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Our Cosmos
First,
there was only noise
Research and civic engagement were poorly reacting to each other. Then Justice and Democracy merged and created three big planets, orbiting cycles, projects and smaller initiatives. All together, they form our Cosmos.
Interdisciplinary research
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Research
We do interdisciplinary research on the interface of technology and society with a focus on fair AI, inclusive digital governance and human rights law in virtual spheres.
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On the interface of research and civic engagement, we conduct policy and advocacy on the basis of human rights law and for an inclusive and democratic digital governance.
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We design and scale collaborative projects by including the digital society. Our goal is to empower and engage netizens to make informed decisions about emerging digital issues.
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COSMONAUT
DIGITAL GOVERNANCE & DEMOCRACY
Elon Musk points at Twitter's cybersecurity vulnerabilities to cancel $44 bn buyout-deal.
Sex work is work…unless it’s happening online?
Since the signing of the landmark United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1992 there have been sporadic meetings to discuss amendments and changes to the global response to Climate Change. These COPs have become rather large and important diplomatic events, bringing together heads of state from around the globe. Last year, however, several countries including two of the five largest emitters of CO2 have decided to forgo the usual private jets and closed door meetings for brief virtual meetings instead.
Time is running out on the National Security defence adopted by the Government of India for the prolonged ban on Chinese based Mobile Applications.
An overview of the digital transformation of French public services.
Digital communication has changed rapidly since the onset of the digital age but emojis have only gone from strength to strength since their inception in the late 1990s. This article will cover the impact emojis have had on language and culture. It will conclude with a comparison of hieroglyphics and emojis and what this development tells us about in culture and language in the digital age.
LAW & TECHNOLOGY
The super wicked nature of the current pandemic needs a multipronged strategy to tackle intricately related issues like recession, inequality, and climate change in a holistic manner. In this context, rebooting the Indian economy based on “frugal innovation” in which social entrepreneurs constantly work on the idea of cheaper, user-friendly transformations that cater to social needs is the path forward.
Regulation is gaining more traction all over the place but it is uncertain if the Australian News Media Bargain Code will become a role model for legislation in other places. There are several weaknesses to the Code and after all, it is not clear if paying publishers for their content will really alter the high levels of market concentration.
The perseverance of Myanmar’s youth to fight for freedom is proving to be the key to the country’s democratic future.
Undeniably, digitization has been our saviour during the COVID 19 pandemic. However, major concerns must be addressed before making digital passports our ticket to our pre-COVID lives.
Despite being an authoritarian regime, Iran has an interesting (albeit conflicted) relationship with social media. Although Iranian authorities often see social media as a threat, Iranian politicians are increasingly using social media as a way to appeal to voters.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, we have witnessed how our life passed under the watchful eye of the state and how easily our rights could disappear in a crisis. In this respect, dystopian novels constantly remind us of the impermanence of reality where nothing is as secure as we think.
AI & FAIRNESS
How AI is enabling new frontiers in Mars exploration.
Cryptocurrencies (Crypto) have captured the world by storm with some touting its success as “magic internet money” and others criticizing it as a “bubble waiting to burst”. One thing is for sure: crypto can have a significant impact on the environment, and the small town of Massena, NY, home to the world’s largest crypto data center, has been caught in the crossfires going so far as to ban them temporarily.
To stop the spreading of deepfakes, we would need to shut down the internet, which is not really a viable solution.
Facial recognition technologies are an application of artificial intelligence and machine learning, thus they are not exempted from showing biases that in some cases have led to discriminatory results.
While the use of facial recognition technology could help recruiters streamline some processes, it is hard to believe that the long-standing issues of recruiting could be solved through algorithms knowing that existing datasets could perpetuate or even worsen the current biases that a human recruiter can have.
Law enforcement officials around the world are using Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) to identify suspects, conduct arrests, and determine guilt through system matches. It is also being used as a tool for border control purposes, to perform identity verifications, and to monitor the safety of people in public spaces. The use of FRT by police and other law enforcement officials, however, has been pointing out the problems regarding the fairness and legitimacy of this tool.
COSMONAUT
S E R I E S
Facial recognition technologies are an application of artificial intelligence and machine learning, thus they are not exempted from showing biases that in some cases have led to discriminatory results.
S E R I E S
The cycle on Digital Constitutionalism presents a series about the platform governance with a focus on Facebook's Oversight Board and Article 19's Social Media Councils.
The series aims to raise awareness, engage and explore the role of technology and digital solutions in reaching the goals set out by the Paris Agreement in 2015. Furthermore, it will introduce the core topics that the Technology & Sustainability-cycle will work on in the coming months; (mis)information on social media, the environmental impact of technology and increased digitalisation and the role of green digital technologies.
Whether we (really) have a choice or whether it is chosen for us?
More often than not, we think about what accessibility means. In this article, I challenge the idea of access in a broader sense for queer people, both on and offline.
Yuval Noah Harari argues that when artificial intelligence pushes many out of work, we must forge new economic, social, educational systems. Those people who will become unemployed will create a “useless class” which will need to be redirected, as opposed to the remaining “working class” which will be entrusted with the operating of the machinery. The article provides few ideas on how to prepare for the rise of the “useless class.” Looking at the consequences of the AI revolution, possible solutions that will change our societal structure are discussed.
During the pandemic that impeded our daily lives, technology innovation found itself to advance to a speed never witnessed before and to adapt to the new urgency of people. From this stream of innovation in the digital world, a new phenomenon emerged: NFTs. In a few months, NFTs conquered creators, art collectors, and investors from all over the world.
Welcome to Queer ID, a column series where I will share a light in all the themes that to require a deeper understanding and discussion in LGBT+ identities online. Together we can map what does it mean to be queer in the 21st century.
The relationship between fashion and social media has become undeniably intertwined. From brand presence to content creation, social media has enormous potential to influence shoppers and fashionistas worldwide. As fast fashion continues to be a trend, an alternative has emerged: digital fashion has landed.
The odyssey does not end here
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🤔 How to effectively regulate AI innovation without stifling it? 🎢 'Regulatory sandboxes' ('Reallabore' in German) allow for a rules-based environment to facilitate the development, testing and validation of innovative AI systems for a limited period of time before they are placed on the market or put into service. 🤖 Both regulators and innovators can gain insights into how the technology functions, where possible compliance risks lie and also recognize and predict regulatory loopholes early in the process. What does the framework of a regulatory sandbox look like? How does the envisaged co-creation of regulation and innovation work in practice? How do regulatory sandboxes fit into the European and German AI strategies? 🧬And what are the current developments in the field, especially in healthcare and climate tech? 🚀 It's a great pleasure to host Dr. Konstantin Kolloge, the Head of the Coordinating Office for Regulatory Sandboxes at the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz, who will share his insights on these important questions. 🕔 Join us on September 8 at 5 p.m. CET on Zoom. 👇 Register on the link in bio @nathanaiil @ktsakiliotis @bmwk_bund #regulatorysandbox #aiinnovationButton -
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ClimaTech♻️ Climate change is the single most defining challenge of our generation. Digital technologies offer unique opportunities to enable and accelerate the green transition by enabling a smarter use of resources, decarbonize sectors and help both industries and societies to adapt to the effects of climate change. Digital Impact🆘 Digitalization and new technologies have become major drivers of societal change and come with the promise of being the necessary tools to solve global challenges. But digitalization in itself does not achieve sustainable societies. Instead, digital has the potential to accelerate current environmental efforts through increased connectivity and by the gathering, sharing and analysis of data. 👏Read more on our Cosmonaut Series by the cycle on ClimaTech.👇 #ClimateTech #challenges #opportunities #impact #ClimateActivism https://www.internetjustsociety.org/series/climatechButton -
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Emojis🤩 and Digital Communication💻 Digital communication has changed rapidly since the onset of the digital age but emojis have only gone from strength to strength since their inception in the late 1990s. This article covers the impact emojis have had on language and culture. It will conclude with a comparison of hieroglyphics and emojis and what this development tells us about in culture and language in the digital age. Read more in an article by Suzanne Flynnwill👏👇 #digitalculture #emojis #digitalcommunication #language https://www.internetjustsociety.org/emojis-and-digital-communicationButton -
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Digital Education? Bring It On!🚀 ✔️The demands for more transparency and responsibility from the social media platforms seem to be more important than ever. The framework that is aimed to be adopted in order to control digital sphere has created mixed feelings both for civil society and for the organizations advocating for free speech and access to information. 💥But the European Union keeps pushing for a Digital Education Plan. Belatedly. Learn more about Giota's Bertsima article👏 and #setsailwithus ⛵️https://www.internetjustsociety.org/digital-education-eu #digitaleducation #EU #transparency #responsibility #infodemicButton -
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🤝How to Facilitate International Space Cooperation with China? 💥China’s growth as a prominent space-faring power necessitates staunch engagement with the CCP. The encroachment of private actors in the space domain also begs the questions as to how all these different actors will engage with each other in a seemingly lawless realm. ✔️This article lays out the current most pressing challenges in space pertaining to the US, the EU, and China, and cases of successful and unsuccessful Chinese cooperation with other state and non-state actors. Read this article by Eiza Marot below👇👏 https://www.internetjustsociety.org/cosmonaut #InternationaSpaceCooperation #China #EU #US #securitychallengesinouterspaceButton -
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Challenges of Digital Vaccine Passports🤔 Countries like Canada, Brazil, and Germany continue to battle the third wave of COVID-19. It is clear that the global pandemic has not only claimed millions of lives but has also had a sweeping impact on the social, political, economic and legal narrative of the global community. ✔️As Srishti Nair mentions, undeniably, digitization has been our saviour during the COVID 19 pandemic. However, major concerns must be addressed before making digital passports our ticket to our pre-COVID lives. Learn more about our cycle on our link below 👇🚀 https://www.internetjustsociety.org/challenges-of-digital-vaccine-passports #covid19 #privacy #data #research #vaccinepassport #discriminationButton -
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🤖 In our cycle on algorithmic decision-making, we study the intersection between algorithmic decision-making, ethics and public policy. Our goal is to understand and explore the functioning of the technology that enables automated algorithmic decision making and how such technologies shape our worldview and influence our decisions. 🙄 We focus on situations where algorithmic decision making leads to biases or unfairness such as the use of algorithms for predictive policing, profiling and judicial decisions. 📷 According to Prof. Sandra Wachter of the Oxford Internet Institute, "algorithms can infer our sexual orientation, political stance and health status without us being aware. They also decide what products or news feeds are shown to us, as well as whether we get hired, fired or promoted, if we get a loan or insurance, among myriad other things." 😬 Depending on the data collected and aggregated, the foundational assumptions of the algorithms, biases can permeate into the decisions made. The input of biased, racist and sexist patterns, or data that is skewed in any manner, can create statistical patterns that create concerning echo chambers and shadow bans. We study how algorithms can become biased, and how the bias affects individuals and larger society. 🚀 Join us aboard and explore our work on algorithmic decision-making - link in bio. 💥 Art Credit: Itay AlonButton -
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On February 1st, Myanmar’s military staged a coup d’état, citing election fraud in the November elections which saw an overwhelming support for the National League of Democracy, the democratic political party in Myanmar and the military’s primary opposition party. Since then, the effects have been devastating. From the documented terror on civilian lives, to the cultivation of fear, and the crackdown on dissent, most people in Myanmar are reminded of the conditions they were forced to endure in 1988 and 2007. Among this, the digital space has emerged as a channel for democratic activism and hope. Interestingly, the term “keyboard warriors'' were initially utilized as a derogatory term to refer to people who expressed their anger online, with a perceived lack of real substantive value in the real world. Yet, this particular use of the term negates the contributions of online activists to real world democratic struggles. In the post-coup era in Myanmar, keyboard warriors in the democracy movement are seen with high regards, responsible for using what little access the nation has to the internet to promote the democracy movement. Read more in an article by Theint Theint Thu on democratic activism in Myanmar - link in bio. #politics #education #vote #democrat #getinvolved #activism #freedom #itsajointeffort #sparktheconversation #makingadifference #diplomacy #equality #justice #liberty #protestButton -
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🛰️ Earth observation is living a golden age. What is the role of satellite technology in the fight against the climate crisis? 👽 On 4 October 1957, a small aluminium sphere 58 centimeters in diameter with four radio antennas broke in the Earth’s orbit. It was Sputnik I, the world's first artificial satellite. Launched by the Soviet Union, Sputnik inaugurated the so-called “space race” with the United States, a competition between the two rivals during the Cold War to achieve space exploration milestones. 🏋🏼♂️In those days, the space was seen as a theater, a far and well-suited place for the two great powers of the moment to show technological power and, by extension, ideological superiority. ☀️Things have changed quite a lot since the end of the conflict, and the space ecosystem is no exception. Today’s society would be hardly possible without satellite technology. Cuts in launching cost and developments in satellite miniaturisation are revolutionising aerospace, opening the gate for new players in a market traditionally monopolised by large national space organizations from a restricted group of countries. 🌑 Read more in an article by Javier Canales Luna on how satellite monitoring can help tackle climate change.- link in bio. 🖌️Art Credit: Luis Quintanilla Button -
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🧠 Framing is a mental model that enables us to recognize patterns, predict developments and assess new situations. 🌐 Frames influence our decisions and how we reflect on their results. While memory and reasoning always had a prevalent position, framing was mostly ignored. With computers increasingly and -more efficiently- immitating cognitive functions, framing is still hard to automate. Only humans are able to master it. 💙 "Cukier and his co-authors have a more ambitious project than Kahneman and Harari. They don’t want to just point out how powerfully we are influenced by our perspectives and prejudices—our frames. They want to show us that these frames are tools, and that we can optimise their use." —Forbes 📕 Framers by Kenneth Cukier, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Francis de Véricourt, published by Dutton, 2021. 🏖️ A must read book for this summer's intellectual beach explorations. 🔗 More info in our link in bio. #framing #memory #cognitive #brain #categories #analyze #mental #psychology #debates Button -
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🤷🏼♂️ Governors' Dilemmas 🏛️ Both public and private actors are increasingly under pressure to play a more active role in online content moderation inevitably raising other concerns. Social media companies like Facebook, Youtube and Twitter are criticized for their lack of transparency and democratic legitimacy in taking such decisions. On the other hand, governments tend to outsource human rights decisions constitutionally reserved for courts to private actors. 🌐 Article 19 proposes a decentralized network of content moderators as a set of open, participatory and accountable bodies made up of various actors working at the national level to safeguard freedom of expression online. This model aspires to unbundle content moderation currently monopolized by social media companies. 🚀 Read more on our series on platform governance - link in bio. 💖Art Credit: Lordicon Button -
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🇬🇧 The UK recently unveiled the Online Safety Bill (“the Bill”), which proposes tough measures requiring social media companies and technology companies, among others, to protect online users. 🖥️ The Bill intends to combat illegal and harmful practices online, whilst also protecting freedom of expression and democratic debate. The Bill aims to address various aspects of ‘online safety’ and freedom of expression. 🌌 The Bill is broad in scope, having extra-territorial reach to services that have “links” with the UK (i.e. significant number of users based in the UK) and applying to internet services that allow users to share user generated content and providers of search engines. It also incorporates a tiered approach to the obligations placed on online platforms and services. 🍎Read more on an article by Lucas Nacif on our Cosmonaut about the UK Online Safety Bill - link in bio. #uk #safety #parenting #onlinesecurity #tips #democracy #socialmedia #content #regulationButton -
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🧠When mind reading goes beyond telepathy Neuralink and other brain-computer interfaces are rapidly developing. Elon Musk claims that we would soon be able to read and write memories in our brain - raising serious questions about mental privacy. This is the last frontier of privacy - are we ready? 💪🏼 Our cycle on Neuroethics dissects present developments in the field of Neuroethics - addressing ethical questions at the intersection between neuroscience, technology and society at large. 🦸🏻♂️Learn more about our cycle on our link in bio. 🖌️Art Credit: Mikhail Voloshin #neurology #psychology #mindfulness #meditation #migraine #researchers #headachedisorder #ahsheadache #chronicillness #headache #americanheadachesociety #careersinmedicine #headachemedicine #chronicpain #neurologicaldisease #headachespecialist #medicalresearchers #careersinheadachemedicine #eqconsultingco #science #blogpost #ontheblog #medicine #microscopy #doctor #research #sciart #premed #mentalhealth #anatomyButton -
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👩🏼🚀We look for curious cosmonauts who are keen on analyzing complex problems from every possible angle. You will crew our cycles and research, blog, and make podcasts on cutting edge issues of our digital society around human rights law, digital governance and democracy, and fair AI. 🚀 We want those who can inspire others in their communities and promote our cause pro bono. We are deeply interested in building meaningful relationships between our crew members and fostering our international network. For this, you will have the opportunity to meet, exchange and cooperate with interesting personalities from all over the world. 🤩 Join us aboard on our link in bio. 🚀Art Credit: Mark ArrowButton -
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🚀 Eiza Marot has recently graduated from the Paris School of International Affairs with a Master's in International Security where she specialized in China and East Asian geopolitics and discovered her passion for space security. 👩🏻🎓She did her undergraduate degree at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia in International Studies. Eiza has also worked as a research assistant at the European External Action Service regarding EU security activities in the Asia-Pacific and with UNESCO to develop ethical frameworks for AI. 🌏 She identifies as a true global citizen, having spent her formative years living in the US, Malaysia, and Australia. 🤩 Eiza joined us to share and learn ideas on how we can ensure that space is used with peaceful intent and purposes. "Our critical infrastructure on Earth is increasingly contingent on the viability of our space assets. As space becomes more crowded with the encroachment of private sector entities, and the risk of collisions increases, conflict in space is a reality we will have to face now more than ever." 👩🏿🚀To solve global challenges, we need diverse and interdisciplinary research teams. Join us aboard on our link in bio. 🐬Welcome aboard, Eiza! #love #instagood #fun #follow #community #new #friends #family #fashion #giveaway #fitness #book #motivation #entrepreneur #team #awesome #facebook #email #us #beauty #goodreads #repost #contact #party #app #free #information #dubai #events #salesButton -
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🌐Enhancing Internet governance requires multiple actions and reforms to make it more responsive and relevant to current digital issues, in particular, to ensure that technology is harnessed for good, seek the opportunity to manage its impact and ensure that it presents a level playing field for all. 🌍 The role of the IGF+ becomes key on digital issues, but also it will face some important challenges. 🔊 During our Digital Cinema panel discussion, we had the pleasure and honor to host Prof. em. Dr. Wolfgang Kleinwächter, Professor Emeritus of Internet Policy and Regulation at Aarhus University, member of the Global Commission on Stability in Cyberspace (GCSC) and former member of the ICANN Board of Directors. 🚀 Watch our discussion on the link in bio. #unitednations #igf #undp #africa #peace #humanrights #climateaction #onu #globalgoals #repost #digital #governance #ngo #secretarygeneral #collaborationButton -
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🤖 Data-Driven Mergers The current approach to data-driven mergers largely ignores the potentially detrimental effects of concentration of personal data on consumers. However, there must be a route that enables the integration of privacy concerns into competition law analysis to ensure that privacy, considered as a fundamental aspect of consumer welfare, is not degraded by the merger. ⛔ Data accumulation as barrier to entry? A dynamic digital environment requires antitrust authorities to meticulously and creatively assess a broad range of determinants in deciding on the competitive effect of some merger. Data accumulation in that regard can be taken as a red flag, but not as solid proof of detrimental anti-competitive effect. 💥Read more on our Cosmonaut Series by the cycle on Big Data & Antitrust - link in bio. 💙Art Credit: Chris Gannon #iot #technology #innovation #internetofthings #architecture #smartcity #architect #architettura #crassociati #architects #carlorattiassociati #carloratti #data #tech #startup #business #security #cybersecurity #privacy #vpn #motivation #virtualprivatenetwork #openvpn #privatetunnel #encryption #ai #artificialintelligence #startups #machinelearning #ipaddressButton -
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🙂Facebook's Oversight Board is a novel experiment in governance which attempts to respond to the “unprecedented amount of control by a private platform over the global public sphere” as shaped by the context – a context in which people are demanding true legitimacy from private platforms such as Facebook due to their role in shaping online democratic culture and more generally, our social environments. 💬 Scholars have gone as far as to label private online platforms the ‘new governors’, who sit between the users and the State in a ‘triadic’ model, to drive in the idea that to think of them as capable of fitting into existing categories of businesses or corporates (despite commercial interests) would be to miss the larger picture. �� 🤞🏾 However, novel as this experiment may be, the creation of the Board shall only be ‘pivotal’ to the narrative of governance in terms of being a model to be emulated or built further upon (in other words, pivotal as a ‘success’ as opposed to a ‘cautionary tale’ for others) if Facebook empowers the Board with a broader mandate and mainstreams human rights into its policies and practices even if it comes at the cost of changes to its corporate structure. 🤩 Read more in an article on Facebook's Oversight Board by Sanskriti Sanghi on our Cosmonaut - link in bio. #instagram #socialmedia #marketing #twitter #socialmediamarketing #digitalmarketing #business #entrepreneur #instagood #social #youtube #smallbusiness #marketingtips #design #contentmarketing #branding #motivation #love #strategy #success #pinterest #socialmediatips #advertising #linkedin #startup #marketingdigital #online #fashion #onlinemarketing #digitalButton -
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🚀 Mobile health is rapidly transforming the healthcare sector holding invaluable potential for global health. 👩🏾⚕️ By lifting geographical barriers, enabling global scientific collaboration based on health-related data analysis and scaling health care services at a lower cost reaching rural areas -where physical medical access is a scarce commodity- mHealth exerts a transformative force for global healthcare and medicine. 🏄🏽 However, to stay afloat, we should cautiously navigate around the ethical, social and political challenges in the horizon. With big players entering the arena, these seem inevitable. 💫 Read more in an article by Konstantinos Tsakiliotis on our Cosmonaut about the ethical, social and political challenges of mobile health - link in bio. #womenshealth #health #healthiswealth #noinjuries #physioplushealthgroup #exerciseforlife #menshealth #energy #healthandwellness #exercise #mobility #athlete #pt #rehab #physio #fitness #physicaltherapy #recovery #physiotherapy #workout #startupworld #yc #siliconvalley #mhealth #wearablesButton -
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What makes a game a game? The answer might save Apple billions of dollars. To read the full story, click the link in bio. #apple #epic #fortnite #appstore #technology #epicvapple #internetjustsociety #gaming #gamesButton -
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What exactly does accessibility mean through the lens of digital inclusion? To read the full article, click the link in bio. #accesibility #digital #internet #justice #internetjustsociety #ableism #socialjusticeButton -
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What do you think of this new strategy? Could this be a sign of things to come, or is this experiment destined to be short-lived? To read more about this development, click the link in bio. #twitter #technology #trends #research #AI #education #information #censorship #new #internetjustsocietyButton -
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How has the Philippines’ government responded to the pandemic? Where has it strengthened its citizens’ rights, and where has it curtailed them? This infographic provides a quick overview of the breakthroughs and concerns highlighted in our first publication, “Privacy & Covid-19”. For a more detailed breakdown, check out the full report by clicking the link in bio. #Philippines #privacy #coronavirus #humanrights #covid19 #internet #health #internetjustsociety #research #democracy #justiceButton -
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Do androids dream of royalties? A wonderful new article by our own Irina Buzu addresses the question of copyrightability of artworks generated by AI machines, in the light of the shift from a human-machine competition, towards a human-machine collaboration. To read the full article (which you should definitely do), click the link in bio. #AI #copyright #creativity #longread #education #law #reading #philosophy #humanrights #internetjustsocietyButton -
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As India suffers from a record outbreak of the coronavirus, many have taken to social media to criticize what they see as an inadequate government response. Some of these critical posts have been taken down in order to fight what the government says is “misinformation”, leading digital watchdogs to accuse the Indian government of censorship. To read the full stories, click the link in bio. #india #socialmedia #censorship #instagram #facebook #trends #modi #twitter #trendingButton -
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How has the Netherlands’ government responded to the pandemic? Where has it strengthened its citizens’ rights, and where has it curtailed them? This infographic provides a quick overview of the breakthroughs and concerns highlighted in our first publication, “Privacy & Covid-19”. For a more detailed breakdown, check out the full report by clicking the link in bio. #netherlands #privacy #coronavirus #humanrights #covid19 #internet #health #internetjustsociety #research #democracy #justiceButton -
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While the Covid situation in India has rapidly worsened in the last few weeks, the outpouring of support and resources on social media has helped the country keep up hope. Want to write something for us? Join the Institute in our link in bio! #india #socialmedia #covid19 #technology #instagram #trends #research #whatsapp #hope #feelgoodstories #twitterButton -
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1: The record amount paid at auction for a non-fungible token, or NFT, a digital certification of media (often artwork) ownership generated through blockchain. 2: The estimated amount of electricity consumed annually by mining Ethereum, the cryptocurrency used for most NFT transactions. This number is comparable to the annual energy consumption of Nigeria, a country with a population of 200 million. Since when does art have a carbon footprint? Cryptocurrencies and blockchain have enormous potential, but as their value as investments have increased, so too has their energy usage. And until a majority (preferably all) energy is generated renewably, an increase that shows no signs of stopping is a trend in the wrong direction. To learn more about NFTs and those who believe CryptoArt and cryptocurrency can be made carbon-neutral, click the link in bio. #crypto #cryptocurrency #nft #bitcoin #ethereum #dogecoin #climatechange #investing #internetjustsociety #technologyButton -
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How has Ireland’s government responded to the pandemic? Where has it strengthened its citizens’ rights, and where has it curtailed them? This infographic provides a quick overview of the breakthroughs and concerns highlighted in our first publication, “Privacy & Covid-19”. For a more detailed breakdown, check out the full report by clicking the link in bio. #ireland #privacy #coronavirus #humanrights #covid19 #internet #health #internetjustsociety #research #democracy #justiceButton -
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Digital tracing has been an important part of many governments’ strategies to combat the spread of Covid-19, but can it sometimes go too far? Want to write something for us? Join the Institute in our link in bio! #israel #data #covid19 #technology #humanrights #trends #research #privacy #education #information #appsButton -
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Our new Cosmonaut series on data-driven mergers presents interdisciplinary perspectives on a timely and topical issue. To read the full article series, click the link in bio. #data #google #trends #business #consumers #humanrights #justice #internetjustsociety #fitbit #cosmonautButton -
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How has Finland’s government responded to the pandemic? Where has it strengthened its citizens’ rights, and where has it curtailed them? This infographic provides a quick overview of the breakthroughs and concerns highlighted in our first publication, “Privacy & Covid-19”. For a more detailed breakdown, check out the full report by clicking the link in bio. #finland #privacy #coronavirus #humanrights #covid19 #internet #health #internetjustsociety #research #democracy #justiceButton -
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We’ve all seen the video of the monkey playing video games with its mind, but how exactly is Neuralink technology meant to help humans? And is it really all it claims to be? Want to write something for us? Join the Institute in our link in bio! #neuralink #tesla #spacex #technology #elonmusk #trends #research #AI #education #information #neuroscienceButton -
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Would you be able to spot a deepfake if you saw one? Test yourself in our link in bio! #deepfakes #machinelearning #technology #misinformation #postoftheday #fakenews #internetjustsociety #research #AI #learn #education #informationButton -
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How has Croatia’s government responded to the pandemic? Where has it strengthened its citizens’ rights, and where has it curtailed them? This infographic provides a quick overview of the breakthroughs and concerns highlighted in our first publication, “Privacy & Covid-19”. For a more detailed breakdown, check out the full report by clicking the link in bio. #croatia #privacy #coronavirus #humanrights #covid19 #internet #health #internetjustsociety #research #democracy #justiceButton -
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This weekend, Insider broke the news that over 500 million Facebook users have had their personal data scraped and disseminated into an easily-accessible data set. Facebook claims that the data had been extracted in violation of its terms of service due to a vulnerability fixed by the company back in 2019. To read the original story, click the link in bio. #facebook #instagram #hacking #data #news #programming #bigdata #ai #technology #business #cybersecurity #computerscienceButton -
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Deepfakes might seem like harmless fun, but they pose many dangers, particularly for women. A recent study found that online misinformation is mostly spread unintentionally. With this post, we hope to inform you about the problems with deepfakes, and share some resources that can help you spot them in the wild. To check out the sources and resources mentioned, click the link in bio. #deepfakes #machinelearning #technology #misinformation #postoftheday #fakenews #internetjustsociety #research #AI #learn #education #informationButton -
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How has Brazil’s government responded to the pandemic? Where has it strengthened its citizens’ rights, and where has it curtailed them? This infographic provides a quick overview of the breakthroughs and concerns highlighted in our first publication, “Privacy & Covid-19”. For a more detailed breakdown, check out the full report by clicking the link in bio. #brazil #privacy #coronavirus #humanrights #covid19 #internet #health #internetjustsociety #research #democracy #justiceButton -
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We shouldn’t have to choose between health and privacy. Unfortunately, in many countries that choice has already been made. Our first publication provides a country-by-country assessment of privacy and data protection amid the current pandemic. We highlight breakthroughs and concerns in each nation from a legal, human-rights informed perspective, with particular focus on privacy rights. To read the full report, click the link in bio. #privacy #coronavirus #humanrights #covid19 #internet #health #internetjustsociety #research #democracy #justiceButton -
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The Fight Against Voter Suppression⚔️⠀ ⠀ No matter what Trump, his followers and friends in the Republican Party claim: the 2020 US presidential election is over. This year saw a record in voter turnout, which is even more impressive considering it occurred in the middle of a pandemic. After four years under Trump, people called this “the most important election ever”. ⠀ ⠀ 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio⠀⠀ Written by: Yamunna Rao & Johanna Rick⠀ Art Credits: HW⠀ ⠀⠀ #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #digitalservicesButton -
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The Domain Name System is a hierarchical and decentralized naming system for computers, services, or other resources connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities.⠀ ⠀ #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology#justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #digitalservicesButton -
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ML Toasters and Historical Acceleration🍞⠀ ⠀ Here is a thought that some people might relate to. Having been a student for the largest part of my existence, I have written countless essays about a plethora of subjects that, in one way or the other, relate to technology and/or society. I simply cannot count the number of times that I have resisted the temptation to start an essay with a phrase of the type “We live in an age of booming technological growth”. ⠀ ⠀ 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio⠀ Written by: Filippos Papapolyzos⠀ Art Credits: vik4graphic⠀ ⠀ #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #digitalservicesButton -
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GDPR Enforcement📍⠀ ⠀ Were GDPR enforcement expectations fulfilled? In its first year, the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’ or ‘Regulation’) demonstrated its capacity to raise privacy awareness, enhancing data protection by giving back control to individuals of their personal data. For its second-year, society was expecting to be the year of GDPR enforcement to ensure organisations process personal data lawfully.⠀ ⠀ 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio⠀ Written by: Dubhe Sarmiento Felix⠀ Art Credits: Shivsagar⠀ ⠀ #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #digitalservicesButton -
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❔ You are curious about digital policy, sustainability, and the risks to ethical technological development. You find a cool initiative--it’s called the Institute for the Internet & the Just Society, and you decide to check out their website. You click. You emit 2.42 grams of CO2. 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Annie GrothButton -
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Innovation 💡: is defined as “the action or process of innovating”, or “a new method, product, idea”. There are plenty of followers out there, plenty of people jumping on the bandwagon of the newest fad, but true leaders start the fad. Steve Jobs certainly was an innovator, who would have thought we would have all of this computing power at the touch of a screen? Who would have thought our phones would get smaller and smaller only to go the reverse when the age of the smartphone came about? Being a leader or an innovator doesn’t necessarily mean you have to come up with some brilliant new idea, you can take an old idea, and make it better. Do something better than anyone else, follow that passion and see it through, that is a true innovator. #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology#justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #digitalservicesButton -
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A Multilateral Window of Opportunity ✈️ Slightly more than 20 years after WTO members established the first work programme on e-commerce, digital trade is again on the agenda. In January 2019, 76 members signed the joint statement on the launch of “negotiations on trade-related aspects of electronic commerce”. Analysts of policy making decisions often refer to the concept of a “window of opportunity” as the reason behind a new legislation. This window would open if streams of problems, solutions and political desires to act meet together. This seems to be the case with digital trade. 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link un Bio Written by: Ribagnac Enzo Art Credit: Yusuf Kaya #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology#justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #digitalservicesButton -
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Keyword definition, a word that serves as a key, as to the meaning of another word, a sentence, passage, or the like 🔑 #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology#justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #digitalservicesButton -
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Illegal vs Harmful Online Content 📲 Online content regulation has recently gained political momentum in the European Union (EU), most notably after the 2016 United States’ (US) elections where fake news’ propagation and hate speech dominated the salient phases of the campaign. This was evident as Alcott and Gentzkow found that while 62% of US adults accessed news on social media, the most popular fake news stories were more shared than the mainstream ones. Put into numbers, they discovered that if fake news is shared 38 million times, it can potentially generate more than 760 million clicks. 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Francesco Vogelezang Art Credit: Monissha Dhandapani #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology#justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #digitalservicesButton -
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A heavy cloud ☁️ If we compare the global information-communications-technology (ICT) system to the aviation sector, the former consumes around 50% more energy. Energy, nonetheless, is not all the same. While aviation relies on oil, ICT systems need electricity. 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Annie Groth Art Credit: Marie Majou #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #digitalservicesButton -
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The Road to Technocolonialism 🎢 When asked about the geopolitical implications of AI, experts tend to focus on security issues. However, given the Sino-American duopoly on the technology, AI has the potential to extend their geopolitical influence and reconfigure the global order of the 21st Century. As automation wreaks havoc in the developing world, the US and China will supply AI to states in return for political influence and streams of data. If left unchecked this process can lead to techno-colonialism. 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Giorgos Verdi #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #digitalservicesButton -
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Brazil votes again but it is not exactly what you think 🇧🇷 The 2020 Municipal Elections in Brazil take place mid-November, after the Covid-19 pandemic pushed the world to adapt its elections online, with these types of services becoming more crucial than ever before. However, after the turbulent 2018 Presidential Elections in the country, its legal system has changed as an attempt to promote fairer and safer electoral campaigns. Privacy and data protection are now essential to prevent the misuse of personal data and to fight fake news. 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Luísa Franco Machado Art Credit: Danilo Camara #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #digitalservicesButton -
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What is IP address ? ◽️ An Internet Protocol address is a numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. An IP address serves two main functions: host or network interface identification and location addressing. #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #IPaddressButton -
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Ontological Problems of Creating Conscience 🧠 As twenty-first-century internet users, we are more and more confronted with bots that perform tasks that are too repetitive and time-consuming for humans. Unlike humans, bots don't get bored or tired. Bots are a form of Artificial Intelligence or AI that do for example the ''triage'' of our FAQ – frequently asked questions – before we even get the coordinates to contact a human helper who could answer to our demands. 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Andrés Cortés Art Credit: Evgenii Kasatkin #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #digitalservicesButton -
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The Long Road from Policy to Action 🛤 Apple published its first Human Rights Policy in early September. Although its publication coincides with a series of legal scandals for the company, this event poses a good chance to question what the role of an internal policy is in relation to the rights of its employees and its consumers. Moreover, it is an opportunity to discuss Big Techs’ relationships with human rights in the context of their current regulatory challenges. 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Mario Tavares Moyron Art Credit: Shaun Heath #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #digitalservicesButton -
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Digital Identity for Digital Governments 👥 How to get governments to consider digitizing processes and accelerating their digital transformation processes, not only through the implementation of new systems and processes but by starting by investing in initiatives and incentives that promote the digital identity of their member citizens. 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Karol Valencia #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #digitalservicesButton -
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Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things. 🌈 #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #creativityButton -
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Ontological Problems of Creating Conscience ❔ As twenty-first-century internet users, we are more and more confronted with bots that perform tasks that are too repetitive and time-consuming for humans. Unlike humans, bots don't get bored or tired. Bots are a form of Artificial Intelligence or AI that do for example the ''triage'' of our FAQ – frequently asked questions – before we even get the coordinates to contact a human helper who could answer to our demands. 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Andrés Cortés Art Credit: Eduardo Gomez Padila #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #digitalservicesButton -
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What is a Cookie ? 🍪 Cookies are used throughout your session as a means of identifying you. A cookie is specific to, and sent only to the server that generated it. #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #cookiesButton -
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Different Shades of Fairness in Algorithmic Decision-Making 🧠 Our daily life is deeply affected by the development and adoption of automated decision-making (ADM) systems because of the increasing tendency for humans to delegate machines to implement decision-making and output decisions or recommendations (such as credit scores, loan granting, employment screening, and various applications in the justice system), with a variety of technical approaches that range from advanced neural networks to more basic software which calculates and sorts data according to a simple set of rules. 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Mariachiara Mecati Art Credit: Alexander Rozhkov #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #digitalservicesButton -
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The Digital Services Act Decoded 🧩 Over the past year, the European Union has launched public consultations over the Digital Service Act package, a new set of regulations that aims to reform the governance of the internet and its digital services. With the exponential growth of Big Tech companies, such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft, the EU felt the need to address the gap in regulations over the liability of digital services. 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Sonia Sangiovanni Art Credit: Kaila Lee #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #digitalservicesButton -
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The Need for Global Internet Connectivity 🌎 Access to and capability of using online resources is considered essential in modern societies. Marginalisation is often the result of no digital presence and technological illiteracy. 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Claire Daniolou #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnologyButton -
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Arthur C. Clarke’s 3 Laws ▪️ British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke formulated three adages that are known as Clarke's three laws, of which the third law is the best known and most widely cited. They are part of his ideas in his extensive writings about the future.These so-called laws are: 1▪️When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. 2▪️The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. 3▪️Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnologyButton -
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The Responsibility Behind the Interface 👾 The interface of autonomous systems is crucial in evoking user’s trust in the system. To enhance such trust, the research area Explainable AI (XAI) suggests to increase the transparency of the system towards the user. This article outlines XAI research and findings, addresses concerns inherent in the pure maximisation of trust, and provides inspiration for prospective research. 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Emma Kallina Art Credit : Ravi Sharma #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnologyButton -
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What is ❔ Access point is a networking hardware device that allows other Wi-Fi devices to connect to a wired network. The AP usually connects to a router (via a wired network) as a standalone device, but it can also be an integral component of the router itself. #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnologyButton -
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Google-Fitbit Takeover: Good Night Sleep or Insomnia? Last year, Google announced its decision about Fitbit’s acquisition. However, the European Commission will now carry out an in-depth investigation into the effects of the transaction as it is concerned that Google, that holds a dominant position in the online advertising markets, will gain a huge “data advantage” as a result of this acquisition. 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Vicky Tatsi Art Credit : Johnkutty KM #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #GoogleButton -
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The Responsibility Behind the Interface ▪️ The interface of autonomous systems is crucial in evoking user’s trust in the system. To enhance such trust, the research area Explainable AI (XAI) suggests to increase the transparency of the system towards the user. This article outlines XAI research and findings, addresses concerns inherent in the pure maximisation of trust, and provides inspiration for prospective research. 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Emma Kallina Art Credit : Joy Ng #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #InterfaceButton -
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Corona Contact-Tracing App 🦠 Most experts suggest that although a majority of people will not have downloaded the app, there is consensus that also just a few million downloads will have an impact towards returning to normal life as well. But without any doubt, it is a crucial step towards preventing the spread of the disease and to return to normal life. 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Lucas Schönborn #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #Corona #Applications #WhatsAppButton -
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Internet & Arab Spring🕹 Nowadays, the internet is a tool used by millions all over the globe in their everyday lives. Even though it is making our daily lives easier, contemporary political events have shown that it can also facilitate the spread of revolutionary messages. 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Elena Douvika #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #arabspringButton -
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Rousseau and the 'Cyberutopia' 🌈 Can digital forums live up to their democratic promise? In the last decade, online participatory platforms associated with “digital” parties have emerged and thrived across Europe. Harnessing digital innovation, these online spaces have the potential to enhance democratic politics and participation. 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Enzo Foris #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #socialmedia #cybersecuirty #informationtechnology #rousseauButton -
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Tech & Regulation 📌 The regulation of technologies at an early stage could be pointless due to many difficulties related to the application of the regulation. There is a danger that having a legislative framework at the early stages may slow down the further development of technology. If technologies are regulated at later stages, then the proposed regulatory measures can be based on empirical evidence rather than assumptions while creating a legislative vacuum. #technology #regulation #digitalsociety #bigtech #competition #anitrust #collingridgedilemma #markets #selfregulation #economyButton -
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Your Brain On Social Media 🧠 • • How the digital era reprogrammed our brains. The rise of social media dramatically changed the ways we interact with one another, our attitudes and how we engage with information. An increasing body of researchers investigates links between the rise in psychiatric illnesses and the use of social media. At its very basis, our smartphone usage underlies measurable effects in our brain’s reward center, affecting our free will (if there is one). Is it time for a digital detox? • • 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Faissal Sharif Art Credits : Rodrigo Piegel Rosas • • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #education #chat #socialmedia #whatsapp #informationtechnology #instagram #psychologyButton -
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Cyberspace & International Law 🪐 • • Regulation of cyberspace is a current and discussed debate in the international law field, especially due to the exponential growth of technologies and globalisation in the last decades. Internet servers in multiple locations, global networks and transatlantic cables under the sea are a reality and cyberspace has become, in a certain sense, a virtual common that is intrinsically linked to public services, health, information and national security services. • • 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Marco Piccolo Brescacin Art Credits : cybergrish • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #education #chat #socialmedia #whatsapp #informationtechnologyButton -
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With Legal Tech Towards More Justice 👩🏽⚖️ • • Legal tech applications, such as those already used by firms offering compensation payments, facilitate the immediate and uncomplicated information for people seeking legal advice on simpler issues. By taking the risk of litigation away from consumers and reducing the costs of counseling through legal automatisation they enable the economically reasonable enforcement of rights. • • 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Benjamin Förder • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #education #chat #socialmedia #whatsapp #informationtechnologyButton -
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Justice Ginsburg helped us see that discrimination on the basis of sex isn’t about an abstract ideal of equality; that it doesn’t only harm women; that it has real consequences for all of us. It’s about who we are — and who we can be." - President Barack Obama #rbg #scotus #scotuspick #justiceButton -
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Hashtags and Viruses 🦠 • • Digital insights from a pandemic. Collective reappropriation of power, space and visibility increasingly plays out both in the physical and in the virtual arena. How can the ongoing pandemic inform our understanding of contemporary online social movements? • • 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Margherita Massarenti Art Credit : Eddy Gann • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #education #chat #socialmedia #whatsapp #informationtechnologyButton -
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e-Voting 📍 • • Had an effective e-voting system been in place, it could have provided a viable and safe option. Indeed, in many parts of the world discussions have been animated to allow online voting. • • • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #happiness #digitaldivide #education #unescoButton -
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It's Time to Start e-Voting 🗳 • • A parallel e-voting system has a lot to offer, from protecting the fundamental right to vote to halting declines in voter turnout and reducing costs. Although governments should not rush to implement e-voting during the current crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic should at least make us think about the need to put such systems in place. • • 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Maria Tataki Art Credit : salih • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #education #chat #socialmedia #whatsapp #informationtechnologyButton -
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Internet & Arab Spring 🌎 • • Nowadays, the internet is a tool used by millions all over the globe in their everyday lives. Even though it is making our daily lives easier, contemporary political events have shown that it can also facilitate the spread of revolutionary messages. • • 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Elena Douvika Art Credit : Biswajit Rout • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #education #chat #socialmedia #whatsapp #informationtechnologyButton -
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Analyzing One Decade of Blockchain Litigation ❗️ • • Blockchain was first introduced by Satoshi Nakamoto with her/his/their article “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System” published on October 31, 2008 (although… interestingly enough, Satoshi Nakamoto never used the word “blockchain” in the white paper). Hundreds of millions of transactions have since been implemented on it. • • 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Dr. Thibault Schrepel • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #education #chat #socialmedia #whatsapp #informationtechnologyButton -
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Data & Information 📍 • • The protection of personal data and privacy of individuals constitutes a fundamental human right. Data protection law grants the data subjects, i.e. individuals, certain rights and imposes certain responsibilities on data controllers, i.e. anyone who keeps personal data in a file and processes it. • • • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #happiness #digitaldivide #education #unescoButton -
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The Never-Ending Story of Regulatory Challenges ❗️ • • Today, more than ever, the development of new regulation requires a holistic approach that observes social, political, legal, economic, commercial, and scientific factors. Regulating emerging technologies is a challenge per se. The reason for this challenge lies in both the nature of innovation and existing regulatory techniques. • • 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Dr. Dusan Pavlovic Art Credit : Isaiah Trotter • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #education #chat #socialmedia #whatsapp #informationtechnologyButton -
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The GovTech Revolution 🕹 • • At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many governments hosted Hackathons to develop innovative solutions that help fight the virus. For example, Germany’s “#WirvsVirus” attracted more than 20,000 participants, resulting in over 1,500 projects. 20 of these ideas are now being tested and receive further funding. This would have been inconceivable only a few months earlier in one of Europe’s least digital countries where citizens still need to physically go to their local authority and fill complicated documents manually. This, however, is about to change, thanks to a small, but rapidly growing industry: GovTech. • • 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Maximilian Ritcher • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #education #chat #socialmedia #whatsapp #informationtechnologyButton -
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Digital Identities -A Chance for Democracy?🕹 • • What happens when the entity that issued your identification documents no longer exists? Are encrypted identities the solution to this and could they be a prerequisite for technologically enabled forms of enhanced participatory democracy, even at a global scale? And, if that is possible, are we all global citizens, as Diogenes and Kant claimed to be? • • Art credit : Pati 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: Link in Bio Written by: Konstantinos Tsakiliotis • • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #education #chat #socialmedia #whatsapp #informationtechnologyButton -
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Machine Learning and Human Bias 👤 • • Machine learning is the study of computer algorithms that improve automatically through experience. It is seen as a subset of artificial intelligence. • 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 🎥: Link in Bio Art Credit : Mutabor • • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #education #chat #socialmedia #facebook #informationtechnologyhButton -
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Computer recycling, electronic recycling or e-waste recycling is the disassembly and separation of components and raw materials of waste electronics. • • • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #happiness #digitaldivide #education #unescoButton -
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Technology is driving the modern day world and there is no doubt or any other ways about it. Technological advancements are happening and taking place in this world at some really fast pace. Everyday some or the other new technology is coming to the fore on some vertical or the other. • • • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #happiness #digitaldivide #education #unescoButton -
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Tenants Against Facial Recognition 👤 • • A discussion with Tranae Moran and Fabian Rogers, members of a tenants coalition that has been fighting the installation of facial recognition entry systems in their buildings, and raising big questions about tenant rights and privacy in the process. • 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 🎥: Link in Bio Art Credit : Ferzard Keyhani • • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #education #chat #socialmedia #facebook #informationtechnologyhButton -
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Artificial Intelligence ▪️ • • The term is frequently applied to the project of developing systems endowed with the intellectual processes characteristic of humans, such as the ability to reason, discover meaning, generalize, or learn from past experience. Since the development of the digital computer in the 1940s, it has been demonstrated that computers can be programmed to carry out very complex tasks—as, for example, discovering proofs for mathematical theorems or playing chess—with great proficiency. • • • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #happiness #digitaldivide #education #unescoButton -
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Digital Ethics &The Future Of Humans in a Connected World 👥 • • This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Digital ethics and the future of humans in a connected world. Gerd is considered a leading expert on topics such as the future of humanity, big data and privacy, digitally native business models, the networked society, a sustainable business ecology, social media, social business and So-Lo-Mo communications, TV & Radio futures, mobile strategies, innovation, leadership and entrepreneurship, consumer trends, UGC and peer production, copyright and IPR issues, next-generation advertising, marketing and branding, and more recently the development of ‘green futures‘ scenarios. • 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 🎥: Link in Bio Art Credit : Ping Lu • • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #education #chat #socialmedia #facebook #informationtechnologyButton -
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Cybersecurity and a Digital Geneva Convention 🔐 • • Microsoft President Brad Smith gives a speech at the United Nations in Geneva on the state of cybersecurity, the shared responsibility to protect people in times of cyber warfare, and the need for a Digital Geneva Convention. • 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 🎥: Link in Bio Art Credit : Mercado • • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #education #chat #socialmedia #facebook #informationtechnology#cybersecurity #microsoftButton -
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Are anonymized data really anonymous? 🛰️ Recent research suggests that individuals may still be identified by a limited set of data points – four spatio-temporal points may be enough to uniquely identify 95% of people in a mobile phone database of 1.5 million people and to identify 90% of people in a credit card database of 1 million people. The traits we leave behind when using our mobile phones—who somebody calls, for how long, and from where—contain unprecedented insights about us and our societies. #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #bigdata #opendata #covid19 #contacttracing #privacy #dataprotection #anonymizationButton -
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William Henry Gates III is an American business magnate, software developer, investor, and philanthropist. He is best known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation • • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #education #chat #socialmedia #whatsapp #informationtechnology #cyberattacks #AIButton -
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A bold idea to replace politicians • • César Hidalgo has a radical suggestion for fixing our broken political system: automate it! In this provocative talk, he outlines a bold idea to bypass politicians by empowering citizens to create personalized AI representatives that participate directly in democratic decisions. • 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 🎥: Link in Bio Art Credit : Inteligencia Mercado • • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #education #chat #socialmedia #facebook #informationtechnologyButton -
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What is? 💡 Digital Democracy refers to the collection of attempts to practice democracy without the limits of time, space and other physical conditions, using ICTs instead, as an addition, not a replacement for traditional 'analogue' political practices. (Adapted from Kenneth L.Hacker & Jan van Dijk). The aim is to utilize Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in order to support and enhance our democratic institutions and promote the engagement and re-engagement of citizens in democracy. #digitalsociety #edemocracy #internet #evoting #elections #citizens #fakenews #participation #gerrymandering #inclusionButton -
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Democracy When the People Are Thinking • • James Fishkin speaks about citizen deliberation and how it can solve many of our most profound public problems. James S. Fishkin holds the Janet M. Peck Chair in International Communication at Stanford University where he is Professor of Communication, Professor of Political Science (by courtesy) and Director of the Center for Deliberative Democracy. • 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 🎥: Link in Bio Art Credit : Maxime • • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #education #chat #socialmedia #facebook #informationtechnologyButton -
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What is Internet Governance? 💡 • • Internet governance is the development and application of shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programs that shape the evolution and use of the Internet. This article describes how the Internet was and is currently governed, some of the controversies that occurred along the way, and the ongoing debates about how the Internet should or should not be governed in the future. • 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 🎥: Link in Bio Art Credit : Paramesh Vadivel • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #education #chat #socialmedia #facebook #informationtechnologyButton -
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An artificial intelligence (AI) system for breast cancer screening outperformed radiologists in a recent study in Nature. The technique spotted more cancers and raised fewer false alarms. • • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #education #chat #socialmedia #whatsapp #informationtechnology #cyberattacks #AIButton -
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Alan Curtis Kay is an American computer scientist. He has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Royal Society of Arts. He is best known for his pioneering work on object-oriented programming and windowing graphical user interface design. • • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #education #chat #socialmedia #whatsapp #informationtechnology #cyberattacks #AIButton -
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Democracy When the People Are Thinking 💡 • • James Fishkin speaks about citizen deliberation and how it can solve many of our most profound public problems. James S. Fishkin holds the Janet M. Peck Chair in International Communication at Stanford University where he is Professor of Communication, Professor of Political Science (by courtesy) and Director of the Center for Deliberative Democracy. • 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 🎥: Link in Bio Art Credit : Nour Ahmed • #digitalsociety #internet #informationsociety #technology #justice #humanrights #privacy #digitaldivide #education #chat #socialmedia #facebook #informationtechnologyButton
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