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REMINDER/Deadline 9 Feb. - CfP GIG-ARTS 2020: "Online Information Governance – More Expression, Less Freedom? " 7-8 May 2020, Vienna
by Mauro SANTANIELLO Jan. 21, 2020

Jan. 21, 2020

Care/i tutte/i, As the deadline for abstracts submission is approaching, please find hereafter and attached the updated CFP for the GIG-ARTS 2020 conference: after Paris in 2017, Cardiff in 2018, and Salerno in 2019, we hope to welcome you in Vienna for the 4th edition of the conference in 2020! ======== *GIG-ARTS 2020 - The Fourth European Multidisciplinary Conference on Global Internet Governance Actors, Regulations, Transactions and Strategies7-8 May 2020, Vienna* *Online Information Governance – More Expression, Less Freedom?* *Organised by:* - Media Governance and Industries Research Lab & Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence FreuDE / Universität Wien - LIP6 Computer Science Research Lab / Sorbonne Université & Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique *Call for Abstracts - Deadline: 9 February 2020 * It is now 30 years since the invention of the World Wide Web, and over fifteen years since the development of the interactive Web or also known as Web2.0. Online information and communication have never seemed easier and more accessible to everyone, thanks to the mediation of social networks, search engines, and other kinds of platforms and technologies. With such capabilities “to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers”, freedom of speech and freedom of the press should have grown to such an extent that some of the utopian visions of full participatory democracy would have appeared to be within our reach. At the very least, some of the long-standing informational imbalances concerning information flow globally, diversity of content and authors, and the accessibility of accurate information would have been taken as a given framework against which societies would have been called to solve problems and to look after citizens’ well-being. Paradoxically, the levels of freedom and freedom of expression, as captured in global measuring instruments by a variety of institutions and organisations, do not show the expected or desired advancement. Rather there is evidence that freedom in societies and freedom of the press deteriorate. Ambitious goals of freedom to express one’s own identity and opinion at the global public sphere on an equal basis and free from fear of retaliation or misuse evaporate for many, such as those subjected to hate speech, those persecuted by autocratic authorities and the great majority of citizens whose personal data become de facto ownership of private companies. Misinformation, spread not only by politically extreme groups but also by “normal”, mainstream parties in the (desperate or calculated) attempt to influence voters, can undermine the quality and freedom of global debate. Information conflict thus becomes even more an object of state rivalry and diplomacy, but also the tool for the erosion of citizenship as the utmost form of participation in the commons. These phenomena are coupled with the fact that even values once considered unquestionable, such as the value of independent journalism, the value of human rights such as privacy and dignity, are being challenged. The technological capabilities allowed the world over to express and share information and opinions, to connect and form alliances. However, they have also enabled the spread of misinformation, have been undermining the human right to privacy on digital communication channels, subjected vulnerable groups to more vulnerability, and provided for economic models putting at stake the fundamental pillars of democracy. Within this context, policies governing the fate of users’ data, citizens’ freedoms and the integrity of content have fallen short of helping pave the path to the desired communication environment. Regulatory responses capturing communication and information have oscillated between forms of a ‘knee-jerk’ reaction to resist any attempt to provide for the normative standards of content and a tendency to securitise communication as a matter of national security. Importantly, critics argue that even where governance has allowed for more democratic processes in raising concerns and suggesting solutions, the gaps in connecting the dots are glaring. If governance refers to the role of ideas and principles, the role of actors and the processes of negotiation and solution, it is urgent to return, on the one hand, to the basic and fundamental rights questions and take stock of the achievements of hitherto frameworks. On the other hand, it seems crucial to interrogate what futures exactly are current policy frameworks shaping, especially in relation to a politics of care for young citizens and hence the future generations? After having addressed global internet governance as a diplomacy issue at its first edition held in Paris in 2017, how to overcome inequalities in internet governance at the second edition held in Cardiff in 2018, and the role of Europe in the global governance of the internet at its third edition held in Salerno in 2019, this year’s GIG-ARTS conference turns its attention to the governance of online information, to address the relation of citizens to the quality of content online as an often neglected area of regulation and governance of the internet. In that respect, the conference continues the conversation on internet governance turning its attention from institutions and structural factors to the role of content and misinformation as an object of governance, and to internet users as forces of change. GIG-ARTS is inviting you to this conversation to help shape the debate of what kinds of futures might be desirable and envisioned in the process of internet governance, who and which actors might be most suitable to help shape such governance goals and under which conditions might these be achieved. Hence, in addition to general internet governance issues and topics, submissions are particularly welcome on the following possible areas of investigation: - The governance of fundamental freedoms online between global platforms, conflicts of jurisdictions and extraterritorial legislation - The role of European and global institutions in shaping the conditions of free expression online - Responsibility and liability of platforms and other intermediaries in content regulation - Restrictive regulation and the securitization of content - Privacy, misinformation, democracy: challenges to internet governance - Structural role of individual targeting, behavioural advertising and other economic models of online platforms on the reshaping of fundamental freedoms and democracy - From nudging to manipulation: consequences on autonomy and human dignity - Successive copyright reforms and their impact on freedom of expression, freedom of the press and democracy - Changes in and challenges to journalism practice through intentional misinformation - Governance from below: how practices and principles by civil society aim to shape the conditions of technology for the advancement of democracies and human well-being - Youth and access to information; news and misinformation in the online world; the purpose of thinking towards the future *Submission Information and Publication Opportunities*Authors are invited to submit their extended abstracts (no longer than 500 words), describing their research question(s), theoretical framework, approach and methodology, expected findings or empirical outcome. Submitted abstracts will be evaluated through a peer-review process. Abstracts and authors’ information should be submitted through the Easychair conference management system at: *https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gigarts2020 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gigarts2020>*Authors of selected submissions will have the opportunity to submit their full manuscript for publication. *Key dates* Deadline for abstract submissions: 9 February 2020 Notification to authors: 19 March 2020 Programme publication: 9 April 2020 Conference dates: 7 & 8 May 2020 *GIG-ARTS 2020 Co-Chairs*- Meryem Marzouki (LIP6, CNRS & Sorbonne Université, France) - Katharine Sarikakis (Media Governance and Industries Research Lab & Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence FreuDE, University of Vienna, Austria) *GIG-ARTS 2020 Scientific Programme Committee*- Francesco Amoretti (University of Salerno, Italy) - Wolfgang Benedek (University of Graz, Austria) - Eric Brousseau (Université Paris Dauphine, France) - Andrea Calderaro (Cardiff University, United Kingdom) - Jean-Marie Chenou (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia) - Loreto Corredoira y Alfonso (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) - Wolfgang Hofkirchner (The Institute for a Global Sustainable Information Society, Austria) - Matthias C. Kettemann (Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut, Germany) - Joanna Kulesza (University of Lodz, Poland) - Nanette S. Levinson (American University Washington DC, USA) - Ursula Maier-Rabler (University of Salzburg, Austria) - Robin E. Mansell (London School of Economics, United Kingdom) - Meryem Marzouki (CNRS and Sorbonne Université, France) - Trisha Meyer (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) - Michèle Rioux (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada) - Mauro Santaniello (University of Salerno, Italy) - Katharine Sarikakis (University of Vienna, Austria) - Yves Schemeil (Sciences Po Grenoble, France) - Ingrid Schneider, University of Hamburg, Germany - Jan Aart Scholte (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) *Venue*The conference will be held at the Concordia Press Club, in the heart of Vienna (https://concordia.at/) *Conference Registration and Fees* Registration fees are 100€ for regular participants and 50€ for students showing proof of status. The conference fees include a participant kit as well as coffee breaks and meals. *GIG-ARTS 2020 Communication Details* - Website: events.gig-arts.eu - Email for information: events(a)gig-arts.eu - Submissions: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gigarts2020 - Twitter: @GigArtsEU - Hashtag: #GIGARTS20 - Mailing list for updates: http://tinyurl.com/yc7rvxm4 Mauro Santaniello (PhD) *Internet & Communication Policy Centre * *Department of Political and Social Studies * *Università degli Studi di Salerno * *Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132 84084 Fisciano (SA) - Italy * *E. msantaniello(a)unisa.it <msantaniello(a)unisa.it> * *Skype: internetpolicy * *T. twitter.com/webvoodoo <http://twitter.com/webvoodoo>*

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How Confucius loses face in China’s new surveillance regime | Aeon
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 21, 2020

Jan. 21, 2020

https://aeon.co/ideas/how-confucius-loses-face-in-chinas-new-surveillance-r… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Algoritmi in ambito amministrativo, il Consiglio di Stato delinea i limiti (sentenza n. 8472/2019)
by Antonio Vetro' Jan. 21, 2020

Jan. 21, 2020

Consiglio di Stato, sentenza n. 8472/2019 Commento: https://www.altalex.com/documents/news/2020/01/20/algoritmi-in-ambito-ammin… Se ho capito bene, la sentenza del CS parte dal caso dei trasferimenti e assegnazione di sedi di insegnamento scolastico, già discusso in questa lista. I 3 principi menzionati sono: - conoscibilità dei processi decisionali - non esclusività della decisione - non discriminazione algoritmica Questo paragrafo mi lascia un po’ perplesso riguardo alla maggior garanzia di imparzialità della decisione automatizzata (cosa che lo stato dell’arte scientifico sembrerebbe smentire): "In linea di principio, quindi, secondo il Consiglio di Stato l’utilizzo di una procedura informatica nell’ambito di un’attività di assegnazione di sedi in base a criteri oggettivi, che conduca direttamente alla decisione finale non deve essere stigmatizzata, ma anzi, in linea di massima, incoraggiata. Difatti comporta numerosi vantaggi quali, ad esempio, la notevole riduzione della tempistica procedimentale per operazioni meramente ripetitive e prive di discrezionalità, l’esclusione di interferenze dovute a negligenza (o peggio dolo) del funzionario (essere umano) e la conseguente maggior garanzia di imparzialità della decisione automatizzata" Un caro saluto, antonio

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Pajno: l’amministrazione per algoritmo impone nuovi obblighi alla PA
by don Luca Peyron Jan. 20, 2020

Jan. 20, 2020

Una intervista di un certo interesse, buona lettura e buona settimana dl https://www.altalex.com/documents/news/2020/01/20/pajno-amministrazione-per… _________________________ www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

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Reminder | 75° Nexa Lunch Seminar | 22 Gennaio 2020
by Nexa Media Jan. 20, 2020

Jan. 20, 2020

Gentilissimi, vi ricordiamo che mercoledì 22 gennaio, dalle ore 13.00 alle ore 14.00, si svolgerà il 75° Nexa Lunch Seminar, con un incontro dal titolo: *La censura internet nel 2019: aggiornamenti dall'osservatorio delle interferenze di rete* Ospite: Arturo Filastò (/Fellow Centro Nexa/). Maggiori informazioni sono disponibili all’indirizzo: https://nexa.polito.it/lunch-75 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@polito.it <mailto:anita.botta@polito.it> tel: 011 090 7219

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Key Volkswagen Exec Admits Full Self-Driving Cars 'May Never Happen
by Antonio Casilli Jan. 20, 2020

Jan. 20, 2020

Full autonomy remains an impossibly difficult prize. https://www.thedrive.com/tech/31816/key-volkswagen-exec-admits-level-5-auto… -- Antonio A. Casilli Professor, Telecom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris Member, Interdisciplinary Institute for Innovation (i3 UMR 9217 CNRS) Associate Member, LACI-IIAC (EHESS) Faculty Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet & Society *We respect your right to disconnect. This email send time is due to my own workflow efficiency. You are in no obligation to take action or reply to it outside your office hours.*

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Quale paese se la cava meglio sull'Intelligenza Artificiale?
by Roberto Dolci Jan. 19, 2020

Jan. 19, 2020

Interessante articolo https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2020/01/17/whoever-leads-… Distingue tra gli investimenti, dove la Cina e’ in vantaggio, il regime fiscale dove gli USA fan meglio, ed infine il trasferimento tecnologico dove l’Europa dice la sua.

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Yoshua Bengio, Revered Architect of AI, Has Some Ideas About What to Build Next - IEEE Spectrum
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 18, 2020

Jan. 18, 2020

https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/robotics/artificial-intelligence/yoshua… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Re: [nexa] La crociata contro il contante è un’arma di distrazione di massa
by Giuseppe Attardi Jan. 18, 2020

Jan. 18, 2020

Where Ireland sits in the march toward a cashless society: https://flip.it/efSzkU — Beppe > On Jan 17, 2020, at 11:40, nexa-request(a)server-nexa.polito.it wrote: > > From: "J.C. DE MARTIN" <demartin(a)polito.it> > To: Center Nexa <nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it> > Subject: [nexa] La crociata contro il contante è un’arma di > distrazione di massa? - ilSole24ORE > Message-ID: <5177FD03-85DF-4A5A-8D46-5D9E5343C976(a)polito.it> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Sì. > > jc

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From Manchester to Barcelona
by Giuseppe Attardi Jan. 18, 2020

Jan. 18, 2020

Da meditare a fondo: https://flip.it/lyR9vY — Beppe

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