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Crash: how computers are setting us up for disaster
by Alberto Cammozzo Oct. 11, 2016

Oct. 11, 2016

Molto interessante. We increasingly let computers fly planes and carry out security checks. Driverless cars are next. But is our reliance on automation setting us up for disaster? [] The paradox of automation, then, has three strands to it. First, automatic systems accommodate incompetence by being easy to operate and by automatically correcting mistakes. Because of this, an inexpert operator can function for a long time before his lack of skill becomes apparent – his incompetence is a hidden weakness that can persist almost indefinitely. Second, even if operators are expert, automatic systems erode their skills by removing the need for practice. Third, automatic systems tend to fail either in unusual situations or in ways that produce unusual situations, requiring a particularly skilful response. A more capable and reliable automatic system makes the situation worse. <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/11/crash-how-computers-are-…> ciao, A

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Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump on broadband: She has a plan, he doesn’t | Ars Technica
by Luca Oct. 10, 2016

Oct. 10, 2016

Segnalo in lista, nel caso non fosse già passato, l’articolo sul prossimo presidente americano dal punto di vista della rete > http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/10/hillary-clinton-vs-donald-trump-… <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/10/hillary-clinton-vs-donald-trump-…> > > Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump on broadband: She has a plan, he doesn’t > > > Enlarge <https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/broadband-trump-clin…> > SAUL LOEB & ROBYN BECK AFP/Getty Images / Aurich > > The 2016 presidential election is likely to have a major impact on how the US government tries to expand broadband deployment and how it regulates Internet service providers. But while we have a pretty good idea of how a President Hillary Clinton would approach the broadband industry, there’s very little to go on when predicting broadband policy under a President Donald Trump. > > Clinton’s technology plan <https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/factsheets/2016/06/27/hillary-clint…> includes several initiatives designed to “deliver high-speed broadband to all Americans <http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/01/on-american-indian-re…>,” and it promises to defend network neutrality rules that prevent ISPs from discriminating against online services. There are questions about how Clinton would implement the plan and whether it's aggressive enough to achieve 100 percent broadband deployment, and her campaign has declined to provide more specifics. But the mere fact that Clinton has outlined some clear broadband goals sets the Democratic nominee apart from the other candidates. > > Republican nominee Donald Trump doesn’t seem to have any plan for increasing access to broadband, and there are indications that he would not support new consumer protection regulations. He weighed in on net neutrality, but only in a November 2014 tweet <https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/532608358508167168?lang=en>: > > Obama’s attack on the internet is another top down power grab. Net neutrality is the Fairness Doctrine. Will target conservative media. > > — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 7:58 PM - 12 Nov 2014 <https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/532608358508167168> > The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a public policy think tank, recently analyzed Clinton’s and Trump’s positions on technology <http://www2.itif.org/2016-clinton-vs-trump.pdf?_ga=1.14177138.455851410.147…>. There were six broadband and telecommunications policy categories, and for five of them Trump was listed as having “no position” or having made no comment. Trump had no position on wireless spectrum and 5G; a Communications Act update; broadband and telecom subsidies; broadband adoption and digital literacy; and broadband competition and public-private partnerships. > > Net neutrality was the one category where Trump had a position, but only because of the two-year-old tweet. > > Besides "that one tweet from 2014 on net neutrality, it's pretty much radio silence from the Trump camp," ITIF telecommunications policy analyst Doug Brake told Ars. > > Trump has finally just hired an aide to help him develop a telecom plan, Politico reported Friday <http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/trump-transition-team-jeffrey-eisenac…>. The aide, Jeffrey Eisenach of the American Enterprise Institute, is described by Politico as "a crusader against regulation" and is a staunch opponent of net neutrality rules <https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/09-17-14EisenachTestimony.pdf>. Eisenach's appointment suggests Trump might pursue a deregulatory telecommunications agenda, but the candidate still isn't talking publicly about specific policies. > > > Brake didn’t endorse either candidate, but he said that when it comes to broadband, “Clinton at least has a plan. You can quibble with some of the details in it, but she has clearly thought hard about what the government’s role should be in promoting innovation and has policies that will work to promote innovation throughout the economy.” The ITIF describes itself as nonpartisan, but the group prefers a more conservative approach to telecommunications policy than the one chartered under President Obama and current FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. > > Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson has opposed <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/07/hands-off-the-internet-an-interv…> net neutrality rules and Internet regulation in general, while Green Party nominee Jill Stein supports net neutrality rules. Stein has called for universal broadband access—but she also claimed that wireless Internet signals can damage children’s brains despite a lack <http://www.who.int/peh-emf/publications/facts/fs304/en/> of scientific <https://www3.epa.gov/radtown/wireless-technology.html> evidence <https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/wireless-devices-and-health-concerns> to support <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24162060> such concerns <http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/radiation/cons/wifi/faq-eng.php>. > > None of the four candidates has responded to our repeated requests for more details. So with the clock ticking toward November 8, we’ll have to settle for examining their public statements. > > The Clinton broadband plan > > Clinton’s tech agenda <https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/factsheets/2016/06/27/hillary-clint…> describes the nation’s broadband problems as follows: “Millions of American households, particularly in rural areas, still lack access to any fixed broadband provider, around 30 percent of households across America have not adopted broadband (with much higher levels in low-income communities), and American consumers pay more for high-speed plans than consumers in some other advanced nations.” > > <https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/hillary-clinton.jpg> > Enlarge <https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/hillary-clinton.jpg> / Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. > Clinton campaign > > Clinton cited research <https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/reports/broadband-progress-reports/201…> from the FCC, which defines broadband as Internet access with speeds of at least 25Mbps downstream and 3Mbps upstream, but she is flexible on what speeds the nation should strive for. By 2020, she wants 100 percent of American households to have the option of buying affordable broadband at “speeds sufficient to meet families’ needs.” > > This wouldn’t necessarily involve stringing fiber wires to every home. Clinton wants federal agencies to consider fiber, fixed wireless, and satellite technologies for bringing broadband to unserved areas. Here are some of her proposals: > > Continue investments in the Connect America Fund, the Rural Utilities Service program, the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP), and Lifeline. > Use Lifeline to help people learn how to use the Internet and expand access to cheap devices. > Create a competitive grant program encouraging local governments to reduce regulatory barriers to private investment; promote “dig once” programs that install fiber or fiber conduit during road construction projects; and develop public-private partnerships. > Expand federal funding to bring free Wi-Fi and high-speed Internet to “recreation centers, public buildings like one-stop career centers, and transportation infrastructure such as train stations, airports, and mass transit systems.” > Accelerate 5G cellular deployment and other wireless advances by reallocating and repurposing spectrum, and use federal research funding for “Internet of Things” test beds and field trials. > Encourage state and local governments to relax rules that protect incumbents from new competitors, such as “local rules governing utility-pole access that restrain additional fiber and small cell broadband deployment.” > Push federal agencies to identify anticompetitive practices “such as tying arrangements, price fixing, and exclusionary conduct,” and refer potential violations of antitrust law to the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission. (This proposal isn’t specific to broadband but could have an impact on ISPs.) > Separately, Clinton pledged to defend the FCC’s net neutrality rules in court and continue to enforce them. She also supports the FCC's related decision under Wheeler <http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/03/how-a-former-lobbyist-became-the-br…> to reclassify ISPs as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act; Title II, while controversial, is the legal mechanism used to enforce the net neutrality rules. > > Clinton’s plan leaves out some of the specifics that will be needed to achieve her goals, and the plan proactively takes credit for 5G development that is likely to happen regardless of who wins the presidency. But that doesn’t seem to bother Harold Feld <https://www.publicknowledge.org/about-us/staff/>, senior VP of Public Knowledge, a consumer advocacy group that generally supports Wheeler’s broadband deployment and net neutrality policies. > > “This is not the blueprint, this is the promise,” Feld said. “Once they get in, they're still going to have to do the blueprint, and that's when we'll see if they'll swing for the bleachers or just try to play safe.” > > As a campaign platform, what Clinton has proposed is “very good,” he said. 100 percent deployment probably won’t happen, but setting the goal at 100 percent makes it more likely that she’ll get to 95 percent or so, Feld said. > > “The thing that worries me is this is a very incremental approach,” Feld said of Clinton’s plan. “It builds on what's out there now, it generally solidifies around basic points of agreement.” For example, Clinton hasn’t talked about whether the FCC should crack down on Internet data caps, but “those are not the kinds of things you put in a campaign platform,” Feld said. > > A Clinton FCC seems likely to continue on a path similar to the one taken by Obama and Wheeler. Yet she is getting support from the same telecom industry that bitterly opposed Wheeler’s net neutrality plan and many of his other initiatives. Telecom services and equipment companies donated $640,247 to Clinton this year, while giving just $19,319 to Trump, according to the Center for Responsive Politics <http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.php?ind=B09&cycle=2016&recipde…>. > > Clinton also won an endorsement from Jim Cicconi, a longtime GOP supporter and Senior Executive VP at AT&T—a company that sued the FCC to stop the net neutrality rules. > > “This year I think it’s vital to put our country’s well being ahead of party,” Cicconi said, according to The Wall Street Journal <http://www.wsj.com/articles/some-gop-business-leaders-are-backing-clinton-1…>. “Hillary Clinton is experienced, qualified, and will make a fine president. The alternative, I fear, would set our nation on a very dark path.” > > Brake said he is hopeful that Clinton would take a more “pragmatic” approach than Wheeler. Though Clinton supported Wheeler’s Title II net neutrality plan, Brake pointed to an interview <http://www.recode.net/2015/2/24/11559360/hillary-rodham-clinton-talks-nsa-p…> Clinton gave last year in which she said net neutrality rules could alternatively have been imposed through an update of the Communications Act. > > That statement “indicates to me that she gets that Title II isn't something to be desired in and of itself,” Brake said. It’s thus probably unlikely that a Clinton FCC would be more liberal than an Obama one, making things like network unbundling <http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/03/why-tom-wheeler-rejected-broadband-…> a long shot, Brake said. > -- Luca

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NY To Test Facial Recognition Cameras At ‘Crossing Points’
by Alberto Cammozzo Oct. 10, 2016

Oct. 10, 2016

New York will soon test facial recognition technology around Manhattan. In a 35-minute speech detailing a landmark $100 billion investment into state infrastructure, largely focused on New York City and Long Island, Governor Andrew Cuomo made a number of promises that would thrill New Yorkers, like the promise of a renovated Penn Station, called Penn-Farley, a direct train from there to LaGuardia Airport, and the completion of the long-awaited Second Avenue Line. Oh, and facial recognition cameras around the city, he said: “At each crossing, and at structurally sensitive points on bridges and tunnels, advanced cameras and sensors will be installed to read license plates and test emerging facial recognition software and equipment.” [...] <http://www.vocativ.com/365430/ny-facial-recognition-cameras-bridges-tunnels/> ciao, A

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90° Mercoledì di Nexa - 12 ottobre 2016
by Francesco Ruggiero Oct. 10, 2016

Oct. 10, 2016

*REMINDER*: vi ricordiamo che mercoledì 12 ottobre 2016, dalle ore 18 alle ore 20, si svolgerà il 90° Mercoledì di Nexa, con un incontro dal titolo: *"FirstLife. Un social network georefenziato per gli urban commons".* Ospite dell'incontro *Guido Boella* (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-90 <http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-90>* Cordiali saluti, Francesco Il giorno 5 ottobre 2016 12:17, Francesco Ruggiero <sparafra(a)gmail.com> ha scritto: > Se non visualizzi correttamente questo messaggio clicca qui > <http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-88> > [image: NEXA] > > 90° Mercoledì di Nexa > Mercoledi 12 ottobre 2016, ore 18.00 - 20.00 > > Politecnico di Torino > > http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-90 > FirstLife > un social network georeferenziato per gli urban commons > > Speakers > Guido Boella > (Professore ordinario presso il Dipartimento di Informatica > dell’Università di Torino) > > This event will be webcast live: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events > > Secondo la recente letteratura che ha origine nei lavori del premio Nobel > Elinor Ostrom su co-produzione e commons,*anche le città possono essere > viste come “commons”*. Una creazione collettiva sia della realtà > materiale che di quella culturale fatta dai cittadini e per i cittadini, > che si esplica anche in un sistema di gestione da parte dei cittadini: un > insieme di pratiche sociali e norme che permettono di preservare le risorse > e orientarle per il bene collettivo. Per questo il verbo “commoning” > descrive meglio queste realtà del sostantivo “commons”. > > Le attività di commoning permesse negli spazi urbani si stanno però > riducendo: da un lato edifici e piazze sono sempre più gestite da privati, > dall’altro il ruolo dell’amministrazione pubblica è limitato dalla crisi e > dalla conseguente riduzione dei budget. *Il commoning potrebbe essere > invece una soluzione alternativa alle sfide che si presentano nelle città*, > delegando ai cittadini la gestione dei commons che vivono giornalmente . > Questo porta ad una visione policentrica della governance urbana. Ma la > realtà urbana presenta molte differenze rispetto ai tradizionali commons > legati alle risorse naturali. In particolare, la disgregazione del tessuto > urbano, la dimensione dei gruppi che utilizzano i commons, la difficoltà di > comunicazione fra persone che non si conoscono pur utilizzando gli stessi > spazi urbani sono l’opposto delle tradizionali premesse per il buon > funzionamento del commoning. > > *Può la tecnologia basata su internet, come auspicato da autori come > Christian Iaione e David Bollier, diventare un supporto per il commoning > urbano?* Si può riportare a livello locale urbano i meccanismi > (passaparola, continuità fra le persone, fiducia reciproca, visibilità > delle azioni) che hanno portato al successo i nuovi media che costituiscono > il cosiddetto “villaggio globale” di Marshall MacLuhan? > > Guido Boella presenterà il progetto FirstLife dell’Università di Torino: > un nuovo tipo di social network basato su una mappa interattiva che vuole > promuovere la collaborazione fra i cittadini nella creazione e gestione > degli urban commons. *FirstLife vuole coprire una dimensione della nostra > vita non coperta dagli altri social network: le persone come cittadini e > non come privati o come professionisti*. Vuole essere un nuovo media che > permette di accedere alle informazioni di interesse tramite la mappa > temporizzata, piuttosto che tramite hashtag, motori di ricerca o tramite > algoritmi sconosciuti che ti chiudono in una filter bubble. Per saperne di > più > > BIOGRAFIE - e informazioni supplementari > > [image: [ALIPRANDI - BLENGINO]] > > GUIDO BOELLA è Professore ordinario presso il Dipartimento di Informatica > dell’Università di Torino. Ha seguito un percorso che lo ha portato dalla > laurea in filosofia, al dottorato in informatica sui temi della > collaborazione in sistemi multi-agente e, in seguito, alla ricerca in > informatica legale e geo-informatica. La sua attività scientifica ha un > carattere fortemente interdisciplinare, che investe i campi dei sistemi > normativi, dei linguaggi naturali, delle ontologie formali, delle scienze > cognitive e dell’intelligenza artificiale. È stato coordinatore scientifico > e referente per il Dipartimento di Informatica di numerosi progetti > nazionali e internazionali, tra i quali EUcases, ITxLAW, WeGovNow!. Ha > realizzato diversi software (powerJava, powerJade, Legal taxonomy syllabus, > Eunomos) e partecipato a progetti di trasferimento tecnologico verso le > imprese, fondando nel 2010 l’azienda Nomotika. > Negli ultimi anni, i suoi interessi e attività si sono estesi ai temi dei > social networks e al loro potenziale utilizzo per la gestione dei beni > comuni e come strumenti di supporto alla co-produzione dei servizi a scala > locale. In qualità di coordinatore scientifico di FirstLife, si occupa > dell’inquadramento e della supervisione del lavoro di ricerca legato alla > piattaforma, nonché della preparazione di progetti e proposte per una sua > applicazione in ambiti che vanno dall’inclusione sociale alle emergenze, > dai nuovi sistemi di governance a forme economiche alternative. > > Letture consigliate e link utili: > > - The Co-City: Sharing, Collaborating, Cooperating, Commoning in the > City <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2708296>, di > Christian Iaione > - Collective Action and the Urban Commons, di Sheila Foster. > > > > > 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> > -- 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. +39 011 090 7219

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Surveillance in the Post-Obama Era
by fabio chiusi Oct. 9, 2016

Oct. 9, 2016

Editoriale del NyTimes, da leggere: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/09/opinion/sunday/surveillance-in-the-post-o… f.

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Book: "The Politics of Bitcoin - Software as Right-Wing Extremism"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 8, 2016

Oct. 8, 2016

Non l'ho ancora letto, ma sembra interessante. juan carlos The Politics of Bitcoin Software as Right-Wing Extremism 2016 • Author: David Golumbia http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/the-politics-of-bitcoin/ The first comprehensive account of Bitcoin’s underlying right-wing politics Since its introduction in 2009, Bitcoin has been widely promoted as a digital currency that will revolutionize everything from online commerce to the nation-state. Yet supporters of Bitcoin and its blockchain technology subscribe to a form of cyberlibertarianism that depends to a surprising extent on far-right political thought. Since its introduction in 2009, Bitcoin has been widely promoted as a digital currency that will revolutionize everything from online commerce to the nation-state. Yet supporters of Bitcoin and its blockchain technology subscribe to a form of cyberlibertarianism that depends to a surprising extent on far-right political thought. The Politics of Bitcoin exposes how much of the economic and political thought on which this cryptocurrency is based emerges from ideas that travel the gamut, from Milton Friedman, F.A. Hayek, and Ludwig von Mises to Federal Reserve conspiracy theorists.

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WashPost: "THIS IS WHERE MOBILE TECHNOLOGY BEGINS"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 7, 2016

Oct. 7, 2016

Straordinario. jc THE COBALT PIPELINE Tracing the path from deadly hand-dug mines in Congo to consumers’ phones and laptops Story byTodd C. Frankel <https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/todd-c-frankel/>Photos byMichael Robinson Chavez <https://twitter.com/chavismophoto>Video editing byJorge Ribas <https://twitter.com/jribas?lang=en> September 30, 2016 https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/business/batteries/congo-cobalt-min…

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Mastercard con riconoscimento facciale anche in Italia?
by Alberto Cammozzo Oct. 6, 2016

Oct. 6, 2016

L'app Mastercard Identity Check introduce l'autenticazione attraverso impronta digitale o riconoscimento facciale. Sarebbe stato varato o dovrebbe essere varato anche in Italia. <http://www.inc.com/neil-c-hughes/this-new-form-of-biometric-authentication-…> <http://newsfeeding.net/technology/biometrics/mastercard-introduces-facial-r…> E' installabile da Google Play anche se non suggerita in play in italiano. Non ho ancora provato l'installazione. <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mastercard.identitycheck.…> Ho cercato nel sito del Garante se ci sono verifiche preliminari ma non ho trovato nulla. Non mi risultano nemmeno autorizzazioni in tal senso per attività finanziarie. Qualcuno ne sa qualcosa? grazie e ciao, Alberto

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Toward a Constructive Technology Criticism
by Enrico Bergamini Oct. 6, 2016

Oct. 6, 2016

Lungo report per il Tow Center for Digital Journalism di Sara M Watson sullo stato dell'arte della critica tecnologica. > In this report, I draw on interviews with journalists and critics, as well > as a broad reading of published work, to assess the current state of > technology coverage and criticism in the popular discourse, and to offer > some thoughts on how to move the critical enterprise forward. I find that > what it means to cover technology is a moving target. Today, the technology > beat focuses less on the technology itself and more on how technology > intersects with and transforms everything readers care about—from politics > to personal relationships. But as technology coverage matures, the > distinctions between reporting and criticism are blurring. Even the most > straightforward reporting plays a role in guiding public attention and > setting agendas. http://www.cjr.org/tow_center_reports/constructive_technology_criticism.php <http://www.cjr.org/tow_center_reports/constructive_technology_criticism.php>

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Internet Policy Review Special Issue 'Doing Internet Governance'
by Antonio Casilli Oct. 6, 2016

Oct. 6, 2016

Via Francesca Musiani (CNRS). Gli articoli sono in accesso libero qui: http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/doing-internet- governance-practices-controversies-infrastructures-and-0 --- This special issue makes an argument for, and illustrates, the applicability of a science and technology studies (STS) informed approach to internet governance research. The conceptual framework put forward in this editorial and the articles composing this issue add to the mainstream internet governance scholarship by unpacking macro questions of politics and power. They do so through the analysis of the mundane and taken-for-granted practices and discourses that constitute the design, regulation, maintenance, and use of both technical and institutional arrangements of internet governance. Together, this body of work calls to rethink how we conceptualise both internet and governance. The issue includes an editorial and 10 articles: - Editorial: Doing internet governance: how science and technology studies inform the study of internet governance Dmitry Epstein, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States Christian Katzenbach, Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), Germany Francesca Musiani, CNRS/Université Paris-Sorbonne, France - Disclosing and concealing: internet governance, information control and the management of visibility Mikkel Flyverbom, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark - Beyond “Points of Control”: logics of digital governmentality Romain Badouard, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, France Clément Mabi, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France Guillaume Sire, Université Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), France - Instability and internet design Sandra Braman, Texas A&M University, United States - The problem of future users: how constructing the DNS shaped internet governance Steven Malcic, University of California Santa Barbara, United States - The myth of the decentralised internet Ashwin J. Mathew, University of California, Berkeley, United States - The invisible politics of Bitcoin: governance crisis of a decentralised infrastructure Primavera De Filippi, Harvard University, United States Benjamin Loveluck, Télécom ParisTech (Université Paris-Saclay) and CERSA (CNRS-Paris 2), France - Multistakeholder governance processes as production sites: enhanced cooperation "in the making" Julia Pohle, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), Germany - Internet governance as 'ideology in practice' – India's 'Free Basics' controversy Anita Gurumurthy, IT for Change, India Nandini Chami, IT for Change, India - What we talk about when we talk about cybersecurity: security in internet governance debates Josephine Wolff, Rochester Institute of Technology, United States - Governing the internet in the privacy arena Carsten Ochs, Universität Kassel, Germany Fabian Pittroff, Universität Kassel, Germany Barbara Büttner, Universität Kassel, Germany Jörn Lamla, Universität Kassel, Germany

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