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Sunstein: "Facebook's New News Feed Isn't Progress"
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 6, 2016

July 6, 2016

*Facebook's New News Feed Isn't Progress** * July 5, 2016 8:30 AM EDT By Cass R. Sunstein Facebook has a lot to learn from John Stuart Mill, one of history’s greatest thinkers about freedom and democracy. In 1834, Mill wrote, “It is hardly possible to overstate the value, in the present low state of human improvement, of placing human beings in contact with other persons dissimilar to themselves, and with modes of thought and action unlike those with which they are familiar. . . . Such communication has always been, and is peculiarly in the present age, one of the primary sources of progress.” Last week Facebook announced a change in its News Feed service, designed to put human beings in contact with people similar to themselves, and with modes of thought and action like those with which they are familiar. That is not progress. […] Continua qui: http://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-07-05/facebook-is-bad-for-democ…

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Campaign 2016: Hillary Clinton on Tech Issues
by Alberto Cammozzo July 6, 2016

July 6, 2016

<http://blogs.cfr.org/cyber/2016/07/05/campaign-2016-hillary-clinton-on-tech…> Last week, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton released her platform on how the U.S. government should promote innovation and respond to technological change. Although the platform focuses primarily on STEM education, entrepreneurship, and economic growth, it addresses pressing topics in cybersecurity, internet governance, digital trade, data flows, and human rights online.

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Fwd: Announcing the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society!
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 5, 2016

July 5, 2016

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Announcing the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society! Resent-Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2016 18:21:10 +0200 Resent-From: d004620(a)polito.it Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 16:20:04 +0000 From: The Berkman Klein Center <buzz(a)cyber.law.harvard.edu> Reply-To: The Berkman Klein Center <buzz(a)cyber.law.harvard.edu> To: demartin(a)polito.it Announcing the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society! View this email in your browser <http://us10.campaign-archive1.com/?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115cd&id=6d97d91a2…> *Michael R. Klein Supports Future of Cyberspace Exploration and Study* Harvard Law School and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University are pleased to announce that Michael R. Klein LL.M. ’67 has made a generous gift of $15 million to the Berkman Center. In recognition, the Center will now be known as the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society <http://harvard.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115cd…>. “This gift helps ensure that Harvard Law School will remain at the forefront of problem solving as we confront and take advantage of the global and digital future,” said Martha Minow, Morgan and Helen Chu Dean of the Law School. “In 1997, a remarkably farsighted gift from the late Jack N. Berkman ’29 and Lillian R. Berkman created the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. The scope of the Center’s work and the global reach of the Internet have grown dramatically over the last two decades. Now, as the Center approaches a third decade of innovation, we are deeply grateful for Mike Klein’s gift, which will build on the Berkman family’s generosity to sustain the Center’s leadership position and allow for continued exploration in the years to come.” Klein’s gift is the largest individual gift to the Law School’s Campaign for the Third Century to date. The Campaign is part of the University-wide, $6.5 billion Harvard Campaign that runs until 2018. “A generous Brandeis Fellowship enabled me to attend Harvard, and that education opened extraordinary opportunities for me,” Klein said. “Now, the ability to give back to Harvard Law School is a privilege that I am deeply grateful for, particularly because my contribution can be directed to an exciting, entrepreneurial Center that is in the vanguard of cyberspace research.” *A Center—and a gift—for the future* The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society is dedicated to exploring, understanding, and shaping the development of the digitally networked environment. A diverse, interdisciplinary community of scholars, practitioners, technologists, policy experts, and advocates, the Center has tackled the most important challenges of the digital age while keeping a focus on tangible real-world impact in the public interest. Its faculty, fellows, staff, and affiliates conduct research, build tools and platforms, educate others, and form bridges and facilitate dialogue across and among diverse communities. At a time when the opportunities and challenges of an increasingly networked world abound and digital transformations are profoundly shaping the future of society, this gift will not only provide vital core support, but will also allow the Center to start new explorations, launch innovative programs, and incubate novel collaborations both nationally and internationally. “Mike Klein’s extraordinary commitment joins the Berkman family’s in allowing us the rare and precious liberty to plan and build according to imagination and conscience,” said Jonathan Zittrain ’95, the Center’s co-founder and current faculty director.**“The Center was premised on the idea that the Internet’s design invites contribution, and that difficult problems can be understood and solved through thoughtful and sensitive combinations of technical and institutional innovations, both public and private.” “In particular, this gift will help us to build new and enhanced interfaces between the worlds of computer science, engineering, law, governance, and policy through powerful research initiatives, educational programs, and outreach efforts, bringing together the best know-how from both academia and practice, and engaging the next generation of technology and policy leaders and makers,” said Urs Gasser LL.M. ’03, professor of practice at HLS and executive director of the Berkman Klein Center. The Center has catalyzed dozens of initiatives concerning the Internet, particularly in the areas of law and policy, education and public discourse, and access to information. These endeavors include rigorous academic research with the aim of achieving tangible, real-world impact, such as the recent high-profile “Don’t Panic: Making Progress on the ‘Going Dark’ Debate <http://harvard.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115c…>” report released by the Center’s Berklett Cybersecurity project, which garnered widespread attention from policymakers and the media. Other key initiatives include building tools that preserve and monitor access to information, such as Amber <http://harvard.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115cd…>, an open source tool that preserves content and prevents broken links; the Lumen <http://harvard.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115cd…> database, which serves as the definitive source for worldwide requests to remove content from the Internet; and Internet Monitor <http://harvard.us10.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115c…>, a project that aims to evaluate, describe, and summarize the means, mechanisms, and extent of Internet content controls and other activity around the world. The Center is also committed to building bridges and fostering connections among diverse communities and perspectives, such as by incubating the**Global Network of Internet and Society Research Centers (NoC) <http://harvard.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115cd…>, a collaborative initiative among academic institutions with a focus on interdisciplinary research on the development, social impact, policy implications, and legal issues concerning the Internet. The Cyberlaw Clinic <http://harvard.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115cd…>, in which HLS students provide pro bono legal services and earn course credit, is also part of the Center. The clinic was the first of its kind, and it continues its tradition of innovation in its areas of practice. Students are supervised by experienced and licensed attorneys as they provide service to clients on issues relating to the Internet, new technology, and intellectual property. Students also work with clients to shape the law's development through policy and advocacy efforts. In 2008, the Center was elevated from a research center at the Law School to a University-wide interfaculty Initiative. Since then the Center has expanded to include more than 500 community members from 40 countries. This growth stems from both an expansion of the Center’s human network and its entrepreneurial spirit and willingness to take risks in pioneering new areas of study. With support from Mike Klein, as well as that of other generous donors and foundations, the Berkman Klein Center aims to continue to grow in areas where it can have the biggest impact. *Philanthropy with purpose* Klein received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Miami before earning an LL.M. at Harvard Law School in 1967. From 1974 through 2005, he was a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (now WilmerHale). In 2004, he made a gift to endow the Michael R. Klein Professorship of Law, a chair held by Professor Randall L. Kennedy. Klein has also generously supported the Law School’s Annual Fund and the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, and he serves on the HLS Dean’s Advisory Board. Today, Klein is focused on business and non-profit ventures. He is chairman of the Sunlight Foundation, a non-partisan, non-profit group that he co-founded in 2005 to bring greater transparency to the workings of Congress. The Sunlight Foundation has participated in several Berkman Center events. Klein is also the chairman of CoStar Group Inc., a publicly traded provider of commercial real estate information that he co-founded in 1987. In 2013, he established Gun Violence Archive, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation that provides free online public access to information about gun-related violence in the United States. Additionally, he is vice chairman of the board and lead outside director for the Tutor-Perini Corporation, a major general contractor. Klein’s non-profit commitments include service as chair of the board of trustees for the Shakespeare Theatre Company, a member of the boards of directors for both the American Himalayan Foundation and the NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund, and a trustee of The Aspen Institute and the Aspen Music Festival and School. You are receiving this email because you signed up to receive our announcements. For regular updates about our events, our community, and what we're writing and speaking about, sign up for our weekly newsletter, The Buzz <http://harvard.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115c…>. You can stay in touch with us in other ways, too. 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CONFENIS 2016: Call for Papers
by Fernanda Faini July 5, 2016

July 5, 2016

Carissimi, segnalo la call for papers CONFENIS 2016. Un caro saluto Fernanda ******************************************************************************************************** Call for Papers *** CONFENIS 2016 *** December 13-14, 2016 *** Vienna, AUSTRIA 10th International Conference on Research and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Systems CONFENIS 2016 web page: http://webcampus.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/confenis2016/ CONFENIS 2016 contact: confenis2016(a)ifs.tuwien.ac.at ******************************************************************************************************** The 10th IFIP WG 8.9 Working Conference - CONFENIS 2016 (International Conference on Research and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Systems) provides an international forum for Enterprise Information System (EIS) researchers and practitioners from all over the world to come together, present and discuss their latest research findings and ideas. The conference is specifically aiming at facilitating the exchange of ideas and advances in all aspects and developments of EIS. CONFENIS 2016 invites EIS-experts who are interested to present and disseminate their work at an international forum to submit their contributions. As in the previous years the proceedings of the conference will be published by SPRINGER. ********* VENUE: On the occasion of its 10th anniversary CONFENIS 2016 will be held at the Austrian Computer Society (OCG) in downtown Vienna, Austria on December 13th and 14th 2016. CONFENIS 2016 is supported by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and jointly organized by the Vienna University of Technology (TU-WIEN) and the Austrian Computer Society (OCG). ********* IMPORTANT DATES: * Paper submission deadline: July 31st, 2016 * Notification of acceptance: September 15th, 2016 * Camera-ready version deadline: September 30th, 2016 * CONFENIS 2016 conference dates: December 13th-14th, 2016 ********* POST PUBLICATIONS: The proceedings of the conference will be published by Springer. ********* TOPICS include the following areas but are not limited to: * EIS Concepts, Cases and Management * Business Process Management * Enterprise Engineering and Computing * Open Source EIS * Cloud Computing Services * Big Data Analytics * Knowledge Management * Governance and Decision Making in EIS * Business Value of EIS * Enterprise Modeling * Supply Chain Management Aspects * EIS Teaching and Education * Security and Privacy Issues * Cross-Organizational Collaboration * Social Media and EIS * EIS and Internet of Things * Use of Open Data for EIS * Semantic Web Concepts ********* SUBMISSION and REGISTRATION Details: * Contributions should present original research that has not been published or submitted yet. * Contributions should not exceed 10 pages and must be submitted as PDF in LNCS format. * Papers should be submitted electronically via https://confdriver.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/confenis2016 * At least one author per contribution must be registered for the conference. * For further information regarding Submission and Registration please see website ( http://webcampus.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/confenis2016/ ). ********* COMMITTEE MEMBERS (tentative): GENERAL CHAIRPERSONS: * Li Da Xu (Old Dominion University - USA) CHAIRPERSONS: * A Min Tjoa (Vienna University of Technology - Austria) PROGRAMM COMMITTEE: * Ismail Khalil (University of Linz - Austria) * Rogerio Atem de Carvalho (Instituto Federal Fluminense - Brazil) * Hanh Huu Hoang (Hue University - Vietnam) * Sohail S. Chaudhry (Villanova University - USA) * Amin Anjomshoaa (MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - USA) * Josef Basl (Prague University of Economics - Czech Republic) * Petr Doucek (Prague University of Economics - Czech Republic) * Frederik Gailly (Ghent University - Belgium) * Bee Hua Goh (National University of Singapore - Singapore) * Maria Raffai (Szechenyi University - Hungary) * Chris Zhang (University of Saskatchewan - Canada) * Subodh Kesharwani (Indira Gandhi National Open University - India) * Sun Zhaohao (Papua New Guinea University of Technology - Papua New Guinea) * Christine Strauss (University of Vienna - Austria) * Gerald Quirchmayr (University of Vienna - Austria) * Ling Li (Old Dominion University - USA) * Rafael Accorsi (University of Freiburg - Germany) * Jan Pries-Heje (Roskilde University - Denmark) * Lene Pries-Heje (IT University of Copenhagen - Denmark) * Seyyed Mohsen Hashemi (Islamic Azad University - Iran) * Lisa Seymour (University of Cape Town - South Africa) * Alex GC Peng (University of Sheffield - United Kingdom) * Milos Maryska (Prague University of Economics - Czech Republic) * Dimitris Karagiannis (University of Vienna - Austria) ********* FURTHER INFORMATION & CONTACT: For further information please visit http://webcampus.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/confenis2016/ or contact us via email: confenis2016(a)ifs.tuwien.ac.at -- --- Fernanda Faini *Responsabile Assistenza giuridica egov e open gov - Regione Toscana* *PhD Candidate Università di Bologna (CIRSFID) - **Cultore della materia Università di Firenze* *Presidente Circolo dei Giuristi Telematici* cell: 3385352449 mail: fernandafaini(a)gmail.com twitter: @fernandafaini facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fernanda.faini linkedIn: *https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernandafaini <https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernandafaini>* skype: fernanda_pensiero sito web: *http://www.fernandafaini.it <http://www.fernandafaini.it>*

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NTIA finalizes privacy guidelines for the commercial use of facial recognition
by Alberto Cammozzo July 5, 2016

July 5, 2016

<http://www.biometricupdate.com/201606/ntia-finalizes-commercial-facial-reco…> The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) <https://www.ntia.doc.gov/> finalized its privacy guidelines for the commercial use of facial recognition last week [] The stakeholders, according to the National Law Review <http://www.natlawreview.com/article/ntia-multistakeholder-group-reaches-con…>, recommended in the final code of conduct that commercial entities do the following: • Disclose their practices regarding collection, storage, and use of facial template data to consumers, including any sharing, retention, and de-identification policies; • Provide notice to consumers where facial recognition is used on a physical premises; • Consider privacy concerns when developing data management programs; • Protect facial recognition data by implementing a program that contains administrative, technical, and physical safeguards appropriate to the entity’s size, complexity, the nature of its activities, and the sensitivity of the data; • Take reasonable steps to maintain the integrity of the data collected; and, • Provide a means for consumers to contact the entity regarding its use of the data. Trade organizations involved in the process, including the Consumer Technology Association, the Interactive Advertising Bureau, NetChoice, the Software & Information Industry Association and the International Biometrics Industry Association (IBIA), were generally pleased with process. In statements issued at the conclusion of the process, they noted that the code of conduct would give businesses that employ facial recognition technology greater certainty about how the Privacy Blueprint’s principles apply to them. []

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GDPR: Flexibilities in the General Data Protection Regulation
by Alessandro Mantelero July 5, 2016

July 5, 2016

EDRI On 14 April 2016, the European Parliament adopted two legal instruments that will regulate the fundamental right to data protection of individuals: the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Law Enforcement Data Protection Directive (LEDP). Despite the overall positive outcome of the GDPR, we regret that many of the initial high expectations for the Regulation were not realised. Once the final text was passed, and ahead of the preparation of guidelines for its implementation, we have published two documents where we analyse the numerous national flexibilities contained in the text of the Regulation. The results can be found here (the full analysis of all the flexibilities) and here (short document with the most dangerous flexibilities). https://edri.org/analysis-flexibilities-gdpr/ -- Prof. Avv. Alessandro Mantelero Politecnico di Torino Nexa Center for Internet and Society | Director of Privacy Politecnico di Torino–Tongji University| Coordinator, Double Degree program in Management and IP Law Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology | Part-time Expert, School of Public Administration European Data Protection Law Review | Associate Editor http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero EMAIL POLICY: twice a day (Mon-Fri)

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Free Basics By Facebook – An Interview With Nishant Shah | Spheres
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 5, 2016

July 5, 2016

Following up the internet’s early democratic dreams, the Facebook-led initiative Free Basics, formerly known as internet.org, seeks to create a connected world by establishing internet access in areas, which, often due to financial reasons, have been disconnected so far. Despite the seemingly sensible purpose, the initiative has been highly scrutinised. Particularly in India, internet.org faced many complaints, ultimately resulting in the project being abandoned in the country. In the following interview, Nishant Shah, former director for research at the Center for Internet and Society in Bangalore and currently teaching at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg, will illuminate several aspects of internet.org and its critique, addressing issues such as net neutrality, the importance of a universal internet access strategy and the conditions for its global implementation. http://spheres-journal.org/interview-on-internet-org/ (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Uber Data And Leaked Docs Provide A Look At How Much Uber Drivers Make
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 4, 2016

July 4, 2016

https://www.buzzfeed.com/carolineodonovan/internal-uber-driver-pay-numbers?… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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il potere dei blog ("The Obscure Blogger Who Reversed the Recession")
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 4, 2016

July 4, 2016

Bell'esempio del potere dei blog (e anche bel video): http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/488948/the-obscure-blogger-who-rever… E' anche un inno al lavoro accademico di lungo termine, apparentemente oscuro, ma che alla fine manifesta la sua importanza. juan carlos *The Obscure Blogger Who Reversed the Recession* Jun 30, 2016 | 432 videos Video by Ian Reid Scott Sumner is a monetary economist who studies the Great Depression and runs the blog The Money Illusion. He also used his knowledge 20th century economics to help fix the 2007-2009 recession. “Most of the discussion was missing the point,” Sumner says in this film by Ian Reid. “Other economists were looking at interest rates. They assumed money was easy. But commodity prices, stock prices, real estate prices, every other asset market was signaling money was too tight.” This film was produced by Distant Moon and the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

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Linee guida di design per siti web di Regioni e Comuni
by Mauro Alovisio July 4, 2016

July 4, 2016

- Gent.me/mi - - segnalo news di interesse dal sito di Agid Cordiali saluti Mauro Alovisio - http://www.agid.gov.it/notizie/2016/07/03/online-linee-guida-design-i-siti-… - Online le linee guida di design per i siti web di Regioni e Comuni Online le linee guida di design per i siti web di Regioni e Comuni *Lunedì, 4 Luglio, 2016* I portali di Regione Sardegna e dei Comuni di Biella, Matera e Venezia primi progetti di un percorso che mira a migliorare il dialogo tra cittadini e pubblica amministrazione. [image: Online le linee guida di design per i siti web di Regioni e Comuni] Prosegue il percorso intrapreso dall’Agenzia per l’Italia Digitale verso la definizione di servizi online più semplici e orientati alle esigenze dei cittadini. Sono online le linee guida di design per Regioni e Comuni (link is external) <http://design.italia.it/>, che hanno l’obiettivo di definire standard web di usabilità e design condivisi da tutta la pubblica amministrazione. Dopo le amministrazioni centrali, anche quelle locali saranno guidate nella creazione di portali istituzionali più chiari e di più semplice fruizione. Da oggi sono online come progetti pilota i siti web del Comune di Biella, (link is external) <http://www.comune.biella.it/> del Comune di Matera (link is external) <http://www.comune.matera.it/> e della Regione Sardegna (link is external) <http://alpha.regione.sardegna.it>, cui farà seguito la progressiva integrazione dei contenuti. Anche il Comune di Venezia (link is external) <http://www.comune.venezia.it/> ha rinnovato il proprio portale istituzionale nel rispetto delle linee guida. Le linee guida nascono per semplificare l’accesso ai servizi e alle informazioni di carattere istituzionale. Rappresentano uno strumento volto a favorire il dialogo via web tra pubbliche amministrazioni e cittadini, colmando il divario che ci separa dai principali paesi europei. L’obiettivo finale è quello di fornire un’esperienza web più utile, semplice e intuitiva e che consenta un risparmio di tempo e risorse per cittadini e PA. Nei prossimi mesi, AgID ha previsto la definizione di specifiche indicazioni rivolte al mondo della scuola e delle università, nonchè l'ampliamento delle linee guida dai siti web ai servizi digitali. Comunicato stampa (PDF) <http://www.agid.gov.it/sites/default/files/ufficio_stampa/linee_guida_desig…> Tag: linee guida design PA <http://www.agid.gov.it/tags/linee-guida-design-pa>

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