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Meta says it may shut down Facebook and Instagram in Europe
by Alberto Cammozzo Feb. 7, 2022

Feb. 7, 2022

<https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/02/07/meta-threatens-to-shut-down-facebo…> Facebook and Instagram may be shut down across Europe, parent company Meta has said. The issue comes down to European data regulations that prevent Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, from transferring, storing and processing Europeans’ data on US-based servers. In its *annual report* <https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001326801/14039b47-2e2f-4054-9dc…> to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the country’s financial authority, Meta warned last Thursday that if no new framework is adopted and the company could no longer use the current model of agreements it would probably have to walk away from the continent. Meta stated that processing user data between countries is crucial for business and advert targeting. "If we are unable to transfer data between and among countries and regions in which we operate, or if we are restricted from sharing data among our products and services, it could affect our ability to provide our services, the manner in which we provide our services or our ability to target ads," the statement read. Meta clarified that it thinks it will be able to reach a new agreement this year but if it does not, it stated: "We will likely be unable to offer a number of our most significant products and services, including Facebook and Instagram, in Europe". Meta could previously use a data transfer framework called Privacy Shield as the legal basis to carry out transatlantic data transfers. But In July 2020, the European Court of Justice annulled the treaty due to violations of data protection. The bloc's highest legal authority argued the standard does not adequately protect European citizens’ privacy. As a result, US companies were restricted in sending European user data to the US and have had to rely on SCCs (standard contractual clauses). The EU and US have said they are working on a new or updated version of the treaty. *How has the European Commission reacted?* "Securing a new arrangement for safe transatlantic data flows is a priority for us and our US partners," a European Commission spokesperson told Euronews Next via email. The negotiations have intensified in the past months, with discussions at a technical and political level. This includes regular contacts between Commissioner Reynders and his counterpart, US Secretary for Commerce, Gina Raimondo, they added. "Only an arrangement that is fully compliant with the requirements set by the EU court can deliver the stability and legal certainty stakeholders expect on both sides of the Atlantic. "These negotiations take some time, given also the complexity of the issues discussed and the need to strike a balance between privacy and national security". *What has Meta said?* "We have absolutely no desire and no plans to withdraw from Europe, but the simple reality is that Meta, and many other businesses, organisations and services, rely on data transfers between the EU and the US in order to operate global services," a Meta spokesperson told Euronews Next in a statement. Like other companies, Meta said it had followed European rules and relied on Standard Contractual Clauses, and appropriate data safeguards to operate a global service. "Fundamentally, businesses need clear, global rules to protect transatlantic data flows over the long term, and like more than 70 other companies across a wide range of industries, we are closely monitoring the potential impact on our European operations as these developments progress,” the spokesperson added. Nick Clegg, Meta’s Vice President of Global Affairs, argued in 2020 Europe without Facebook and Instagram would be detrimental to a lot of businesses in the EU. "Thousands of European and US businesses rely on the safe and legal transfer of data between jurisdictions. International data transfers underpin the global economy and support many of the services that are fundamental to our daily lives," Clegg said in a *statement* <https://about.fb.com/news/2020/09/securing-the-long-term-stability-of-cross…>. Last week, Meta’s financial report saw its stock plummet by 25 per cent after the social media giant lost daily active users for the first time in its history.

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ID2020 - Digital Health ID RFP
by 380° Feb. 7, 2022

Feb. 7, 2022

Buonasera nexiane, parliamo foucaultianamente di tecnologia biopolitica? Mi scuso se per caso ripeto cose già riportate, ma non trovo riferimenti in lista (negli ultimi due anni); mi scuso anche per la lunghezza del messaggio ma non riesco a sintetizzare di più Un gruppo di aziende private (sponsorizzato da UNHCR) sta cercando di risolvere il gravissimo affronto ai diritti umani rappresentato dall'impossibilità di molte persone sfortunate, a partire dai neonati, di poter /biometricamente certificare/ la propria identità /connessa/ al proprio stato di vaccinazione (e salute in generale mi pare di capire); in tutto questo i genitori /mi pare/ possono solo adeguarsi secondo i proponenti Il programma «Digital Health ID RFP» è parte integrante dell'iniziativa ID2020 [2] ed è entrato in fase sperimentale (pilot) in un paio di regioni del Bangladesh per poi essere esteso - nelle intenzioni dei promotori - su scala nazionale e poi globale. Le /features/ progettate per questo sistema sono indicate in questa pagina: https://id2020.org/digital-health-id-rfp (archiviata qui: https://archive.is/nbnbv) --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- The program seeks to provide infants with a portable, biometrically-linked digital ID either at the point of birth registration or at the time of routine immunization, simultaneously supporting four shared objectives: 1- Increasing the number of accurate unique identifications in order to: - Improve birth registration coverage - Reduce duplication of health IDs and increase the number and accuracy of issued health IDs, - Enhance interoperability in a presently fragmented health system, - Facilitate re-identification and recovery of personal records, even if a paper-based record is lost; 2. Driving improvements in vaccination efficiency, coverage, and equity in order to: - Enable portability across geographies, - Increase the number of fully immunized children; 3. Supporting continuity of care across state and non-state health systems in order to: - Generate identity portability across health systems, - Increase accuracy of personal records and provide visibility of needed follow-up care, - Enhance service delivery by creating improvements in planning, reporting, and budgeting, - Improve health outcomes; 4. Creating a digital ID ecosystem in order to facilitate access to other services throughout the lifecourse. - Create consistency and efficiency across federal systems, - Provide a privacy preserving mechanism prove one’s identity across personal and commercial settings; The program will proceed in four phases from mid-2021 to late 2025. The proposed program will be phased, beginning with a piloting phase, moving into a regional scaling phase, and culminating in a national scaling phase. A key outcome of this program is a replicable model by which digital ID could be scaled in other country contexts. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Vorrei sottolineare in particolare «Enhance service delivery by creating improvements in planning, reporting, and budgeting» La timetable indica che la request for proposal è stata "Vendor awarded" il 30 Luglio 2021 ma non riesco a trovare da nessuna parte nel sito o altrove sul web qual'è _esattamente_ la proposta che ha vinto e cosa esattamente stanno sperimentando in Bangledesh. L'application package [3] include questi documenti: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Appendix-1 Digital Health ID Concept Note.pdf Appendix-2 Questionnaire Functional & Non-functional Requirements.xlsx Appendix-3 Procurement instructions.pdf Appendix-4 Budget Template.xlsx RFP-Main Document.pdf --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Nel documento RFP-Main Document.pdf c'è scritto: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- * Biometric Research Study and Design Given the novelty of infant biometrics, ID2020 and a2i (dovrebbe essere https://a2i.gov.bd/, n.d.r.) will work with infant biometric vendors to develop a robust research study. The biometrics capture technology will be solicited through a separate RFP and implemented in parallel with the work described in this RFP. The awarded identity solution provider (selected through this RFP) and the biometrics vendor (selected through a separate RFP) will work together in the spirit of co-creation. As such, the RFP assumes a multi-vendor relationship, driving forward advancements in the field of infant biometric research and building on principles of good identity. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- (non voglio farla troppo lunga, il documento contiene molte altre "features" preoccupanti) Il documento, nella sezione "PART B - Financial" parla espressamente dei costi per licenza e in nessuna parte del documento riesco a trovare come requisito che il software dell'intera infrastruttura debba essere software libero; può essere che mi sia sfuggito ma non è /affatto/ un dettaglio. Il documento "Appendix-1 Digital Health ID Concept Note.pdf" dice: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- The piloting phase will run from May 2020 into late 2020 and will pilot test the system in two locations: Kapasia and DNCC - Bosilla 1 . The piloting phase will leverage multiple biometrics vendors in order to determine fit-for-purpose solution for scale-up. Documentation of the program will be ongoing throughout all three phases, with a special emphasis on the piloting phase. The research team will gather data and generate insights into the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the program in realizing its objectives, in order to determine suitability of scaling the program regionally. [...] Recently, infant biometric solutions have been proven to be sensitive enough to allow for authentication of newborn infants (starting at 6 hours after birth), but these technologies are new and there is insufficient longitudinal data to establish the necessary frequency for re-enrollment. By advancing this research, this program will accelerate the availability of persistent child biometrics, yielding impact well beyond Bangladesh. [...] Because lack of a birth certificate can significantly and negatively impact children’s access to healthcare, schooling, and other critical rights, there is widespread interest in innovative practices to increase birth registration coverage. Identity is also vital to the provision of healthcare services. Caregivers must know, with a certain degree of accuracy, a patient’s identity to ensure continuity of care, track services received, and identify and reach out to individuals in need of care. [...] While birth registration in many Gavi-eligible countries remains low, the near ubiquity of the child health card/EPI card creates a tremendous opportunity. Indeed, in many developing countries, the most common vital registration is not a birth certificate, but a child health card. [...] And finally, creating a unique ID will facilitate access to other services throughout the lifecourse. For example, the program could be extended to the education sector, providing a mechanism to identify out-of-school children and encourage school matriculation. In contrast, approaches based on simple point-to-point integrations cannot easily be extended into other sectors, [...] These digital records of immunization would then help CHWs identify children defaulting on their vaccines, such that they could encourage parents to complete the vaccine course. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- (a pagina 9 di questo documento c'è uno schema dell'infrastruttura) Saluti, 380° [2] il cui manifesto trovate qui: https://id2020.org/manifesto [3] https://id2020.org/uploads/files/ISP-RFP.zip (archiviato qui: https://archive.is/o/nbnbv/https://id2020.org/uploads/files/ISP-RFP.zip) -- 380° (Giovanni Biscuolo public alter ego) «Noi, incompetenti come siamo, non abbiamo alcun titolo per suggerire alcunché» Disinformation flourishes because many people care deeply about injustice but very few check the facts. Ask me about <https://stallmansupport.org>.

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Facebook vs Europa: “Lasciateci tenere i dati o chiudiamo tutto” (ancora?!?)
by 380° Feb. 7, 2022

Feb. 7, 2022

Buongiorno nexiane, «io vorrei, non vorrei, ma... se vuoi» Dopo circa un anno e mezzo siamo ancora nella stessa /identica/ situazione, bloccati senza che nessuno abbia il benché minimo coraggio di decidere qualcosa, perché così facendo /amministrativamente/ sta continuando tutto /esattamente/ come se non fosse successo nulla, tanto il legislatore e il magistrato hanno la coscienza pulita, hanno svolto il loro compito egregiamente, non possono fare altro, mentre i governanti potranno andare avanti a /far finta/ di litigare con un esponente dei GAFAM, a rotazione magari, ancora per anni, perché sono «temi molto complessi»... già, roba che manco Albert Einsten, vero? https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2022/02/07/il-fondatore-di-facebook-mark-z… «Il fondatore di Facebook Mark Zuckerberg prova a spaventare l’Europa: “Lasciateci tenere i dati o chiudiamo tutto”» 7 Febbraio 2022 --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- I regolatori europei stanno rivedendo la regolamentazione relativa al trasferimento di dati attraverso l’Atlantico dopo che l’accordo Privacy Shield siglato con gli Stati Uniti è stato giudicato non valido dalla corte europea di giustizia nel luglio del 2020 a causa di un livello di protezione dei dati ritenuto insufficiente. L’Unione europea ha spiegato che i negoziati con gli Usa procedono aggiungendo tuttavia che si tratta di temi molto complessi. La minaccia di Facebook trova il tempo che trova, anche perché l’Europa è un mercato ricco con 309 milioni di utenti, 100 milioni in più rispetto a Stati Uniti e Canada, da cui la società ricava più di 8 miliardi di dollari l’anno. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- ...ancora?!?! https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/sep/22/facebook-says-it-may-qui… «Facebook says it may quit Europe over ban on sharing data with US» 20 Settembre 2020 --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- In September, the Irish data protection commissioner began the process of enforcing that ruling. The commissioner issued a preliminary order compelling the social network to suspend data transfers overseas. In response, Nick Clegg, the company’s head of global affairs and communications, published a blogpost that argued that “international data transfers underpin the global economy and support many of the services that are fundamental to our daily lives”. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Saluti, 380° -- 380° (Giovanni Biscuolo public alter ego) «Noi, incompetenti come siamo, non abbiamo alcun titolo per suggerire alcunché» Disinformation flourishes because many people care deeply about injustice but very few check the facts. Ask me about <https://stallmansupport.org>.

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Digitale & Intelligenza artificiale - un mondo di soluzioni da maneggiare con cura
by Claudia Giulia Feb. 7, 2022

Feb. 7, 2022

Care nexiane e nexiani solo per informarvi che è da poco online il mio secondo pezzo per la rubrica InnovaTech-tuttoèdesign, dedicata all’innovazione per l’Istituto Bruno Leoni Questa volta la riflessione vola su una tematica molto ampia per fare una foto generale sulle potenzialità e i rischi delle strategie legate al mondo dell’innovazione https://www.leoniblog.it/2022/02/07/digitale-e-intelligenza-artificiale/ Conto di tornare più avanti su temi specifici…alcuni dei quali anticipati già nei link interni al mio pezzo. Ogni vostro feedback per questo o futuri pezzi è più che benvenuto! Un caro saluto CG Inviato da iPhone

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Memento | 148° Mercoledì di Nexa | 9 Febbraio 2022
by Nexa Media Feb. 7, 2022

Feb. 7, 2022

Gentilissimi, vi ricordiamo che *mercoledì **9 febbraio**,**dalle ore 18.00 alle ore 20.00*, si svolgerà il 148° Mercoledì di Nexa, con un incontro dal titolo: /*"*//*Processing Alterity, Shaping the European Order"*/. Ospite: *Annalisa Pelizza* (Università di Bologna e Università di Twente). Modera: *Alvise Mattozzi* (Politecnico di Torino). Sarà possibile partecipare al seminario connettendosi al seguente indirizzo: https://didattica.polito.it/VClass/NexaEvent Maggiori informazioni sull'incontro sono disponibili alla pagina: https://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-148 Cordiali saluti,   -- Anita Botta Communication Manager Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino – DAUIN Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino web: https://nexa.polito.it/ mail: anita.botta(a)polito.it tel: 011 090 7219

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il business model piu' stupido per auto sempre meno smart
by M. Fioretti Feb. 5, 2022

Feb. 5, 2022

Riempire le auto di elettronica sempre piu' inutile, sempre piu' invasiva, sempre meno smart: https://stop.zona-m.net/2022/02/the-millionth-reason-to-never-buy-your-next… Marco -- Help me write my NEXT MILLION WORDS for digital awareness: https://stop.zona-m.net/2021/10/funding-2021-2022/

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Il digitale e lo Stato
by Claudia Giulia Feb. 4, 2022

Feb. 4, 2022

La versione testuale dell’intervento di Quinta durante la XIII Conferenza Nexa su Internet e Società, dedicata a Il digitale e lo Stato. Qui >>> https://www.agendadigitale.eu/cittadinanza-digitale/i-servizi-digitali-pubb… Un saluto CG Inviato da iPhone

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The Free Knowledge Institute is back
by M. Fioretti Feb. 4, 2022

Feb. 4, 2022

per conoscenza, ritengo possa interessare molti membri di questa lista con cui si potrebbero discutere anche progetti comuni, un annuncio che ho appena condiviso su vari social network: ##################################################################### (disclosure: I am an FKI Board Member) FKI is very, very happy to announce that... FKI is back, wishes everybody a great 2022, and looks forward to work more with all advocates of Free as in #Freedom #KNOWLEDGE https://freeknowledge.eu/fki-is-back-and-wishes-everybody-a-great-2022/ ##################################################################### -- Help me write my NEXT MILLION WORDS for digital awareness: https://stop.zona-m.net/2021/10/funding-2021-2022/

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Why the Facebook owner’s shares are in freefall
by Alberto Cammozzo Feb. 3, 2022

Feb. 3, 2022

<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/feb/03/why-facebook-shares-are-…> Mark Zuckerberg’s social media empire felt the full force of investors’ concerns about its growth prospects on Thursday, as the revelation of Facebook’s first-ever drop in daily users helped trigger a selloff, with shares down by a quarter. Here are some key points to help explain the selloff, which has wiped about $220bn (£162bn) off Meta’s market value. Declining user numbers at Facebook Facebook is Meta’s biggest app and it recorded its first fall in daily active users – a key growth metric – since the company was founded in 2004. Global daily users dropped from 1.93 billion in the third quarter of 2021 to 1.929 billion. It was led by a decline in users in Africa and Latin America, which is worrying for Meta because it needs to grow outside of its main market in the US, where growth fell too, albeit not for the first time. Last year a whistleblower, Frances Haugen, released internal documents that included presentations warning that Facebook was losing young users. One document revealed that “engagement is declining for teens in most western, and several non-western, countries”. TikTok is a problem Zuckerberg, Meta’s founder and chief executive, identified the video-sharing app TikTok as a key contributor to the user growth problem. “People have a lot of choices for how they want to spend their time, and apps like TikTok are growing very quickly,” he said on Wednesday’s earnings call. Chinese-owned TikTok has 1 billion users worldwide and is one of the reasons why Meta is struggling to compete in the market for young consumers. On the call, Zuckerberg said he was hopeful Facebook’s rival to TikTok, Reels, would help win back young users. “This is why our focus on Reels is so important over the long-term, as is our work to make sure that our apps are the best services out there for young adults.” In the meantime, however, it means slower revenue growth, he admitted. . Hits to revenue growth Meta makes 97% of its revenue from advertising, by building up profiles of its users that can then be matched to advertisers’ needs. So if an advertiser is looking for a consumer in a certain location, of a specific demographic and with certain hobbies, then Meta can direct those ads towards particular groups thanks to the data it has compiled about them. Meta, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, saidrecent changes with Apple’s iOS software for iPhones had hurt the business. Apple now requires users to give permission for companies such as Meta to gather data about them as they browse across the web. Unsurprisingly, users have said no thanks and it has made its ad targeting less effective. Mark Zuckerberg walks with Sheryl Sandberg. Sheryl Sandberg and Mark Zuckerberg: company has ‘many targeting and measuring tools’. Photograph: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Sheryl Sandberg, Meta’s chief operating officer and architect of Facebook’s advertising strategy, said during an investor call on Wednesday that the company had ways of targeting users with less data. “There are also a lot of things that small businesses and large businesses can do to take advantage of the many targeting and measurement tools we have,” she said. It should be pointed out that overall revenue did grow in the three months to December, up to $33.7bn compared with $28.1bn for the same period last year. Net income – a US measure of profit – was $10.3bn for the quarter, down nearly $1bn on last year. Nonetheless, Meta remains a very wealthy and profitable business. the meta logo on a smartphone with a metaverse computer graphic in the background Meta is betting on the metaverse being the next big thing. Photograph: Andre M Chang/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock Patience – and money – is needed for the metaverse The metaverse is a catch-all term for a blending of the physical and digital worlds, where people carry out their professional and social lives via a mix of virtual and augmented reality. Zuckerberg is so convinced it is the next big thing in tech that he renamed the company from Facebook Inc to Meta. But it is years away from being a fully fledged part of people’s lives. So the results from Meta’s virtual reality unit – Reality Labs, which includes the top-selling Oculus VR headsets – showed a loss of $3.3bn on revenues of less than $1bn. This is the future of Meta’s business, so expect the revenues to grow, as well as the costs.

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Datigov sotto al cofano
by Antonio Iacono Feb. 3, 2022

Feb. 3, 2022

Credo possa interessare qualcuno anche qui. Messaggio di Francesco "Piersoft" Paolicelli alla lista "spaghetti opendata" "Sapete che le linee guida Agid sull’interoperabilità sono ormai finalmente approvate. Io volevo solo aggiornarvi sul cosa stiamo facendo dentro DatiGov per migliorare i Meta Dati insieme a tantissime amministrazioni locali; stiamo accompagnando grandi produttori di dati aperti ma anche i piccoli comuni, per permettere una pubblicazione che entri in dati gov (e da lì in europa) con i metadati corretti." il resto qui: https://groups.google.com/g/spaghettiopendata/c/fUtTt5C_Haw A.

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