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Re: [nexa] Grégoire Chamayou: "How Drones Turned American Wars Into Manhunts and Humans Into Prey"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Thanks, Philippe. There is a footnote on pragmatic co-presence also in the Italian edition, altough apparently shorter: p. 117-121. juan carlos On 07/04/15 22:44, Philippe Aigrain wrote: > Grégoire Chamayou's book is a major piece of political philosphy, with > great value for the understanding of the drift of the exercise of power > towards more dangerously asymetric relations, and also of digitally > meadiated interaction. In the French edition there is a 20-page footnote > on the concept of pragmatic co-presence that I have found immensely > inspiring and which I hope he will at some stage turn into a book of its > own. > > Best, > > Philippe AIgrain > > On 07/04/2015 20:33, J.C. DE MARTIN wrote: >> *How Drones Turned American Wars Into Manhunts and Humans Into Prey* >> /The remote-controlled hunting of human beings has become standard >> practice in American warfare./ >> >> Grégoire Chamayou >> >> April 7, 2015 >> >> /This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of >> important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates >> from TomDispatch.com./ >> >> [The following is slightly adapted from chapters two and three of >> Grégoire Chamayou’s new book, A Theory of the Drone, with special thanks >> to his publisher, the New Press.] >> >> Initially, the English word “drone” meant both an insect and a sound. It >> was not until the outbreak of World War II that it began to take on >> another meaning. At that time, American artillery apprentices used the >> expression “target drones” to designate the small remotely controlled >> planes at which they aimed in training. The metaphor did not refer >> solely to the size of those machines or the brm-brm of their motors. >> Drones are male bees, without stingers, and eventually the other bees >> kill them. Classical tradition regarded them as emblems of all that is >> nongenuine and dispensable. That was precisely what a target drone was: >> just a dummy, made to be shot down. >> >> However, it was a long time before drones were to be seen cruising above >> battlefields. To be sure, the idea dates back quite a while: there were >> the Curtiss-Sperry aerial torpedo and the Kettering Bug at the end of >> World War I, and then the Nazi V-1s and V-2s unleashed on London in >> 1944. But those old flying torpedoes may be considered more as the >> ancestors of cruise missiles than as those of present-day drones. The >> essential difference lies in the fact that while the former can be used >> only once, the latter are reusable. The drone is not a projectile, but a >> projectile-carrying machine. >> >> It was during the Vietnam War that the U.S. Air Force, to counteract the >> Soviet surface-to-air missiles that had inflicted heavy casualties on >> it, invested in reconnaissance drones nicknamed “Lightning Bugs,” >> produced by Ryan Aeronautical. An American official explained that >> “these RPVs [remotely piloted vehicles] could help prevent aircrews from >> becoming casualties or prisoners… With RPVs, survival is not the driving >> factor.” >> >> […] >> >> Continua qui: >> http://www.thenation.com/article/203713/how-drones-turned-american-wars-man… >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nexa mailing list >> nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it >> https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa >> > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa

April 8, 2015

Re: [nexa] USA Executive Order -- "Blocking the Property of Certain Persons Engaging in Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Intanto questo è il commento di EFF: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/04/whitehouses-new-executive-order-cyber… juan carlos On 04/04/15 14:47, Andrea Glorioso wrote: > Caro Arturo, > > Puoi elaborare il tuo commento? Lo strumento delle sanzioni, al di là > delle valutazioni sulla loro efficacia, è utilizzato ampiamente in > molti settori delle relazioni internazionali. > > Grazie, ciao, > > Andrea > > On Thursday, April 2, 2015, A Dicorinto <arturo.dicorinto(a)uniroma1.it > <mailto:arturo.dicorinto@uniroma1.it>> wrote: > > Che abominio. Alla faccia della libertà. > > 2015-04-01 17:54 GMT+02:00 J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin(a)polito.it > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','demartin(a)polito.it');>>: > > https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/04/01/executive-order-bloc… > > The White House > > Office of the Press Secretary > > For Immediate Release > April 01, 2015 > > > Executive Order -- "Blocking the Property of Certain Persons > Engaging in Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities" > > EXECUTIVE ORDER > > - - - - - - - > > BLOCKING THE PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS ENGAGING IN > > SIGNIFICANT MALICIOUS CYBER-ENABLED ACTIVITIES > > By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution > and the laws of the United States of America, including the > International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et > seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et > seq.) (NEA), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality > Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3, > United States Code, > > I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, > find that the increasing prevalence and severity of malicious > cyber-enabled activities originating from, or directed by > persons located, in whole or in substantial part, outside the > United States constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat > to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the > United States. I hereby declare a national emergency to deal > with this threat. > > Accordingly, I hereby order: > > _Section 1_. (a) All property and interests in property that > are in the United States, that hereafter come within the > United States, or that are or hereafter come within the > possession or control of any United States person of the > following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, > paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: > > (i) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in > consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of > State, to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have > engaged in, directly or indirectly, cyber-enabled activities > originating from, or directed by persons located, in whole or > in substantial part, outside the United States that are > reasonably likely to result in, or have materially contributed > to, a significant threat to the national security, foreign > policy, or economic health or financial stability of the > United States and that have the purpose or effect of: > > (A) harming, or otherwise significantly compromising the > provision of services by, a computer or network of computers > that support one or more entities in a critical infrastructure > sector; > > (B) significantly compromising the provision of services by > one or more entities in a critical infrastructure sector; > > (C) causing a significant disruption to the availability of a > computer or network of computers; or > > (D) causing a significant misappropriation of funds or > economic resources, trade secrets, personal identifiers, or > financial information for commercial or competitive advantage > or private financial gain; or > > (ii) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, > in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of > State: > > (A) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged > in, the receipt or use for commercial or competitive advantage > or private financial gain, or by a commercial entity, outside > the United States of trade secrets misappropriated through > cyber-enabled means, knowing they have been misappropriated, > where the misappropriation of such trade secrets is reasonably > likely to result in, or has materially contributed to, a > significant threat to the national security, foreign policy, > or economic health or financial stability of the United States; > > (B) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided > financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or > services in support of, any activity described in subsections > (a)(i) or (a)(ii)(A) of this section or any person whose > property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to > this order; > > (C) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or > purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, > any person whose property and interests in property are > blocked pursuant to this order; or > > (D) to have attempted to engage in any of the activities > described in subsections (a)(i) and (a)(ii)(A)-(C) of this > section. > > (b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply > except to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, > orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to > this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or > any license or permit granted prior to the effective date of > this order. > > _Sec. 2_. I hereby determine that the making of donations of > the type of articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA > (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of any > person whose property and interests in property are blocked > pursuant to section 1 of this order would seriously impair my > ability to deal with the national emergency declared in this > order, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by > section 1 of this order. > > _Sec. 3_. The prohibitions in section 1 of this order include > but are not limited to: > > (a) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, > goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person > whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant > to this order; and > > (b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, > goods, or services from any such person. > > _Sec. 4_. I hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant and > nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens determined > to meet one or more of the criteria in section 1(a) of this > order would be detrimental to the interests of the United > States, and I hereby suspend entry into the United States, as > immigrants or nonimmigrants, of such persons. Such persons > shall be treated as persons covered by section 1 of > Proclamation 8693 of July 24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry of > Aliens Subject to United Nations Security Council Travel Bans > and International Emergency Economic Powers Act Sanctions). > > _Sec. 5_. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the > purpose of evading or avoiding, causes a violation of, or > attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this > order is prohibited. > > (b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions > set forth in this order is prohibited. > > _Sec. 6_. For the purposes of this order: > > (a) the term "person" means an individual or entity; > > (b) the term "entity" means a partnership, association, trust, > joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other > organization; > > (c) the term "United States person" means any United States > citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the > laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the > United States (including foreign branches), or any person in > the United States; > > (d) the term "critical infrastructure sector" means any of the > designated critical infrastructure sectors identified in > Presidential Policy Directive 21; and > > (e) the term "misappropriation" includes any taking or > obtaining by improper means, without permission or consent, or > under false pretenses. > > _Sec. 7_. For those persons whose property and interests in > property are blocked pursuant to this order who might have a > constitutional presence in the United States, I find that > because of the ability to transfer funds or other assets > instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures to > be taken pursuant to this order would render those measures > ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these measures to > be effective in addressing the national emergency declared in > this order, there need be no prior notice of a listing or > determination made pursuant to section 1 of this order. > > _Sec. 8_. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with > the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, is hereby > authorized to take such actions, including the promulgation of > rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the > President by IEEPA as may be necessary to carry out the > purposes of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may > redelegate any of these functions to other officers and > agencies of the United States Government consistent with > applicable law. All agencies of the United States Government > are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within > their authority to carry out the provisions of this order. > > _Sec. 9_. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with > the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, is hereby > authorized to submit the recurring and final reports to the > Congress on the national emergency declared in this order, > consistent with section 401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)) > and section 204(c) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)). > > _Sec. 10_. This order is not intended to, and does not, create > any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable > at law or in equity by any party against the United States, > its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, > employees, or agents, or any other person. > > BARACK OBAMA > > THE WHITE HOUSE, > April 1, 2015. > > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it');> > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > > > > > -- > > Arturo Di Corinto > www.dicorinto.it <http://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. 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April 8, 2015

Re: [nexa] Grégoire Chamayou: "How Drones Turned American Wars Into Manhunts and Humans Into Prey"

by Philippe Aigrain

Grégoire Chamayou's book is a major piece of political philosphy, with great value for the understanding of the drift of the exercise of power towards more dangerously asymetric relations, and also of digitally meadiated interaction. In the French edition there is a 20-page footnote on the concept of pragmatic co-presence that I have found immensely inspiring and which I hope he will at some stage turn into a book of its own. Best, Philippe AIgrain On 07/04/2015 20:33, J.C. DE MARTIN wrote: > *How Drones Turned American Wars Into Manhunts and Humans Into Prey* > /The remote-controlled hunting of human beings has become standard > practice in American warfare./ > > Grégoire Chamayou > > April 7, 2015 > > /This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of > important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates > from TomDispatch.com./ > > [The following is slightly adapted from chapters two and three of > Grégoire Chamayou’s new book, A Theory of the Drone, with special thanks > to his publisher, the New Press.] > > Initially, the English word “drone” meant both an insect and a sound. It > was not until the outbreak of World War II that it began to take on > another meaning. At that time, American artillery apprentices used the > expression “target drones” to designate the small remotely controlled > planes at which they aimed in training. The metaphor did not refer > solely to the size of those machines or the brm-brm of their motors. > Drones are male bees, without stingers, and eventually the other bees > kill them. Classical tradition regarded them as emblems of all that is > nongenuine and dispensable. That was precisely what a target drone was: > just a dummy, made to be shot down. > > However, it was a long time before drones were to be seen cruising above > battlefields. To be sure, the idea dates back quite a while: there were > the Curtiss-Sperry aerial torpedo and the Kettering Bug at the end of > World War I, and then the Nazi V-1s and V-2s unleashed on London in > 1944. But those old flying torpedoes may be considered more as the > ancestors of cruise missiles than as those of present-day drones. The > essential difference lies in the fact that while the former can be used > only once, the latter are reusable. The drone is not a projectile, but a > projectile-carrying machine. > > It was during the Vietnam War that the U.S. Air Force, to counteract the > Soviet surface-to-air missiles that had inflicted heavy casualties on > it, invested in reconnaissance drones nicknamed “Lightning Bugs,” > produced by Ryan Aeronautical. An American official explained that > “these RPVs [remotely piloted vehicles] could help prevent aircrews from > becoming casualties or prisoners… With RPVs, survival is not the driving > factor.” > > […] > > Continua qui: > http://www.thenation.com/article/203713/how-drones-turned-american-wars-man… > > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa >

April 7, 2015

How the German Foreign Intelligence Agency BND tapped the Internet Exchange Point DE-CIX in Frankfurt, since 2009 | netzpolitik.org

by Luca Cicchelli

https://netzpolitik.org/2015/how-the-german-foreign-intelligence-agency-bnd… In aggiunta segnalo che da poco DE-CIX ha fatto un agreement conTI Sparkle per gestire un IX nel loro Data Center di Palermo -- Luca Sent by mobile

April 7, 2015

Grégoire Chamayou: "How Drones Turned American Wars Into Manhunts and Humans Into Prey"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

*How Drones Turned American Wars Into Manhunts and Humans Into Prey* /The remote-controlled hunting of human beings has become standard practice in American warfare./ Grégoire Chamayou April 7, 2015 /This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com./ [The following is slightly adapted from chapters two and three of Grégoire Chamayou’s new book, A Theory of the Drone, with special thanks to his publisher, the New Press.] Initially, the English word “drone” meant both an insect and a sound. It was not until the outbreak of World War II that it began to take on another meaning. At that time, American artillery apprentices used the expression “target drones” to designate the small remotely controlled planes at which they aimed in training. The metaphor did not refer solely to the size of those machines or the brm-brm of their motors. Drones are male bees, without stingers, and eventually the other bees kill them. Classical tradition regarded them as emblems of all that is nongenuine and dispensable. That was precisely what a target drone was: just a dummy, made to be shot down. However, it was a long time before drones were to be seen cruising above battlefields. To be sure, the idea dates back quite a while: there were the Curtiss-Sperry aerial torpedo and the Kettering Bug at the end of World War I, and then the Nazi V-1s and V-2s unleashed on London in 1944. But those old flying torpedoes may be considered more as the ancestors of cruise missiles than as those of present-day drones. The essential difference lies in the fact that while the former can be used only once, the latter are reusable. The drone is not a projectile, but a projectile-carrying machine. It was during the Vietnam War that the U.S. Air Force, to counteract the Soviet surface-to-air missiles that had inflicted heavy casualties on it, invested in reconnaissance drones nicknamed “Lightning Bugs,” produced by Ryan Aeronautical. An American official explained that “these RPVs [remotely piloted vehicles] could help prevent aircrews from becoming casualties or prisoners… With RPVs, survival is not the driving factor.” […] Continua qui: http://www.thenation.com/article/203713/how-drones-turned-american-wars-man…

April 7, 2015

Re: [nexa] USA Executive Order -- "Blocking the Property of Certain Persons Engaging in Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Caro Andrea, in attesa dei commenti di Arturo, ci dici tu cosa ne pensi? Ovviamente a titolo personale, ecc. ecc. E' una non notizia, ovvero, un atto di ordinaria ammistrazione, come sembrebbero indicare le tue parole, o ci sono profili inediti che vale la pena commentare? Grazie! juan carlos On 04/04/15 14:47, Andrea Glorioso wrote: > Caro Arturo, > > Puoi elaborare il tuo commento? Lo strumento delle sanzioni, al di là > delle valutazioni sulla loro efficacia, è utilizzato ampiamente in > molti settori delle relazioni internazionali. > > Grazie, ciao, > > Andrea > > On Thursday, April 2, 2015, A Dicorinto <arturo.dicorinto(a)uniroma1.it > <mailto:arturo.dicorinto@uniroma1.it>> wrote: > > Che abominio. Alla faccia della libertà. > > 2015-04-01 17:54 GMT+02:00 J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin(a)polito.it > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','demartin(a)polito.it');>>: > > https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/04/01/executive-order-bloc… > > The White House > > Office of the Press Secretary > > For Immediate Release > April 01, 2015 > > > Executive Order -- "Blocking the Property of Certain Persons > Engaging in Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities" > > EXECUTIVE ORDER > > - - - - - - - > > BLOCKING THE PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS ENGAGING IN > > SIGNIFICANT MALICIOUS CYBER-ENABLED ACTIVITIES > > By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution > and the laws of the United States of America, including the > International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et > seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et > seq.) (NEA), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality > Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3, > United States Code, > > I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, > find that the increasing prevalence and severity of malicious > cyber-enabled activities originating from, or directed by > persons located, in whole or in substantial part, outside the > United States constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat > to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the > United States. I hereby declare a national emergency to deal > with this threat. > > Accordingly, I hereby order: > > _Section 1_. (a) All property and interests in property that > are in the United States, that hereafter come within the > United States, or that are or hereafter come within the > possession or control of any United States person of the > following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, > paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: > > (i) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in > consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of > State, to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have > engaged in, directly or indirectly, cyber-enabled activities > originating from, or directed by persons located, in whole or > in substantial part, outside the United States that are > reasonably likely to result in, or have materially contributed > to, a significant threat to the national security, foreign > policy, or economic health or financial stability of the > United States and that have the purpose or effect of: > > (A) harming, or otherwise significantly compromising the > provision of services by, a computer or network of computers > that support one or more entities in a critical infrastructure > sector; > > (B) significantly compromising the provision of services by > one or more entities in a critical infrastructure sector; > > (C) causing a significant disruption to the availability of a > computer or network of computers; or > > (D) causing a significant misappropriation of funds or > economic resources, trade secrets, personal identifiers, or > financial information for commercial or competitive advantage > or private financial gain; or > > (ii) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, > in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of > State: > > (A) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged > in, the receipt or use for commercial or competitive advantage > or private financial gain, or by a commercial entity, outside > the United States of trade secrets misappropriated through > cyber-enabled means, knowing they have been misappropriated, > where the misappropriation of such trade secrets is reasonably > likely to result in, or has materially contributed to, a > significant threat to the national security, foreign policy, > or economic health or financial stability of the United States; > > (B) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided > financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or > services in support of, any activity described in subsections > (a)(i) or (a)(ii)(A) of this section or any person whose > property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to > this order; > > (C) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or > purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, > any person whose property and interests in property are > blocked pursuant to this order; or > > (D) to have attempted to engage in any of the activities > described in subsections (a)(i) and (a)(ii)(A)-(C) of this > section. > > (b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply > except to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, > orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to > this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or > any license or permit granted prior to the effective date of > this order. > > _Sec. 2_. I hereby determine that the making of donations of > the type of articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA > (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of any > person whose property and interests in property are blocked > pursuant to section 1 of this order would seriously impair my > ability to deal with the national emergency declared in this > order, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by > section 1 of this order. > > _Sec. 3_. The prohibitions in section 1 of this order include > but are not limited to: > > (a) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, > goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person > whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant > to this order; and > > (b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, > goods, or services from any such person. > > _Sec. 4_. I hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant and > nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens determined > to meet one or more of the criteria in section 1(a) of this > order would be detrimental to the interests of the United > States, and I hereby suspend entry into the United States, as > immigrants or nonimmigrants, of such persons. Such persons > shall be treated as persons covered by section 1 of > Proclamation 8693 of July 24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry of > Aliens Subject to United Nations Security Council Travel Bans > and International Emergency Economic Powers Act Sanctions). > > _Sec. 5_. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the > purpose of evading or avoiding, causes a violation of, or > attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this > order is prohibited. > > (b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions > set forth in this order is prohibited. > > _Sec. 6_. For the purposes of this order: > > (a) the term "person" means an individual or entity; > > (b) the term "entity" means a partnership, association, trust, > joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other > organization; > > (c) the term "United States person" means any United States > citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the > laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the > United States (including foreign branches), or any person in > the United States; > > (d) the term "critical infrastructure sector" means any of the > designated critical infrastructure sectors identified in > Presidential Policy Directive 21; and > > (e) the term "misappropriation" includes any taking or > obtaining by improper means, without permission or consent, or > under false pretenses. > > _Sec. 7_. For those persons whose property and interests in > property are blocked pursuant to this order who might have a > constitutional presence in the United States, I find that > because of the ability to transfer funds or other assets > instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures to > be taken pursuant to this order would render those measures > ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these measures to > be effective in addressing the national emergency declared in > this order, there need be no prior notice of a listing or > determination made pursuant to section 1 of this order. > > _Sec. 8_. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with > the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, is hereby > authorized to take such actions, including the promulgation of > rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the > President by IEEPA as may be necessary to carry out the > purposes of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may > redelegate any of these functions to other officers and > agencies of the United States Government consistent with > applicable law. All agencies of the United States Government > are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within > their authority to carry out the provisions of this order. > > _Sec. 9_. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with > the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, is hereby > authorized to submit the recurring and final reports to the > Congress on the national emergency declared in this order, > consistent with section 401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)) > and section 204(c) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)). > > _Sec. 10_. This order is not intended to, and does not, create > any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable > at law or in equity by any party against the United States, > its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, > employees, or agents, or any other person. > > BARACK OBAMA > > THE WHITE HOUSE, > April 1, 2015. > > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it');> > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > > > > > -- > > Arturo Di Corinto > www.dicorinto.it <http://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. 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April 7, 2015

Council of Europe multi-stakeholder consultations on Internet freedom

by WIELOCH Marta

On behalf of Elvana Thaçi Dear all, The Council of Europe is working on a draft recommendation by the Committee of Ministers to its member states on Internet freedom (attached). The draft is currently being elaborated by a committee of experts operating under the authority of the Council of Europe's Steering Committee on Media and Information Society. As part of its multi-stakeholder outreach and dialogue, the Council of Europe would like your feedback, comments and suggestions on the draft recommendation to be sent to us, at the latest by 30 April 2015, by E-mail to Marta.WIELOCH(a)coe.int<mailto:Marta.WIELOCH@coe.int> . Thank you in advance Elvana Thaçi Administrator, Media & Internet Council of Europe + 33 (0) 3 90 21 56 98 + 33 (0) 6 20 74 64 48 elvana.thaci(a)coe.int<mailto:elvana.thaci@coe.int> [cid:image001.png@01D03F0E.4AD6FD80]<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Information-Society-Group/771851256242082?fr…>[cid:image002.png@01D00B04.68105560]<https://twitter.com/elvanathaci>

April 7, 2015

Re: [nexa] 74° mercoledì di nexa - 8 aprile 2015

by Daniele Bettini

Magari qualcuno può essere interessato. Sottolinearei che la Call vale solo per amministrazioni/enti pubblici. Buongiorno. La nostra redazione si sta occupando del *Premio Smart Communities* e dello Smart Communities Road Show nell'ambito delle diverse edizioni regionali di SMAU. Il Premio Smart Communities è finalizzato a selezionare e dare visibilità a esperienze e progetti innovativi in tema di città e territori intelligenti, realizzati dagli enti pubblici. Le aree tematiche sono numerose: ad esempio la riqualificazione del territorio, il turismo, i trasporti, l'innovazione in agricoltura e nella cultura dell'alimentazione, medicina e salute, l'educazione e la formazione, la sostenibilità ambientale, le politiche temporali. Stiamo lavorando all'edizione di *Torino che si svolgerà** il 29-30 aprile 2015, * aperta a candidature provenienti dal Piemonte, Valle D'Aosta, Liguria. Se state lavorando a progetti riconducibili alle politiche delle Smart City, vi segnaliamo l'opportunità di candidare il vostro ente (o l'ente pubblico per cui lavorate) al Premio Smart Communities, compilando il form su questa pagina: http://www.smau.it/inquiry/questionnaire/candidatura-premio-smartcommunitie… Il limite per presentare la candidatura è il *17 aprile 2015.* La partecipazione al Premio è gratuita e garantisce visibilità ai progetti, e agli enti che li stanno realizzando, sul sito di SMAU. I finalisti e i vincitori riceveranno un riconoscimento pubblico nell'ambito dell'evento istituzionale organizzato da SMAU in programma a Torino. Alla premiazione saranno presenti rappresentanti delle istituzioni, giornalisti di quotidiani nazionali e locali, stampa specializzata, radio e TV. Siamo a disposizione per ogni ulteriore informazione. In attesa di un gentile riscontro, cordiali saluti. Triwu' - La web TV dell'innovazione Redazione trasmissioni Smart City e Moebius di Radio24 Coordinamento Smart City Roadshow e Premio Smart Communities SMAU Via Massimiano 25, Milano Tel. 02 2046602 - 02 2046170 Daniele

April 7, 2015

Re: [nexa] 74° mercoledì di nexa - 8 aprile 2015

by Giuseppe Futia

*REMINDER*: vi ricordiamo che domani mercoledì 8 aprile, dalle ore 18 alle ore 20, si svolgerà il 74° Mercoledì di Nexa, con un incontro dal titolo: " *Ubiquitous Commons. La trasformazione dei Commonsnell'era delle tecnologie ubique e delle reti*". Ospiti dell'incontro *Salvatore Iaconesi* (Interaction designer, ingegnere robotico, artista e hacker) e *Ugo Pagallo* (Professore ordinario, Università degli Studi di Torino). Ingresso libero, webcast live all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events. Maggiori informazioni sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-74. Cordiali saluti, Giuseppe Il giorno 1 aprile 2015 16:33, Giuseppe Futia <giuseppe.futia(a)polito.it> ha scritto: > Se non visualizzi correttamente questo messaggio clicca qui > <http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-74> [image: NEXA] > > 74° Mercoledì di Nexa > Mercoledi 8 aprile 2015, ore 18.00 - 20.00 > > Via Boggio 65/a, Torino (primo piano) > > http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-74 > Ubiquitous Commons. > La trasformazione dei Commons nell'era delle tecnologie ubique e delle reti > > Speakers > Salvatore Iaconesi, Ugo Pagallo > > Ingresso libero > > This event will be webcast live: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events > > Con l’espressione “Ubiquitous Commons <http://www.ubiquitouscommons.org/>” > s’intende un sforzo di ricerca a livello internazionale che ha l’obiettivo > di comprendere le trasformazioni che coinvolgono dati, informazioni e > conoscenze nell’era delle cosiddette “tecnologie ubique”. Di questo tema, > in occasione del 74° Mercoledì di Nexa, discuterà *Salvatore Iaconesi*, > interaction designer, ingegnere robotico, artista e hacker, con la > partecipazione del Prof. *Ugo Pagallo*, ordinario dell’Università degli > Studi di Torino e Faculty Fellow del Centro Nexa su Internet & Società, nel > ruolo di discussant. > > L’Ubiquitous Commons si dedica a un’analisi critica e costruttiva degli > aspetti sociali, antropologici, estetici, politici e alle trasformazioni > psicologiche legati, da un lato, all’*iper-interconnettività che > coinvolge gli essere umani, i loro corpi, oggetti e luoghi, e dall’altro, > all’enorme collezione di dati raccolti grazie alle tecnologie ubique*. > > Inoltre, le attività di ricerca dell’Ubiquitous Commons si dedicano alla > costruzione di strumenti e pratiche attraverso cui cittadini, > organizzazioni, imprese e ricercatori possano emanare processi condivisi ed > etici in cui i *soggetti diventano attivamente impegnati nel definire le > modalità di utilizzo dei dati che loro stessi producono*. Tale sforzo > garantisce che i propri diritti vengano tutelati e che iniziative di natura > etica nell’ambito della scienza, dell’azione civica, dell’organizzazione > sociale e del coordinamento diventino possibili e auspicabili. > > BIOGRAFIE - e informazioni supplementari > > [image: [Iaconesi - Pagallo]] > > SALVATORE IACONESI è un interaction designer, ingegnere robotico, artista > e hacker. TED Fellow nel 2012 <http://www.ted.com/profiles/168104/fellow>, > Eisenhower Fellow dal 2013 > <https://efworld.org/news/italian-fellow#.VRubR_msWCk> e Yale World > Fellow nel 2014 <http://worldfellows.yale.edu/salvatore-iaconesi>. > > UGO PAGALLO è professore ordinario di filosofia del diritto presso il > Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza dell'Università degli Studi di Torino dal > 2000, docente presso il Center for Transnational Legal Studies > <http://ctls.georgetown.edu/> (CTLS) di Londra e faculty fellow del > Centro Nexa su Internet & Società del Politecnico di Torino. > > Maggiori informazioni sui relatori sono disponibili all'indirizzo: > http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-74. > > Letture consigliate e link utili: > > - Ubiquitous Commons <http://www.ubiquitouscommons.org/> - The Commons > in the Age of Ubiquitous Technologies > - Ubiquitous Commons: the struggle to control our data > <http://bollier.org/blog/ubiquitous-commons-struggle-control-our-data>, > by David Bollie > - "L'iperconnettività da governare > <http://www.ubiquitouscommons.org/ubiquitous-commons-article-on-nova-24-on-i…>, > by Salvatore Iaconesi e Oriana Persico, Nòva24 > - Ulteriori letture consigliate sono disponibili all'indirizzo: > http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-74 > > > > > 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 >

April 7, 2015

Berkman Center Webcast live oggi ore 18 - The Black Box Society

by Giuseppe Futia

The Black Box Society http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/04/Pasquale <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2014/06/sigal> *With author Frank Pasquale. Moderated by Jonathan Zittrain* Today, 6.00 pm Webcast live: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/webcast http://nexa.polito.it/berkman-webcast-live Does the increasing velocity, variety, and volume of data make regulators' jobs harder or easier? Some say we are entering a "golden age of surveillance," enabling perfect enforcement of laws. But Frank Pasquale's book "The Black Box Society" argues that, at least in areas like privacy, antitrust, and financial regulation, big data can also enable obfuscation, stonewalling, and even fraud. About Frank Frank Pasquale’s research addresses the challenges posed to information law by rapidly changing technology, particularly in the health care, internet, and finance industries. He is a member of the NSF-funded Council for Big Data, Ethics, and Society, and an Affiliate Fellow of Yale Law School’s Information Society Project. He frequently presents on the ethical, legal, and social implications of information technology for attorneys, physicians, and other health professionals. His book /The Black Box Society: The Secret Algorithms that Control Money and Information/ (Harvard University Press, 2015) develops a social theory of reputation, search, and finance. Pasquale has been a Visiting Fellow at Princeton’s Center for Information Technology, and a Visiting Professor at Yale Law School and Cardozo Law School. He was a Marshall Scholar at Oxford University. He has testified before the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives, appearing with the General Counsels of Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo. He has also presented before a Department of Health & Human Services/Federal Trade Commission Roundtable and panels of the National Academy of Sciences. He served on an American Academy of Arts and Sciences working group on the future of mobile health (mHealth) regulation. He has received a commission from Triple Canopy to write and present on the political economy of automation. Pasquale serves on the Advisory Boards of the Data Competition Institute, Patient Privacy Rights and the Electronic Privacy Information Center. He is is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Legal Education and the Oxford Handbooks Online in Law. He has served on the executive board of the Health Law Section of the American Association of Law Schools (AALS), and has served as chair of the AALS section on Privacy and Defamation. He has been quoted in the /Financial Times, New York Times, Economist, CNN/, and many other media outlets. About Jonathan Jonathan Zittrain is the George Bemis Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources at the Harvard Law School Library, and co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. His research interests include battles for control of digital property and content, cryptography, electronic privacy, the roles of intermediaries within Internet architecture, human computing, and the useful and unobtrusive deployment of technology in education. He performed the first large-scale tests of Internet filtering in China and Saudi Arabia, and as part of the OpenNet Initiative co-edited a series of studies of Internet filtering by national governments: /Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering; Access Controlled: The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace; and Access Contested: Security, Identity, and Resistance in Asian Cyberspace/. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Board of Advisors for Scientific American. He has served as a Trustee of the Internet Society and as a Forum Fellow of the World Economic Forum, which named him a Young Global Leader. He was a Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the Federal Communications Commission, and previously chaired the FCC’s Open Internet Advisory Committee. His book /The Future of the Internet -- And How to Stop It/ predicted the end of general purpose client computing and the corresponding rise of new gatekeepers. That and other works may be found at <http://www.jz.org>.

April 7, 2015