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UK: "Search engines and creative industries sign anti-piracy agreement"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Feb. 20, 2017

Feb. 20, 2017

*Search engines and creative industries sign anti-piracy agreement* /The IPO has helped broker an agreement to help search engines and creative industries work together to stop consumers being led to copyright infringing websites.// //placeholder// / From: Intellectual Property Office First published: 20 February 2017 The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has helped broker a landmark agreement which will see search engines and the creative industries work together to stop consumers being led to copyright infringing websites. Representatives from the creative industries, leading UK search engines, and the IPO developed a Voluntary Code of Practice dedicated to the removal of links to infringing content from the first page of search results. The Code agreed on 9 February 2017 will come into force immediately, and sets targets for reducing the visibility of infringing content in search results by 1 June 2017. Minister of State Jo Johnson MP will oversee the implementation of this Code of Practice, and the IPO will work with all parties to evaluate progress. […] Continua qui: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/search-engines-and-creative-industries-s…

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48° Nexa Lunch Seminar - 22 febbraio 2017
by Francesco Ruggiero Feb. 20, 2017

Feb. 20, 2017

*REMINDER*: vi ricordiamo che mercoledì 22 febbraio 2017, dalle ore 13 alle ore 14, si svolgerà il 48° Nexa Lunch Seminar, con un incontro dal titolo: *"WikiToLearn: libri di testo collaborativi"* Ospite dell'incontro *Riccardo Iaconelli* (Università degli Studi di MIlano-Bicocca). Ingresso libero, webcast live all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events. Maggiori informazioni sono disponibili all'indirizzo: *https://nexa.polito.it/lunch-48 <https://nexa.polito.it/lunch-48>* Cordiali saluti, Francesco Il giorno 13 febbraio 2017 11:42, Francesco Ruggiero < francesco.ruggiero(a)polito.it> ha scritto: > Se non visualizzi correttamente questo messaggio clicca qui > <http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-48> > [image: NEXA] > > 48° Nexa Lunch Seminar > Mercoledi 22 febbraio 2017, ore 13.00 - 14.00 > > Politecnico di Torino > > http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-48 > WikiToLearn: > libri di testo collaborativi > > Speaker > Riccardo Iaconelli (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca) > > This event will be webcast live: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events > > Le licenze libere in ambito di lavoro creativo si stanno rapidamente > diffondendo su scala globale, e *la condivisione delle conoscenze > contribuisce a creare un ambiente culturale più aperto*. Quello > dell'istruzione, tuttavia, è un settore che sta compiendo i primi passi > verso l'uso di un materiale creato sotto licenze libere, ed è necessario > approfondirne l'impatto. > > WikiToLearn è un portale che si propone di creare *libri di testo > collaborativi e accessibili*. Sviluppato nell’autunno del 2015 da un > gruppo di studenti in cerca di strumenti più semplici per trasferire online > gli appunti delle lezioni, ha coinvolto centinaia di collaboratori *secondo > il modello di diffusione delle conoscenze open source: più idee circolano, > più opportunità si creano*. Accademici di tutto il mondo contribuiscono a > condividere la conoscenza creando contenuti di alta qualità e stimolando un > approccio nuovo, basato sulla riscoperta di forme di dialogo tra studiosi > che si traduce in innovazione e progresso. > > > *Ingresso libero - Saranno disponibili panini e bibite per coloro che si > saranno registrati su http://lunch48.eventbrite.com > <http://lunch48.eventbrite.com> entro il 20 febbraio.* > > BIOGRAFIE - e informazioni supplementari > > [image: [IACONELLI]] > RICCARDO IACONELLI è uno sviluppatore di software libero dall'età di 13 > anni. Sviluppatore core KDE, FSFE Fellow e Mozilla Tech Speaker, vive e > studia a Milano. È stato un sostenitore e un divulgatori dell'open source > per più di 10 anni. Ha fondato WikiToLearn <http://wikitolearn.org>, un > progetto di condivisione dei contenuti creativi prodotti in Università, > scuole e centri di ricerca. > > Letture consigliate e link utili: > > - Marco Cosenza, WikiToLearn, la Wikipedia degli studenti > <https://www.wired.it/economia/start-up/2016/04/14/wikitolearn-wikipedia-stu…>, > "Wired". > - WikiToLearn, nasce la Wikipedia degli studenti universitari. “Il > sapere si accresce solo se condiviso” > <http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2016/05/10/wikitolearn-nasce-la-wikipedia-d…>, > "Il Fatto Quotidiano". > - Annalisa Viola, Ma quali sono i 10 motivi per cui WikiToLearn > sarebbe rivoluzionario? > <https://psyberneticandmore.wordpress.com/2016/12/12/wikitolearn/> > > > > > 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 > > -- 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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The business performativity of Mark Zuckerberg’s tirades
by Antonio Casilli Feb. 19, 2017

Feb. 19, 2017

Whenever I hear a businessman talk about building a “healthy society”, my sociologist sense tingles... http://www.casilli.fr/2017/02/19/mark-zuckerberg-manifesto-heartfelt-busine… -- Antonio A. Casilli Associate Professor, Telecom ParisTech Research Fellow, Edgar-Morin Center (EHESS) Member, Interdisciplinary Institute for Innovation (i3 UMR 9217 CNRS)

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Sul Manifesto di Zuckerberg
by J.C. DE MARTIN Feb. 19, 2017

Feb. 19, 2017

Rassegna ovviamente non esaustiva, chi trova altri commenti che ritiene degni di nota, condivida! juan carlos Mark Zuckerberg: " Building Global Community" https://www.facebook.com/notes/mark-zuckerberg/building-global-community/10… Aral Balkan: "Encouraging individual sovereignty and a healthy commons" https://ar.al/notes/encouraging-individual-sovereignty-and-a-healthy-common… Annalee Newitz: "Op-ed: Mark Zuckerberg’s manifesto is a political trainwreck" https://arstechnica.com/staff/2017/02/op-ed-mark-zuckerbergs-manifesto-is-a…

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Cambridge Analitica (se sembrava invasivo Palantir qui siamo saliti ancora di livello): The Rise of the Weaponized AI Propaganda Machine – Scout: Science Fiction + Journalism
by gabriele elia Feb. 17, 2017

Feb. 17, 2017

un articolo che racconta https://medium.com/join-scout/the-rise-of-the-weaponized-ai-propaganda-mach… [https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1200/1*9RMwkDcS94lj60Z0tZjpfA.png]<https://medium.com/join-scout/the-rise-of-the-weaponized-ai-propaganda-mach…> The Rise of the Weaponized AI Propaganda Machine – Scout: Science Fiction + Journalism<https://medium.com/join-scout/the-rise-of-the-weaponized-ai-propaganda-mach…> medium.com There’s a new automated propaganda machine driving global politics. How it works and what it will mean for the future of democracy.

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"Data Selfie" (Chrome extension)
by J.C. DE MARTIN Feb. 17, 2017

Feb. 17, 2017

http://dataselfie.it/#/about Data Selfie explores our relationship to the online data we leave behind as a result of media consumption and social networks. In the modern age, almost everyone has an online representation of oneself and we are constantly and actively sharing information publically on various social media platforms. At the same time we are under constant surveillance by social media companies and “share” information unconsciously. How do our data profiles, the ones we actively create, compare to the profiles made by the machines at Facebook, Google and Co. – the profiles we never get to see, but unconsciously create? Why does Facebook need your phone number or your phone contacts or the data from your WhatsApp account? Why does Facebook track the time you spend looking at the posts in your news feed? Is the sole purpose of this data gathering to serve us more relevant ads? Is there something else afoot? Data Selfie is an application that aims to provide a personal perspective on data mining, predictive analytics and our online data identity – including inferred information from our consumption. In our data society algorithms and Big Data are increasingly defining our lives. Therefore, it is important – especially for those who are indifferent to this issue – to be aware of the power and influence your own data has on you. _ Creator + Co-Founder: Hang Do Thi Duc Co-Founder: Regina Flores Mir Seedfunding from the New York City Economic Development Corporation, the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment and the NYC Media Lab through the Combine program. You can find out more about our overall journey so far.

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REUTERS: European parliament calls for robot law, rejects robot tax
by Francesco Ruggiero Feb. 17, 2017

Feb. 17, 2017

Dalla rubrica Digital Policy News: Il Parlamento Europeo riunito a Strasburgo approva una risoluzione firmata dalla deputata socialista Mady Delvaux, che chiede alla Commissione di proporre norme per un diritto civile sulla robotica. Bocciato invece il suggerimento di una tassa sulla produzione allo scopo di creare un fondo per il sussidio, attraverso cui compensare la probabile perdita di posti di lavoro. http://www.pr-foundation.org/content/european-parliament-calls-for-robot-la… <http://www.pr-foundation.org/> -- 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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Darnton: "The True History of Fake News"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Feb. 17, 2017

Feb. 17, 2017

Riflessioni del grande storico statunitense Robert Darnton. juan carlos ----- The New York Review of Books *The True History of Fake News** * Robert Darnton February 13, 2017, 1:22 pm In the long history of misinformation, the current outbreak of fake news has already secured a special place, with the president’s personal adviser, Kellyanne Conway, going so far as to invent a Kentucky massacre in order to defend a ban on travelers from seven Muslim countries. But the concoction of alternative facts is hardly rare, and the equivalent of today’s poisonous, bite-size texts and tweets can be found in most periods of history, going back to the ancients. Procopius, the Byzantine historian of the sixth century AD churned out dubious information, known as Anecdota, which he kept secret until his death, in order to smear the reputation of the Emperor Justinian after lionizing the emperor in his official histories. Pietro Aretino tried to manipulate the pontifical election of 1522 by writing wicked sonnets about all the candidates (except the favorite of his Medici patrons) and pasting them for the public to admire on the bust of a figure known as Pasquino near the Piazza Navona in Rome. The “pasquinade” then developed into a common genre of diffusing nasty news, most of it fake, about public figures. […] Continua qui: www.nybooks.com/daily/2017/02/13/the-true-history-of-fake-news/

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The great cryptocurrency heist
by Alberto Cammozzo Feb. 15, 2017

Feb. 15, 2017

Bel pezzo sul Ethereum e il tentativo di automatizzare la fiducia (o farne a meno). <https://aeon.co/essays/trust-the-inside-story-of-the-rise-and-fall-of-ether…> Blockchain enthusiasts crave a world without bankers, lawyers or fat-cat executives. There's just one problem: trust [] Such are the perils of supposedly trust-free technology. It might make for good marketing copy, but the fact of the matter is that blockchain technology is larded through with trust. [] Instead of trusting our laws and institutions, we are being asked to trust stakeholders and miners, and programmers, and those who know enough coding to be able to verify the code. We aren’t actually trusting the blockchain technology; we are trusting the people that support the blockchain. [] Finally, we shouldn’t deceive ourselves with the idea that a technological fix can replace the human dimension of trust. Automation of trust is illusory. Rather than disparaging and cloaking human trust, we should face the brutal truth: we can’t escape the need to rely on other people, as fallible and imperfect as they might be. We need to nurture and nourish trust – not throw it away, like so much debased and worthless currency.

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Civil Rights Groups, Funded by Telecoms, Back Donald Trump’s Plan to Kill Net Neutrality
by Alberto Cammozzo Feb. 14, 2017

Feb. 14, 2017

<https://theintercept.com/2017/02/13/naacp-trump-netneutrality/> Leading civil rights groups who for many years have been heavily bankrolled by the telecom industry are signaling their support for Donald Trump’s promised rollback of the Obama administration’s net neutrality rules, which prevent internet service providers from prioritizing some content providers over others. The Obama administration’s Federal Communications Commission established net neutrality by reclassifying high-speed internet as a regulated phone-like telecommunications service, as opposed to a mostly unregulated information service. The re-classification was cheered by advocates for a free and open internet. But now Trump’s new FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, a former Verizon attorney, is pushing to repeal the net neutrality reform by rolling back that re-classification — and he’s getting help not only from a legion of telecom lobbyists, but from civil rights groups. In a little-noticed joint letter released last week, the NAACP, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, OCA (formerly known as the Organization for Chinese Americans), the National Urban League, and other civil rights organizations sharply criticized the “jurisdictional and classification problems that plagued the last FCC” — a reference to the legal mechanism used by the Obama administration to accomplish net neutrality. Instead of classifying broadband as a public utility, the letter states, open internet rules should be written by statute. What does that mean? It means the Republican-led Congress should take control of the process — the precise approach that is favored by industry. None of the civil rights groups that signed the joint letter responded to a request for comment. It’s not the first time civil rights group have engaged in lobbying debates seemingly unrelated to their core missions, but in favor of their corporate donors. At a time when OCA received major funding from Southwest Airlines, the group filed a regulatory letter on behalf of the airline in support of Southwest’s bid to open flights at Houston airport. The NAACP, after receiving financial backing from Wal-Mart, helped the retail chain during its contentious bid to open stores in New York City. []

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