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Fwd: [liberationtech] Who's Working for Your Vote? - a new release by Tactical Tech
by Alberto Cammozzo Nov. 30, 2018

Nov. 30, 2018

Tactical Tech has identified more than 300 organisations around the world working with political parties through data-driven campaigning. Interessante survey. Nessuna in Italia, però.... Che sia davvero così? Alberto -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [liberationtech] Who's Working for Your Vote? - a new release by Tactical Tech Reply-To: liberationtech <liberationtech(a)lists.stanford.edu> List-Id: liberationtech <liberationtech.lists.stanford.edu> Sender: "liberationtech" <liberationtech-bounces(a)lists.stanford.edu> In 2018, Cambridge Analytica, the data mining and analytics company, dominated the news about political campaigning and data. But they are not alone in using personal data for political influence. Since we began actively documenting this industry, our global list has expanded to 329 organisations, and it is still growing. We started our research by examining a few news articles that profiled data brokers and data analytics companies. From there, we began a series of in-depth investigations into the context of these companies – the work they do, their outreach and how they fit into a landscape of other organisations and actors. We reviewed the websites and promotional materials they produced, we conducted open-ended interviews with some of their staff members, and we attended industry events. Through this research, we mapped a digital campaigning industry whose breadth and depth far surpassed our expectations. This overview is the start of the a series in which we unpack our findings. There are two features of these organisations that are important to their impact on democratic processes. Firstly, most of them are for-profit companies, with the primary aim of generating, maintaining and growing revenue, a business model that inevitably guides their decisions rather than traditional political metrics such as voter participation. Secondly, the organisations are, for the most part, hired for their expertise in data technologies rather than their knowledge or engagement in politics. Political campaigning is now often largely mediated by data-driven technology organisations. https://ourdataourselves.tacticaltech.org/posts/whos-working-for-vote/ This article is part of The Influence Industry, a series looking at the global business of using data in elections. -- https://tacticaltech.org @info_activism -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing the moderator at zakwhitt(a)stanford.edu.

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Facebook pondered, for a time, selling access to user data
by Alberto Cammozzo Nov. 30, 2018

Nov. 30, 2018

<https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/11/facebook-pondered-for-a-time-se…> A failure to adequately redact a public court document <https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5317193-7b6c2e96-396f-4cf6-ba18-65c…> from February 2017 shows that, back in 2012, Facebook considered charging companies at least $250,000 for access to one of its primary troves of user data, the Graph API <https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/>. In April 2014, Facebook changed the way the previously permissive Graph API works <https://medium.com/tow-center/the-graph-api-key-points-in-the-facebook-and-…>. The social media giant restricted some data access and eliminated all access to the earlier version by June 2015. The redaction failure was first reported Wednesday by /The Wall Street Journal <https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-considered-charging-for-access-to-use…>./ Ars was able to access pages of blacked-out text simply by copying and pasting them into a text editor. However, some portions of the messages, which span 2012 through 2014, are incomplete. These revealed blocks of text (built on previous reporting <https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/facebook-let-select-companies-h…>) suggest that Facebook gave extended access to the v1.0 of Graph API to numerous companies not only including Nissan and Royal Bank of Canada but now also to Chrysler/Fiat, Lyft, Airbnb, and Netflix, among others. Facebook spokeswoman Katy Dormer called Ars on Thursday morning to say that Chrysler/Fiat and the other companies—besides Nissan and Royal Bank of Canada—listed in this court document are listed erroneously, and that Six4Three's attorneys are mistaken on this point. How long the pay-for-access proposal was under consideration is not clear, but it was not ultimately implemented—Facebook continues to give away access to its Graph API for free. These previously hidden excerpts reveal part of an argument that is at the crux of an ongoing lawsuit brought by Six4Three, a short-lived app that sought to identify Facebook images of people wearing bikinis. [...]

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Re: [nexa] firma elettronica per presentazione liste elettorali?
by Giovanna Sissa Nov. 29, 2018

Nov. 29, 2018

Il giorno gio 29 nov 2018 alle ore 17:07 Giovanna Sissa < sissa.giovanna(a)gmail.com> ha scritto: > Grazie Stefano, > un emendamento lo scorso anno era stato approvato: > > https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/legge-elettorale-via-l… > mi chiedevo se qualcosa è cambiato dall’ultima tornata elettorale ad > oggi... > > Giovanna > > > Il giorno gio 29 nov 2018 alle ore 16:59 Stefano Quintarelli < > stefano(a)quintarelli.it> ha scritto: > >> non e' possibile >> ci provammo, ci cassarono >> >> On 29/11/2018 16:10, Giovanna Sissa wrote: >> > Qualcuno sa se oggi è possibile usare la firma elettronica per >> > raccogliere le firme per presentare una lista elettorale? Avevo letto, >> > mi sembra un anno fa, che era passato un emendamento in merito a >> questo, >> > ma non so se l’iter legislativo è proseguito e la norma è operativa. >> > Grazie in anticipo >> > Giovanna Sissa >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > nexa mailing list >> > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it >> > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa >> > >> >> -- >> Sent with Disk Term on my TRS-80 Model 1 >> >> reserve your meeting with me at http://cal.quintarelli.it >> >

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Maître Mention : "Les entreprises doivent respecter le statut indépendant des livreurs à vélo"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 29, 2018

Nov. 29, 2018

https://www.franceinter.fr/societe/maitre-mention-les-entreprises-doivent-r… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Nature: “Managing expectations of artificial intelligence”
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 29, 2018

Nov. 29, 2018

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07504-9 (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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firma elettronica per presentazione liste elettorali?
by Giovanna Sissa Nov. 29, 2018

Nov. 29, 2018

Qualcuno sa se oggi è possibile usare la firma elettronica per raccogliere le firme per presentare una lista elettorale? Avevo letto, mi sembra un anno fa, che era passato un emendamento in merito a questo, ma non so se l’iter legislativo è proseguito e la norma è operativa. Grazie in anticipo Giovanna Sissa

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Iscrizione a NEXA
by Aldo Pedico Nov. 29, 2018

Nov. 29, 2018

Ciao a tutti, chiedo a chi si occupa di gestire il gruppo di posta elettronica, di inserire l'indirizzo di posta avv.villa(a)gmail.com, appartenente a all'amica Lorenza Maria Villa, di professione avvocato, riportato anche in Cc, all'interno della mailing list NEXA (nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it) oppure se qualcuno indicarmi l'iter procedurale da suggerire a Lorenza. Grazie Aldo

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USENIX Security 2018 Keynote
by Stefano Traverso Nov. 29, 2018

Nov. 29, 2018

Segnalo il geniale keynote speech con cui James Mickens ha aperto USENIX Security quest’anno. USENIX Security '18-Q: Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajGX7odA87k&feature=youtu.be&fbcli… <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajGX7odA87k&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3Fa…> Stefano — Stefano Traverso, PhD Chief Technical Officer @ Ermes Cyber Security Mail: s.traverso(a)ermessecurity.com Mobile: +393280367702 Skype: tigredcarta

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Big Data. Il capitale del ventunesimo secolo | 3 dicembre 2018, Torino
by Francesco Ruggiero Nov. 29, 2018

Nov. 29, 2018

Gentilissimi, vi segnalo un incontro in programma il *3 dicembre, ore 18-20*, al Circolo dei Lettori di Torino, in via Bogino 9. Tema: *“Big Data. Il capitale del ventunesimo secolo”.* L’incontro sarà introdotto da *Maurizio Ferraris* (Università di Torino). Interverranno *Juan Carlos De Martin *(Politecnico di Torino), *Alberto Andronico* (Università di Catania), *Jacopo Domenicucci *(Cambridge University) e *Vera Tripodi *(Università di Torino) in qualità di moderatrice. Maggiori informazioni sono disponibili all’indirizzo: https://www.circololettori.it/scienza-nuova-3-2-2/ Cordiali saluti, Francesco -- Francesco Ruggiero Communication Manager Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino web: http://nexa.polito.it mail: francesco.ruggiero(a)polito.it tel: 011 090 7219

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Jobs | Trento | An expert researcher in the field of evaluation of innovation policies at the Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies (FBK- IRVAPP)
by Luigi Scorca Nov. 29, 2018

Nov. 29, 2018

https://jobs.fbk.eu/Annunci/Jobs_An_expert_researcher_in_the_field_of_evalu…

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