- nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

GNI Report Finds Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo Compliant with Free Expression and Privacy Principles
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 8, 2014

Jan. 8, 2014

GNI Report Finds Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo Compliant with Free Expression and Privacy Principles Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 09:00 WASHINGTON, DC---The Global Network Initiative today released a public report <http://globalnetworkinitiative.org/sites/default/files/GNI%20Assessments%20…>on the independent assessments of founding companies Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo. The assessments looked at cases of government requests implicating the rights of Internet users, and found that each company is making a good faith effort to implement GNI's Principles on Freedom of Expression and Privacy, and to improve over time. "These independent assessments---the first of their kind---present a major step forward on human rights accountability in the technology sector," said GNI Board Chair Jermyn Brooks. "They demonstrated in the many specific cases examined how companies, applying the GNI Principles, have in fact been able to limit the removal of content and the release of personal data as a result of government requests," he continued. The assessments focused on products and services that in the company's view posed the most salient risks to freedom of expression and privacy---search, email, and photo and video sharing services---with cases identified through a process that included consultation with GNI's non-company members. The report presents information in aggregate or anonymized form in order to allow public disclosure of how the companies review and respond to government requests without disclosing confidential information. The report also details examples of the recommendations made by the assessors to one or more companies. The process did not and cannot determine whether the companies have acted appropriately with respect to each of the many thousands of requests received each year from governments. [...] Continua qui: http://globalnetworkinitiative.org/news/gni-report-finds-google-microsoft-a…

1 0

Wired: "How the NSA Almost Killed the Internet"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 8, 2014

Jan. 8, 2014

*How the NSA Almost Killed the Internet* BY STEVEN LEVY 01.07.146:30 AM Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and the other tech titans have had to fight for their lives against their own government. An exclusive look inside their year from hell---and why the Internet will never be the same. On June 6, 2013, Washington Post reporters called the communications departments of Apple, Facebook, Google, Yahoo, and other Internet companies. The day before, a report in the British newspaper The Guardian had shocked Americans with evidence that the telecommunications giant Verizon had voluntarily handed a database of every call made on its network to the National Security Agency. The piece was by reporter Glenn Greenwald, and the information came from Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old IT consultant who had left the US with hundreds of thousands of documents detailing the NSA's secret procedures. Greenwald was the first but not the only journalist that Snowden reached out to. The Post's Barton Gellman had also connected with him. Now, collaborating with documentary filmmaker and Snowden confidante Laura Poitras, he was going to extend the story to Silicon Valley. Gellman wanted to be the first to expose a top-secret NSA program called Prism. Snowden's files indicated that some of the biggest companies on the web had granted the NSA and FBI direct access to their servers, giving the agencies the ability to grab a person's audio, video, photos, emails, and documents. The government urged Gellman not to identify the firms involved, but Gellman thought it was important. "Naming those companies is what would make it real to Americans," he says. Now a team of Post reporters was reaching out to those companies for comment. [...] Continua qui: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2014/01/how-the-us-almost-killed-the-inter…

1 0

60° Mercoledì di Nexa - 8 gennaio 2014
by Giuseppe Futia Jan. 7, 2014

Jan. 7, 2014

Se non visualizzi correttamente questo messaggio clicca qui <http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-60> NEXA 60° Mercoledì di Nexa Mercoledi 8 gennaio 2014, ore 18.00 - 20.00 Via Boggio 65/a, Torino (primo piano) http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-60 Partecipazione online e Governo: riflessioni sugli ultimi 24 mesi e un modello di analisi Speakers Donatella Solda e Damien Lanfrey Ingresso libero This event will be webcast live: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events Negli ultimi 24 mesi, i Governi Monti e Letta sono stati promotori di un numero senza precedenti di *iniziative di partecipazione e consultazione pubblica online*, evidenziando in alcuni casi l'inefficiacia di queste pratiche all'interno di cicli di politiche pubbliche incerti e talvolta incoerenti, ma manifestando una *progressiva crescita nella curva di apprendimento delle politiche partecipate*. Se è evidente che tali pratiche sono sempre più necessarie per la legittimazione delle politiche e la creazione di consenso in democrazie dall'equilibrio sempre più precario, è altrettanto vero che resta fondamentale evitare che diventino finestre occasionali di promozione politica. Partendo da una ricca esperienza in prima persona su numerose delle iniziative promosse dal Governo, gli interventi di *Donatella Solda*, esperta di diritto dell'informazione, e *Damien Lanfrey*, esperto di /public engagement/, rifletteranno sullo stato dell'arte, esporranno diversi spunti di riflessioni a partire dalle diverse iniziative in questione e proporranno alcune chiavi di lettura per suggerire soluzioni ai dilemmi e le "spirali viziose" di cui spesso la democrazia online soffre. Collocando la partecipazione online all'interno di un percorso evolutivo, si tenterà inoltre di tracciare un *modello strutturato di analisi per la e-participation*, in grado di andare oltre la costruzione di software e spazi di partecipazione ineccepibili o patti partecipativi non sempre sostenibili, per includere variabili cruciali all'intersezione tra rigidità dell'azione di Governo e fluidità dell'agire sociale. La creazione di modelli strutturati per la verifica ex ante o in itinere delle posizioni di cittadini e /stakeholder/, per focalizzare attenzione pubblica e generare consapevolezza verso i temi centrali delle politiche e per informare i cittadini ed alzare la qualità del dibattito, qualificando una generale domanda per politiche pubbliche trasparenti, adeguatamente strutturate e partecipate, sono infatti obiettivi da difendere per evitare un impoverimento della partecipazione online. BIOGRAFIE - e informazioni supplementari [Solda Lanfrey] DONATELLA SOLDA è esperta di diritto dell'informazione e delle politiche per la valorizzazione dell'informazione del settore pubblico. Ha insegnato Diritto delle nuove tecnologie, Diritto d'Autore all'Università di Bari, Diritto dell'Unione Europea a Oxford Brookes e Diritti Fondamentali all'Università di Varsavia. DAMIEN LANFREY è esperto di public engagement e forme organizzative emergenti all'intersezione tra tecnologie e cambiamento sociale. Ha conseguito un Dottorato al Dipartimento di Sociology della City University di Londra, dove ha insegnato diversi corsi tra New Media, Sociologia dell'Informazione, Internet Democracy e Online Research Methods. Letture consigliate: * Coleman, S., Shane, P. /Connecting Democracy, Online Consultation and the Flow of Political Communication/. MIT Press, 2012. * Evans, P., Wurster, T.S. /How the New Economy of Information Trasnforms Strategy. Harvard Business Press/, 2000. * Thaler, R.H., Sunstein, C.R. /Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth and Happiness/. Penguin Books, 2009. Le biografie complete sono disponibili alla pagina: http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-60 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 che studia da diversi punti di vista le varie componenti di Internet, la "più grande invenzione del secolo" (Rita Levi Montalcini), e il suo effetto sulla società. Maggiori informazioni all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it. Durante i "*Mercoledì di Nexa*", che si tengono *ogni 2° mercoledì del mese* alle *ore 18 in punto*, il Centro di ricerca 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 e confrontarsi sugli argomenti scelti per il dibattito, insieme 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 Center for Internet and Society Newsletter

1 1

Call for Chapter Proposals - tema Smart Cities
by Enrico Masala Jan. 7, 2014

Jan. 7, 2014

Segnalo questa call per capitoli di libro riguardante le smart cities, editors sono colleghi presso l'Istituto Boella. Cordialmente, Enrico Masala [Apologies if you got multiple copies of this email.] *==================================================================* *CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS* *Proposal Submission Deadline: February 15, 2014* *Social, Economic, and Environmental Sustainability in the Development of Smart Cities* * * *A book edited by* * * *Andrea Vesco, Ph.D. and Francesco Ferrero* *(Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Italy)* * * *To be published by IGI Global: http://bit.ly/1cGumux * *==================================================================* For release in the Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development (AEGDDRD) Book Series. The Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide & Regional Development (AEGDDRD) book series aims to publish authored, edited and case books encompassing the current and innovative research and practice discussing all aspects of electronic government development, implementation and adoption as well the effective use of the emerging technologies (including social media and mobile technologies) for a more effective electronic governance (or e-governance). Introduction The human population is becoming ever more concentrated in urban areas. Cities are thus becoming the key place to address the sustainability issues and improve the Quality-of-Life (QoL) of the citizens. The Smart City subject addresses the issues of urban development with particular emphasis on triple sustainability, e.g., social, economic and environmental sustainability at the same time. The process of developing smart and sustainable cities can succeed only by adopting a holistic and integrated approach to urban planning and management starting from the real needs of citizens. The collective intelligence of urban communities and the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can be exploited to enable intelligent urban decision-making and to improve the QoL of citizens without affecting the opportunities of future generations. Objective of the Book This book wants to address the whole spectrum of subjects related to smart cities, while spreading the culture of economic, social and environmental sustainability. This objective will be pursued by providing: (i) the tools for the construction of territorial policies that meet the needs of urban communities, (ii) an overview of the main technologies in support of integrated planning, smarter management and development of new sustainable infrastructure and services and (iii) addressing the new funding opportunities to accelerate the development of smart cities around the globe. Target Audience The book is mainly intended to be a guidance reference for researchers (academies and public-private research centers), investors, practitioners and businesses in different fields willing to play a key role in the smart city game. Moreover the book can be potentially used in to train managing authorities and staff working at different levels within local and regional institutions. Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: . Definition of smart city and the concept of triple sustainability. . Methods to define the real needs of citizens. . Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure the smartness of cities. . The role of citizens and institutions in the development of smart cities. . Open-data and Big-data as an enabler of urban smartness. . ICT-based solutions in the smart city application domains (planning, government, mobility, energy, water, waste and pollution). . The use of Decision Support Systems (DSS) in city planning and management. . New funding models to accelerate the development of smart cities in time of economic crisis. Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before February 15, 2014, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by April 28, 2014 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by June 15, 2014. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference), Medical Information Science Reference, Business Science Reference, and Engineering Science Reference imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com <http://www.igi-global.com>. This book is anticipated to be released in 2014. Important Dates Proposal Submission Deadline: February 15, 2014 (about 2-3 pages) Notification of Acceptance: April 25, 2014 Full Chapter Submission: June 15, 2014 Review Results Returned: August 15, 2014 Final Chapter Submission: September 15, 2014 Inquiries can be forwarded to Andrea Vesco, Ph.D. Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Italy vesco(a)ismb.it Francesco Ferrero Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Italy fferrero(a)ismb.it

1 0

Fwd: LA FABBRICA DELLE IDEE (Meo, Gomba e Luna il 23 gennaio a Torino)
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 7, 2014

Jan. 7, 2014

Ricevo e volentieri inoltro. juan carlos -------- Original Message -------- Subject: LA FABBRICA DELLE IDEE Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 11:26:20 +0100 From: Associazione CentroScienza Onlus <newsletter(a)centroscienza.it> To: juancarlos.demartin(a)polito.it immagine notizia LA FABBRICA DELLE IDEE LA FABBRICA DELLE IDEE <http://www.centroscienza.it/modules/news/article.php?storyid=287> *QUANDO IL DRONE CONSEGNA LA PIZZA* *GIOVEDÌSCIENZA SPECIALE SCUOLE Scuola Secondaria di II grado* *GIOVEDÌ 23 GENNAIO 2014 ore 10,00* Teatro Colosseo Torino Prenotazione obbligatoria. Info e modulo d'iscrizione: www.giovediscienza.it <http://DAVIDE%20GOMBA%20Fablab%20Torino%20%20Torinese,%20video%20maker,+nasce+dalla+sperimentazione+audiovisiva+e+il+suo+primo+progetto+Arduino+%E8+stato+un+controller+audio/video%20open-source.%20Comunicatore,%20blogger%20su%20Arduino.cc,+tiene+workshop+in+giro+per+l%27Italia+e+promuove+la+cultura+dell%27open+design+e+della+fabbricazione+digitale.+Ha+partecipato+alla+realizzazione+del+primo+Fablab+in+Italia+presso+la+mostra+%3FStazione+futuro%3F,+poi+si+%E8+battuto+per+promuovere+e+prolungare+l%27esperienza+del+FabLab+a+Torino.+Nel+2012+ha+dato+vita+alle+Officine+Arduino,%20azienda%20che%20promuove%20Arduino%20in%20Italia%20e%20segue%20vari%20progetti%20legati%20allo%20sviluppo%20della%20scheda.%20Le%20Officine%20Arduino%20-%20ospitate%20presso%20il%20coworking%0Atorinese%20Toolbox%20-%20sono%20anche%20sede%20del%20FabLab,+e+rappresentano+una+vivace+realt%E0+di+condivisione+e+scambio+tra+diverse+identit%E0+lavorative,%20creative,%20produttive.%20Nel%20tempo%20libero%20stampa%20giocattoli%20e%20inventa%20storie%20con%20suo%20figlio%20Djibril%20%20%20RICCARDO%20LUNA%20Giornalista%20e%20scrittore%20%2048%20anni,+ne+ha+trascorsi+dieci+a+%3FLa+Repubblica%3F+%28il+quotidiano+per+il+quale+scrive+tuttora%29.+Ha+fondato+e+diretto+tre+giornali:+%3FCampus%3F,+%3FIl+Romanista%3F+e+%3FWired%3F.+Ha+scritto+per+primo+di+Calciopoli,+ha+candidato+Internet+al+premio+Nobel+per+la+Pace+ed+%E8+presidente+di+Wikitalia,%20associazione%20che%20si%20occupa%20di%20trasparenza%20e%20partecipazione%20politica%20attraverso%20la%20rete.%20Sul%20web%20ha%20diversi%20progetti%20in%20corso:+un+blog+su+%3FIl+Post%3F,+la+direzione+del+sito+%3FCheFuturo%21+Il+lunario+della+innovazione%3F+e+la+guida+di+%3FStartupItalia%21%3F.+Ha+curato+e+condotto+le+conferenze+internazionali+%3FHappy+Birthday+Web%3F,+%3FMakers%3F+e+%3FiSchool%3F.++++ANGELO+RAFFAELE+MEO+Politecnico+di+Torino,%20Presidente%20Centro%20Scienza%20Onlus%20%20Professore%20emerito%0Adel%20Politecnico%20di%20Torino,+gi%E0+Presidente+dell%3FAccademia+delle+Scienze+torinese,+%E8+un+pioniere+dell%27informatica+italiana,+noto+per+le+sue+posizioni+a+favore+del+software+libero+open+source.+Autore+di+alcuni+libri+divulgativi+sull%3Fopen+source,%20responsabile%20del%20Progetto%20Informatica%20del%20CNR,+si+%E8+occupato+di+applicazioni+informatiche+in+vari+settori+d%3Favanguardia,+a+cominciare+dalla+sintesi+vocale.+Fa+parte+del+centro+Nexa+su+Internet+e+societ%E0+per+il+dibattito+sulla+libert%E0+nell%27ambito+digitale,+in+particolare+in+rete.> DAVIDE GOMBA, RICCARDO LUNA E ANGELO RAFFAELE MEO Il multicottero non è un giocattolo, anzi, non è solo un giocattolo. Negli Stati Uniti utilizzano questa sorta di drone per consegnare la pizza e noi lo vedremo volare dentro il Teatro Colosseo. Mentre disegnare un circuito con uno speciale inchiostro elettrosensibile o più semplicemente conduttore è un giochetto da nulla che può essere molto utile. E ancora, se siete davvero creativi, potete ideare un oggetto sul web, utilizzando piattaforme che facilitano la progettazione, per poi stamparlo in 3D in un Fablab o farlo produrre da una stampante laser 3D. Dal software libero all'open hardware, in pochi anni lo scenario dell'innovazione condivisa è diventato concreto ed è a disposizione di tutti, o meglio è condivisibile da tutti su Internet che non è solo una rete di computer ma anche un network di ragazze e ragazzi, di donne e uomini che mettono in comune le loro competenze e il loro saper fare per provare a migliorare le cose e le nostre relazioni. Non è che l'inizio, niente si farà più come prima. DAVIDE GOMBA Fablab Torino Torinese, video maker, nasce dalla sperimentazione audiovisiva e il suo primo progetto Arduino è stato un controller audio/video open-source. Comunicatore, blogger su Arduino.cc, tiene workshop in giro per l'Italia e promuove la cultura dell'open design e della fabbricazione digitale. Ha partecipato alla realizzazione del primo Fablab in Italia presso la mostra ?Stazione futuro?, poi si è battuto per promuovere e prolungare l'esperienza del FabLab a Torino. Nel 2012 ha dato vita alle Officine Arduino, azienda che promuove Arduino in Italia e segue vari progetti legati allo sviluppo della scheda. Le Officine Arduino - ospitate presso il coworking torinese Toolbox - sono anche sede del FabLab, e rappresentano una vivace realtà di condivisione e scambio tra diverse identità lavorative, creative, produttive. Nel tempo libero stampa giocattoli e inventa storie con suo figlio Djibril RICCARDO LUNA Giornalista e scrittore 48 anni, ne ha trascorsi dieci a ?La Repubblica? (il quotidiano per il quale scrive tuttora). Ha fondato e diretto tre giornali: ?Campus?, ?Il Romanista? e ?Wired?. Ha scritto per primo di Calciopoli, ha candidato Internet al premio Nobel per la Pace ed è presidente di Wikitalia, associazione che si occupa di trasparenza e partecipazione politica attraverso la rete. Sul web ha diversi progetti in corso: un blog su ?Il Post?, la direzione del sito ?CheFuturo! Il lunario della innovazione? e la guida di ?StartupItalia!?. Ha curato e condotto le conferenze internazionali ?Happy Birthday Web?, ?Makers? e ?iSchool?. ANGELO RAFFAELE MEO Politecnico di Torino, Presidente Centro Scienza Onlus Professore emerito del Politecnico di Torino, già Presidente dell?Accademia delle Scienze torinese, è un pioniere dell'informatica italiana, noto per le sue posizioni a favore del software libero open source. Autore di alcuni libri divulgativi sull?open source, responsabile del Progetto Informatica del CNR, si è occupato di applicazioni informatiche in vari settori d?avanguardia, a cominciare dalla sintesi vocale. Fa parte del centro Nexa su Internet e società per il dibattito sulla libertà nell'ambito digitale, in particolare in rete. www.centroscienza.it <http://www.centroscienza.it/index.php> Questo messaggio di posta elettronica è stato spedito all'indirizzo juancarlos.demartin(a)polito.it in base alla recente normativa sulla privacy Per cancellare la propria iscrizione la invitiamo a cliccare qui <http://www.centroscienza.it/modules/newsletter/form_iscrizione.php?mail=jua…> e ad indicare il codice a4a72b7806

1 0

Protecting Human Rights through Network Neutrality‏
by Luca Belli Jan. 7, 2014

Jan. 7, 2014

Buongiorno, Per chi fosse interessato: Dear all, I would like to share with you the report on “Protecting Human Rights through Network Neutrality” that I drafted together with Matthijs van Bergen for the Council of Europe. One month ago, we presented this report to the CoE Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI), which agreed to use it as a basis for the work of the Committee of Experts on Cross-Border Flow of Internet Traffic and Internet Freedom (MSI-INT) with regard to the elaboration of a CoE Resolution on Network Neutrality. Below the executive summary of the Report. Comments are more than welcome! Best regards, Luca Executive summary 1. This report was drafted with the goals to (i) provide deeper insight into how net(work) neutrality relates to human rights and (ii) suggest a policy and legal approach aimed at granting the full enjoyment of Internet users’ fundamental rights and freedoms through an open and neutral Internet environment, while simultaneously promoting unrestrained innovation and economic growth in the digital economy.[1] Network neutrality is a key enabler of human rights 2. Network neutrality prescribes that Internet traffic shall be treated without undue discrimination, restriction or interference, so that end-users[2] enjoy the “greatest possible access to Internet-based content, applications and services of their choice, whether or not they are offered free of charge, using suitable devices of their choice”.[3] 3. On the one hand, network neutrality is instrumental to enable any Internet user to offer and enjoy online content, applications and services through any Internet-connected device of their choice, without having to conclude agreements with each Internet Service Provider (“ISP”) [4] of each intended recipient, and all ISPs in between. On the other hand, net neutrality ensures that Internet-users’ choices for certain online content, applications, services and devices are not unduly influenced by discriminatory delivery of Internet traffic. As such, net neutrality enables self-determination and facilitates the openness of the Internet, by deflating market and institutional barriers to enter into the ‘free market of ideas’ and to participate on equal footing in economic, social and political activities. 4. In our current information society, the ability to freely receive and impart ideas and information and to fully participate in democratic life is truly reliant on the nature of one’s Internet connection.[5] By ascribing to users the ability to choose freely how to utilise their Internet connection, without undue interferences from public or private entities, network neutrality directly contributes to the effective enjoyment of a range of fundamental rights, such as Internet users’ freedom of speech and right to privacy,[6] as well as the promotion of a diverse and pluralistic media-landscape, while unleashing a virtuous cycle of innovation without permission. 5. For such reasons the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted the 2010 Declaration on network neutrality, underlining its commitment to this fundamental principle,[7] while in 2012 the Internet Governance Strategy of the Council of Europe urged the development of “human rights policy principles on “network neutrality” to ensure Internet users have the greatest possible access to content, applications and services of their choice as part of the public service value of the Internet and in full respect of fundamental rights”[8]. Network neutrality has come under threat 6. Certain Internet traffic management (“ITM”)[9] techniques currently allow ISPs to block, downgrade or prioritise specific data flows. Research has shown that ITM is frequently deployed in order to block or downgrade specific Internet traffic relating to online services which compete with other services offered by the ISPs.[10] Such practices compromise end-users’ capacity to freely receive and impart information online using applications, services and devices of their choice, and jeopardise the open and neutral character of Internet architecture. Furthermore, some large European ISPs have made clear through the media and other avenues, such as shareholders' meetings and industry associations, that they intend to depart from neutral Internet access provision, in order to discriminate and prioritise specific data-flows and monetise the value that specific online applications, services and content (conceived by Internet users) present to their subscribers.[11] 7. This illustrates that existing European approaches based purely on economic and competition-law principles have thus far failed to fully enforce the network neutrality principle, even though European telecommunications markets have generally been considered relatively competitive.[12] Indeed, just as the right to vote alone is not enough to ensure freedom in a constitutional democracy, the possibility to switch providers – which may be seen as the right to ‘vote (an ISP) with your feet’ – is not enough to adequately ensure the enjoyment of users’ freedoms on the Internet. 8. Therefore, it seems necessary to query what kind of policy and legal approach would be best suited to enforce the network neutrality principle and safeguard the public-service value of the Internet. A recommended policy and legal approach to network neutrality 9. In this report we propose a model framework on network neutrality which all Council of Europe member states can adopt in their legal systems. Importantly, the framework is directly inspired by article 10 ECHR, which ensures the right to receive and impart ideas and information without restriction or interference, unless such interference is strictly necessary for and proportionate to a legitimate aim. Since the goal is to ensure that Internet traffic shall be transmitted without undue discrimination, restriction or interference, whether by public or private actors, the format of article 10 ECHR lends itself very well to be transposed into a legal framework guaranteeing network neutrality. [1] With respect to the goals of this report, it should be noted that a number of participants to the Council of Europe Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Network Neutrality and Human Rights – a conference organised by the Council of Europe on 29-30 May 2013 – highlighted the interest of a policy framework aimed at safeguarding net neutrality. See: Belli L., Council of Europe Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Network Neutrality and Human Rights, Outcome Paper, June 2013. The concerns expressed during this conference led the Council of Europe to commission this report. [2] In this report we speak of Internet (or end-) users rather than consumers. This in order to reflect the idea that consumers are solely or primarily economic actors in a market setting, whereas ‘Internet users’ should be regarded as autonomous participants of an ‘information society’, connected through the Internet, with interests that range beyond the merely economical, including also social, political and other interests. [3] Council of Europe, 2010 Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on Network Neutrality, para. 4. [4] The term “Internet service provider” (ISP) is used to denote a legal person providing Internet connectivity to its customers. The term ISP also encompasses Internet transit providers – i.e. those entities that provide connectivity to various ISP, allowing them to interconnect their networks – but in this report, it does not include hosting providers and providers of online services, applications and content. [5] See: Council of Europe, Recommendation CM/Rec(2007)16 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on measures to promote the public service value of the Internet. [6] Some even suggest a notion of net neutrality as a human networking right sui generis. See: Berners Lee T., Long live the web, Scientific American 22 November 2010; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee. [7] See: Council of Europe, 2010 Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on Network Neutrality, para 9, which also suggests further exploring network neutrality “within a Council of Europe framework with a view to providing guidance to member states”. This suggestion has been reiterated by several participants to the Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Network Neutrality and Human Rights. See: Belli L., Council of Europe Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Network Neutrality and Human Rights, Outcome Paper, op.cit. [8] See: Council of Europe Internet Governance, Council of Europe Strategy 2012-2015, CM(2011)175 final, 15 March 2012, paragraph I.8.e. [9] According to BEREC ITM is: “all technical means used to process through the network traffic sent or received by end users, including both application-specific and application-agnostic traffic management. BEREC, A view of traffic management and other practices resulting in restrictions to the open Internet in Europe, 29 May 2012, p. 4. [10] Relating to Europe, see: BEREC, op. cit. Relating to the USA, see: FCC 10-201, Report and order on the open Internet 2010, paragraph 14. [11] E.g. KPN Investor Day, London 10 May 2011; ETNO paper on Contribution to WCIT ITRs Proposal to Address New Internet Ecosystem. In response, see e.g.: BEREC, BEREC’s comments on the ETNO proposal for ITU/WCIT or similar initiatives along these lines, BoR (12) 120 rev.1, 14 November 2012. [12] It should be stressed that, at the EU level, the Universal Service Directive (i.e. directive 2002/22/EC) has strengthened consumer protection, fostering better consumer information pertaining to supply conditions and tariffs in order to allow them to more easily switch providers, thus promoting competition in the electronic communications markets. However, as pointed out by BEREC, several types of discriminatory practices are particularly widespread at the European level. See: BEREC, A view of traffic management and other practices resulting in restrictions to the open Internet, op. cit. Furthermore, it has been noted by the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis that “one cannot be optimistic about the intensity of competition [in the telecoms sector]. Moreover, if providers make their networks “less neutral” by implementing network bias practices, the intensity of competition decreases further. ” See: CPB response of 23 September 2010 to the public consultation on Internet and net neutrality. Luca Belli PhD Candidate in Public Law CERSA, Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris 2 Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality

2 1

consultazione on line sulle regole privacy a tutela degli untenti in materia pagamenti via smartphone e tablet:
by Mauro Alovisio Jan. 3, 2014

Jan. 3, 2014

Genti.me/me segnalo consultazione pubblica on line promossa dall'Autorità Garante per la Protezione dei dati Personali ad oggetto "Schema di provvedimento generale in materia di trattamento di dati personali nell'ambito dei servizi di mobile remote payment" in corso di pubblicazione su Gazzetta Ufficiale con approfondimenti in materia di informativa sull'uso dei dati, misure di sicurezza forti, conservazione dei dati. La consultazione è aperta a contributi da parte di soggetti interessati, associazioni di categoria degli imprenditori e dei consumatori, università, centri di ricerca http://www.garanteprivacy.it/web/guest/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/docweb/… Buon inizio anno!! Mauro Alovisio

1 0

Consultazione Europea sul #Copyright, guida alla compilazione del Partito Pirata
by yanfry Jan. 3, 2014

Jan. 3, 2014

Salve a tutti, grazie al lavoro di Amelia Andersdotter e del nostro (Partito Pirata Italiano) gruppo di traduttori abbiamo redatto una guida alla compilazione della "corposa" consultazione UE sul Copyright nell'Unione Europea, potete trovare la versione in italiano a questo indirizzo http://www.partito-pirata.it/2014/01/consultazione-sul-copyright-modello-di… Stiamo inoltre lavorando alla traduzione del lavoro dell'Open Knowledge Foundation tedesca che ha preparato un sito web http://okfde.github.io/eucopyright/en/30c3 (accessibile anche via http://www.copywrongs.eu/) per rendere ancora più facile rispondere alla consultazione filtrando le domande a cui rispondere in base alle scelte dell'utente, restate tunedati :) Byez

2 1

FW: ACM Web Science Conference (WebSci'14), June 23-26, 2014
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 2, 2014

Jan. 2, 2014

*From:*jlorince@umail.iu.edu [mailto:jlorince@umail.iu.edu] *On Behalf Of *Jared Lorince *Sent:* 31 December 2013 22:03 *To:* Jared Lorince; gciampag(a)indiana.edu; fil(a)indiana.edu *Subject:* ACM Web Science Conference (WebSci'14), June 23-26, 2014 ***Please forward to colleagues and students as relevant*** CALL FOR PAPERS & CALL FOR WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIAL PROPOSALS ACM Web Science Conference (WebSci'14), June 23-26, 2014 Bloomington, Indiana, USA websci14.org <http://websci14.org/> / @WebSciConf / #WebSci14 Deadline for papers: Feb. 23rd 2014 Deadline for workshop & tutorial proposals: Jan. 17th 2014 Web Science is the emergent science of the people, organizations, applications, and of policies that shape and are shaped by the Web, the largest informational artifact constructed by humans in history. Web Science embraces the study of the Web as a vast universal information network of people and communities. As such, Web Science includes the study of social networks whose work, expression, and play take place on the Web. The social sciences and computational sciences meet in Web Science and complement one another: Studying human behavior and social interaction contributes to our understanding of the Web, while Web data is transforming how social science is conducted. The Web presents us with a great opportunity as well as an obligation: If we are to ensure the Web benefits humanity we must do our best to understand it. Call for Papers The Web Science conference is inherently interdisciplinary, as it attempts to integrate computer and information sciences, communication, linguistics, sociology, psychology, economics, law, political science, philosophy, digital humanities, and other disciplines in pursuit of an understanding of the Web. This conference is unique in the manner in which it brings these disciplines together in creative and critical dialogue, and we invite papers from all the above disciplines, and in particular those that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. Following the success of WebSci'09 in Athens, WebSci'10 in Raleigh, WebSci'11 in Koblenz, WebSci '12 in Evanston, and WebSci'13 in Paris, for the 2014 conference we are seeking papers and posters that describe original research, analysis, and practice in the field of Web Science, as well as work that discusses novel and thought-provoking ideas and works-in-progress. Possible topics for submissions include, but are not limited to, the following: * Analysis of human behavior using social media, mobile devices, and online communities * Methodological challenges of analyzing Web-based * large-scale social interaction * Data-mining and network analysis of the Web and human communities on the Web * Detailed studies of micro-level processes and interactions * on the Web * Collective intelligence, collaborative production, and social computing * Theories and methods for computational social science on the Web * Studies of public health and health-related behavior on the Web * The architecture and philosophy of the Web * The intersection of design and human interaction on the Web * Economics and social innovation on the Web * Governance, democracy, intellectual property, and the commons * Personal data, trust, and privacy * Web and social media research ethics * Studies of Linked Data, the Cloud, and digital eco-systems * Big data and the study of the Web * Web access, literacy, and development * Knowledge, education, and scholarship on and through the Web * People-driven Web technologies, including crowd-sourcing, open data, and new interfaces * Digital humanities * Arts & culture on the Web or engaging audiences using Web resources * Web archiving techniques and scholarly uses of Web archives * New research questions and thought-provoking ideas A separate Call for Workshop and Tutorial Proposals is on the conference website at: http://www.websci14.org/#call-for-workshop-and-tutorial-proposals Submission Web Science is necessarily a very selective single track conference with a rigorous review process. To accommodate the distinct traditions of its many disciplines, we provide three different submission formats: full papers, short papers, and posters. For all types of submissions, inclusion in the ACM DL proceedings will be by default, but not mandatory (opt-out via EasyChair). All accepted research papers (full and short papers) will be presented during the single-track conference. All accepted posters will be given a spot in the single-track lightning talk session, and room to present their papers during a dedicated poster session. Full research papers (5 to 10 pages, ACM double column, 20 mins presentation including Q&A) Full research papers should present new results and original work that has not been previously published. Research papers should present substantial theoretical, empirical, methodological, or policy-oriented contributions to research and/or practice. Short research papers (up to 5 pages, ACM double column, 15 mins presentation including Q&A) Short research papers should present new results and original work that has not been previously published. Research papers can present preliminary theoretical, empirical, methodological, or policy-oriented contributions to research and/or practice. Posters (up to 2 pages, ACM double column, lightning talk + poster presentation) Extended abstracts for posters, which should be in English, can be up to 2 pages. Submission instructions Full and short paper and poster submissions should be formatted according to the official ACM SIG proceedings template (WebSci archive format at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) Please submit papers using EasyChair at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=websci2014. Other creative submission formats (flexible formats) Other types of creative submissions are also encouraged, and the exact format and style of presentation are open. Examples might include artistic performances or installations, interactive exhibits, demonstrations, or other creative formats. For these submissions, the proposers should make clear both what they propose to do, and any special requirements they would need to successfully do it (in terms of space, time, technology, etc.) Review The Web Science program committee consists of a program committee that covers all relevant areas of Web Science. Each submission will be refereed by three PC members and one short meta review written by a Co-PC chair, to cover both the research background of each submission as well as the necessary interdisciplinary aspects. (Optional) Archival Proceedings in the ACM Digital Library All accepted papers and posters will by default appear in the Web Science 2014 Conference Proceedings and can also be made available through the ACM Digital Library, in the same length and format of the submission unless indicated otherwise (those wishing not to be indexed and archived can "opt out" of the proceedings). Call for Workshops and Tutorial Proposals The Web Science conference will start with tutorials and workshops that will promote in-depth training and discussions with the goal of understanding how people, organizations, applications, and policies shape and are shaped by the Web. In agreement with the spirit of the conference, the tutorials and workshops are intended to create opportunities for interdisciplinary discussion around themes and methods that are central to the study of the Web. The list of themes includes, but is not restricted to, 1. Methods for data mining and network research; 2. The study of social dynamics (i.e. political campaigns, censorship) using Web data; 3. The relationship between technical design and individual behaviour (i.e. the impact of by-default design on privacy); 4. The future of the Web in an era of increasing mobile applications; 5. The incentives and limits of regulation; 6. Participatory systems and crowdsourcing; 7. The dynamics of information creation (supply) and consumption (demand) and its relation to real world events. We will give priority to proposals that approach their topic from the perspective of various disciplines, spanning the divide between the social and computer sciences. Tutorials and workshops can be designed as half or full day events. Workshops can have a mixture of panel presentations and invited speakers, but presentations should reflect the diversity of approaches that characterize the multidisciplinary nature of Web Science. For more information about chairs, submission, review, deadlines, etc, please see the full call at http://websci14.org/#call-for-workshop-and-tutorial-proposals or contact websci2014ws(a)easychair.org <mailto:websci2014ws@easychair.org>. Deadlines Full & Short Papers: * 23 February 2014: Submissions of full and short papers * 13 April 2014: Notification of acceptance for papers * 11 May 2014: Camera-ready version of papers and posters due Late Breaking Posters: * 23 March 2014: Submissions of posters * 13 April 2014: Notification of acceptance for posters * 11 May 2014: Camera-ready version of posters due Workshops and tutorial proposals: * January 17th 2014: Proposal Submissions Authors take note: The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of the conference. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. (If proceedings are published in the ACM Digital Library after the conference is over, the official publication date is the first day of the conference.) Conference calendar and rough program * 23 June 2014: workshops, opening reception and keynote * 24 June 2014: keynote(s), technical program, poster reception * 25 June 2014: keynote(s), technical program, social event * 26 June 2014: keynote, technical program, closing General chairs * Fil Menczer, Indiana University * Jim Hendler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute * Bill Dutton, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford Program chairs * Markus Strohmaier, University of Koblenz and GESIS (Computing) * Ciro Cattuto, ISI Foundation (Physics) * Eric T. Meyer, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford (Social Sciences) Program Commiteee * Yong-Yeol Ahn, Indiana University * Luca Maria Aiello, Yahoo! Research * William Allen, University of Oxford * Sitaram Asur, HP Labs * Alain Barrat, CNRS * Fabricio Benevenuto, Federal University of Minas Gerais * Mark Bernstein, Eastgate Systems, Inc * Paolo Boldi, Universita degli Studi di Milano * Niels Brugger, Aarhus Universitet * Licia Capra, University College London * Carlos Castillo, Qatar Computing Research Institute * Lu Chen, Wright State University * Cristobal Cobo, Oxford Internet Institute * David Crandall, Indiana University * Pasquale De Meo, VU University, Amsterdam * David De Roure, Oxford e-Research Centre * Pnina Fichman, Indiana University * Alessandro Flammini, Indiana University * Matteo Gagliolo, Universite libre de Bruxelles * Laetitia Gauvin, ISI Foundation, Turin * Daniel Gayo Avello, University of Oviedo * Scott Golder, Cornell University * Bruno Goncalves, Aix-Marseille Universite * Andrew Gordon, University of Southern California * Scott Hale, Oxford Internet Institute * Noriko Hara, Indiana University * Bernhard Haslhofer, University of Vienna * Andreas Hotho, University of Wuerzburg * Geert-Jan Houben, TU Delft * Jeremy Hunsinger, Wilfrid Laurier University * Ajita John, Avaya Labs * Robert Jaschke, L3S Research Center * Haewoon Kwak, Telefonica Research * Renaud Lambiotte, University of Namur * Matthieu Latapy, CNRS * Silvio Lattanzi, Google * Vili Lehdonvirta, Oxford Internet Institute * Sune Lehmann, Technical University of Denmark * Kristina Lerman, University of Southern California * David Liben-Nowell, Carleton College * Yu-Ru Lin, University of Pittsburgh * Huan Liu, Arizona State University * Jared Lorince, Indiana University * Mathias Lux, Klagenfurt University * Massimo Marchiori, University of Padova and UTILABS * Yutaka Matsuo, University of Tokyo * Jaimie Murdock, Indiana University * Mirco Musolesi, University of Birmingham * Eni Mustafaraj, Wellesley College * Wolfgang Nejdl, L3S and University of Hannover * Andre Panisson, ISI Foundation, Turin * Hanwoo Park, Yeungnam University * Fernando Pedone, University of Lugano * Leto Peel, University of Colorado, Boulder * Orion Penner, IMT Lucca * Nicola Perra, Northeastern University * Rob Procter, University of Warwick * Cornelius Puschmann, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society * Daniele Quercia, Yahoo! Labs * Carlos P. Roca, Universitat Rovira i Virgili * Richard Rogers, University of Amsterdam * Daniel Romero, Northwestern University * Matthew Rowe, Lancaster University * Giancarlo Ruffo, Universita di Torino * Derek Ruths, McGill University * Rossano Schifanella, Universita di Torino * Ralph Schroeder, Oxford Internet Institute * Kalpana Shankar, University College Dublin * Xiaolin Shi, Microsoft * Elena Simperl, University of Southampton * Philipp Singer, Knowledge Management Institute * Marc Smith, Connected Action Consulting Group * Steffen Staab, University of Koblenz-Landau * Burkhard Stiller, University of Zurich * Lei Tang, @WalmartLabs * Loren Terveen, University of Minnesota * Sebastiano Vigna, Universita degli Studi di Milano * Claudia Wagner, GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences * Jillian Wallis, UC Los Angeles * Stan Wasserman, Indiana University * Ingmar Weber, Qatar Computing Research Institute * Matthew Weber, Rutgers University * Lilian Weng, Indiana University * Christopher Wienberg, University of Southern California * Ben Zhao, UC Santa Barbara * Arkaitz Zubiaga, Dublin Institute of Technology

1 0

Fwd: [pd-discuss] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | VERSION 2 OF THE PEERAGOGY HANDBOOK PUBLISHED FOR FREE DOWNLOAD ON PUBLIC DOMAIN DAY 2014
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 2, 2014

Jan. 2, 2014

Buon Anno a tutti! juan carlos -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [pd-discuss] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | VERSION 2 OF THE PEERAGOGY HANDBOOK PUBLISHED FOR FREE DOWNLOAD ON PUBLIC DOMAIN DAY 2014 Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 18:43:35 -0600 From: Charlie Danoff <charles(a)danoff.org> Reply-To: Public Domain discuss list <pd-discuss(a)lists.okfn.org> To: undisclosed-recipients:; VERSION 2 OF THE PEERAGOGY HANDBOOK PUBLISHED FOR FREE DOWNLOAD ON PUBLIC DOMAIN DAY 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 31 December 2013 PEERAGOGY.ORG <http://PEERAGOGY.ORG> - CHICAGO - 31 DECEMBER 2013 - Editors of the award winning Peeragogy Handbook are delighted to announce the revised, second edition of the Handbook will be published on Public Domain Day 2014 (1 Jan. '14). The Handbook is the world's first book explicating Peeragogy, a collection of techniques for collaborative learning and collaborative work. This version features a new foreward from well-known author, Stanford University Educator and Founding Editor of the Handbook, Howard Rheingold. The Handbook has drawn praise from leading Peer-to-Peer theorist Michel Bauwens, Research Director of the Free/Libre Open Knowledge Society (a project at the IAEN national university with support of the Ecuadorian Ministry of Human Resource and Knowledge), â??Rheingold and a great team of collaborators have preceded the rest of humanity in exploring the new dynamics of technologically-enhanced peer learning.â??, said Bauwens. Med Kharbach, Editor and Owner of Educational Technology and Mobile Learning, also wrote, "[the] Peeragogy handbook is now online and for FREE. I highly recommend that you download and keep it with you. It contains a treasure trove of tools to help you in your learning." Last year, On Public Domain Day 2013, the first edition was published. It was selected as one of the P2P [Peer to Peer] Foundation's best P2P books. Peer learning is the oldest form of human education and is being amplified by today's technological tools. The Handbook was created to help peers around the globe attain their educational goals and improve their projects. To fit the copyright license to the project vision, all of the Handbook contents are given a Creative Commons Zero Public Domain Dedication. It is free to download and then anyone is free to reuse, revise, remix or redistribute it. "If a group of people want to use online media and networks to learn together (co-learn), this handbook will help to self-organize peeragogy." wrote EdTechReview. A portion of the first edition handbook was selected for inclusion in The Open Book, which explores the social and technological manifestations of this emergent movement. It was built by the community, with thanks to The Finnish Institute in London and the Open Knowledge Foundation and in honor of the first Open Knowledge Festival in Helsinki. On January 1st, 2014, the PDF e-book version will be available for free download from http://peeragogy.org and interested readers will be able to sign for an e-mail list notifying them when the print version is available. About the Peeragogy Project: Peeragogy.org is administered and edited by a group of peers who also publish the Handbook, maintain the accompanying social media communities and experiment with their own case-studies in Peeragogy via the Peeragogy Accelerator. Joe Corneli and Charles Jeffrey Danoff began researching peer learning theories in late 2010 calling it Paragogy. The next year Howard Rheingold amended the term to Peeragogy and in 2012 launched the Peeragogy Handbook: an ambitous project to produce a text of peer learning techniques open to contributions from anyone in the world. The first edition was published on January 1st, 2013 and over the past year the Editorial Board of Corneli, Danoff, George Brett, Kyle Larson, Charlotte Pierce, Paola Ricaurte and Fabrizio Terzi worked with other contributors on the second edition. For additional information, contact: Charles Jeffrey Danoff Peeragogy.org Co-Editor +1.847.773.7673 charles(a)danoff.org <mailto:charles@danoff.org>

1 0