e società del CNRS è online qui: http://www.cis.cnrs.fr/#news Philippe

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Cryptodamages: Monetary value estimates of the air pollution and human health impacts of cryptocurrency mining - ScienceDirect
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 5, 2019

Oct. 5, 2019

Cryptodamages: Monetary value estimates of the air pollution and human health impacts of cryptocurrency mining Author links open overlay panelAndrew L.GoodkindRobert P.Berrens https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629619302701 (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Facebook is being asked to give access to encrypted messages. It’s a bad idea. - MIT Technology Review
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 5, 2019

Oct. 5, 2019

https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614474/politicians-are-asking-facebook-t… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Why digital can’t replace cash – Consumer Corner
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 5, 2019

Oct. 5, 2019

Why digital can’t replace cash Farid Aliyev on June 16, 2016 We live in a digital era where smartphones rule. These intelligent devices offer consumers instant and convenient access to information, services, shopping, banking and payments. So a logical question is to ask whether banknotes and coins still have a role to play in society and what the future holds for cash. As paradoxical as it may seem, increasing digitalisation means the role of cash becomes more prominent. For more than a decade, various experts and analysts have been forecasting the imminent end of cash and its replacement by debit and credit cards, online and mobile payments. Recently a high level banker predicted that cash will be gone in a decade. https://www.beuc.eu/blog/why-digital-cant-replace-cash/ (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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This is how you kick facial recognition out of your town
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 5, 2019

Oct. 5, 2019

This is how you kick facial recognition out of your town Bans on the technology have mostly focused on law enforcement, but there’s a growing movement to get it out of school, parks, and private businesses too. by Angela Chen October 4, 2019 https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614477/facial-recognition-law-enforcemen… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Per la Corte di giustizia Ue Facebook deve rendere inaccessibili i contenuti illeciti in tutto il mondo
by don Luca Peyron Oct. 5, 2019

Oct. 5, 2019

Quando essere europei, ancora una volta, è titolo di vanto... Buona lettura dl https://www.corriere.it/economia/consumi/19_ottobre_03/facebook-la-corte-gi… https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2019-10/cp190128it… _________________________ www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

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IMA - Internet, Mon Amour
by karlessi Oct. 5, 2019

Oct. 5, 2019

Buongiorno, è uscito il primo libro di C.I.R.C.E., firmato da Agnese Trocchi. La versione cartacea in distribuzione (anche sui canali ufficiali grazie a ledizioni https://www.ledizioni.it) non è affatto male, ma siamo soddisfatte anche del digitale, è una proposta di produzione/pubblicazione/diffusione per editori e autori. panoramica del progetto: https://ima.circex.org/vulgo.html IMA - "Internet, mon amour" nasce dal lavoro di C.I.R.C.E. https://circex.org e dai suoi laboratori di Pedagogia Hacker. scheda libro https://circex.org/it/ima leggi e diffondi via FLOShare https://ima.circex.org *dillo ai tuoi amici!* --- A partire da un nucleo originario di storie di ordinario (ab)uso tecnologico, scritte per un editore francese, sono state aggiunte nuove storie raccolte durante i laboratori con bambine, bambini, ragazzi, ragazze, formatori, educatrici, genitori e così via. Ma anche dai racconti ascoltati da amici, parenti o vissuti in prima persona. C.I.R.C.E. ha inserito tutte le storie in una cornice decameroniana. La cornice ci offre una lettura in chiave di fantascienza speculativa e ci offre allo stesso tempo la possibilità di porci alla giusta distanza dalle storie raccontate per vederle e vederCI dall'esterno. "Il contenuto è il metodo". IMA non è solo le storie che contiene, è anche una procedura creativa: è stato impaginato in LateX usando solo software libero. Il libro è molto di più dell'opera di una singola autrice, è il frutto della collaborazione tra macchine libere e umani desideranti; è frutto degli incontri con decine e decine di persone alla ricerca di un rapporto con le macchine non mediato dalle tecnologie del dominio. E le nostre storie non finiscono qui: C.I.R.C.E. continua a portare i suoi laboratori di Pedagogia Hacker in giro per il mondo per esplorare nuovi modi conviviali di vivere tra di noi e con le macchine e per cercare nuove storie da raccontare dopo il crollo che è stato ieri. Se hai una storia, suggerimenti o domande sulle nostre attività scrivi a info(a)circex.org Se vuoi sapere come ottenere una copia cartacea del libro scrivi a ima(a)circex.org Se vuoi leggere la versione HTML di "Internet, mon amour", digita https://ima.circex.org prossimi appuntamenti: https://circex.org/it/agenda/ buona lettura k. -- "IMA - Internet, Mon Amour - https://ima.circex.org" "C.I.R.C.E. - https://circex.org" "tecnologie appropriate - https://alekos.net" GPG keys available via keyservers https://pgp.mit.edu/ Key fingerprint = BDFB 786F 6B35 7EB0 CE48 530C FCF9 E111 3537 3013

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Facebook exempts political ads from ban on making false claims | Technology | The Guardian
by Alberto Cammozzo Oct. 4, 2019

Oct. 4, 2019

<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/04/facebook-exempts-politic…> Facebook has quietly rescinded a policy banning false claims in advertising, creating a specific exemption that leaves political adverts unconstrained regarding how they could mislead or deceive, as a potential general election looms in the UK. The social network had previously banned adverts containing “deceptive, false or misleading content”, a much stronger restriction than its general rules around Facebook posts. But, as reported by the journalist Judd Legum, in the last week the rules have narrowed considerably, only banning adverts that “include claims debunked by third-party fact-checkers, or, in certain circumstances, claims debunked by organisations with particular expertise”. Should Trump be banned from Twitter? Read more Under Facebook’s third-party fact-checking programme, it invites independent organisations such as the UK’s Full Fact to verify claims posted to the social network. But the groups, made up mainly of small charities and nonprofits, are heavily constrained in how many claims they can fact-check, meaning they often only verify the most viral cases. But even that limit has been lifted for some political adverts. A separate policy introduced by the social network recently declared opinion pieces and satire ineligible for verification, including any website or page “with the primary purpose of expressing the opinion or agenda of a political figure”. The end result is that any direct statement from a candidate or campaign cannot be fact-checked and so is automatically exempted from policies designed to prevent misinformation. (After the publication of this story, Facebook clarified that only politicians currently in office or running for office, and political parties, are exempt: other political adverts still need to be true.) The changes, Legum reported, followed a run of Donald Trump adverts that contained false claims but were not removed under the old rules. The new rules could prompt a clash between Facebook and UK regulators. The Advertising Standards Authority does not cover political adverts in Britain, the content of which is largely unregulated, but it does cover all other adverts, including those posted on Facebook. The ASA’s code explicitly bans adverts that “materially mislead or [are] likely to do so”, language that is close to that used in Facebook’s previous policies. A Facebook spokesman said: “We don’t believe that it’s an appropriate role for us to referee political debates. Nor do we think it would be appropriate to prevent a politician’s speech from reaching its audience and being subject to public debate and scrutiny.” Facebook’s decision comes as the rival service TikTok takes the opposite stance. In a blogpost, the social network, whose reported 500 million users would make it the largest in the world not owned by Facebook, made clear it would not be hosting any political adverts. [...]

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