"This collection of thirteen new essays is the first to examine, from a range of disciplinary perspectives, how the new technologies and global reach of the internet are changing the theory and practice of free speech. The rapid expansion of online communication, as well as the changing roles of gov
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ernment and private organizations in monitoring and regulating the digital world, give rise to new questions, including: How do philosophical defenses of the right to freedom of expression, developed in the age of the town square and the printing press, apply in the digital age? Should search engines be covered by free speech principles? How should international conflicts over online speech regulations be resolved? Is there a right to be forgotten that is at odds with the right to free speech? How has the Internet facilitated new speech-based harms such as cyber-stalking, twitter-trolling, and “revenge” porn, and how should these harms be addressed?" (Abstract)
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"Queremos entender la comunicación y el acceso a la información como medios para la conquista de otros derechos. Hay innumerables rutas que podríamos tomar para llegar a este destino; la elegida acá es la que entiende la comunicación como un ecosistema complejo que debe estar imbricado en la co
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ncepción, ejecución y retroalimentación de las políticas públicas. Piense en una política pública cualquiera. En una democracia, ¿cuál es el momento T0 de esta política pública? La respuesta es el proceso electoral. Es allí donde la sociedad decide cuáles propuestas quiere ver implementadas y cuáles no. ¿Hay comunicación en esta etapa? ¿Y el momento T1? Una vez electos, los tomadores de decisiones deben empezar el proceso de planificación de las políticas que van a implementar. De nuevo, ¿está presente la comunicación aquí? Y continuemos… T2: aprobación legislativa. T3: implementación/ejecución. T4: monitoreo y evaluación. T5: retroalimentación y reinicio del ciclo electoral. En cada una de las etapas del diseño e implementación de una política pública cualquiera, hay palabras clave presentes: información, participación, diálogo, empoderamiento, mitigación de riesgos, corrección de rumbos, rendición de cuentas… En todos estos quehaceres hay robustos aspectos comunicativos y de acceso a la información. A estas alturas, usted, lector juicioso, se estará preguntando: ¿por qué todo este esfuerzo para subrayar lo obvio? Y es aquí donde reside el segundo pilar de esta caja de herramientas y estrategias: aunque parezca evidente, la comunicación, comprendida en su complejidad, diversidad y amplitud, debe estar incorporada en la ruta integral de las políticas públicas; cambiar este escenario es central para la eficiencia misma de las políticas que buscamos implementar." (Introducción, página 8-9)
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"This paper describes findings from a qualitative research study that examines practices and perceptions of privacy in Cambodia as the population rapidly moves into an online environment (specifically Facebook, the most popular Internet tool in Cambodia today). We empirically demonstrate how the con
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cept of privacy differs across cultures and show how the Facebook platform, as it becomes popular worldwide, catalyzes change in norms of information regulation. We discuss how the localization of transnational technology platforms provides a key site in which to investigate changing cultural ideas about privacy, and to discover misalignments between different expectations for information flow. Finally, we explore ways that insufficient localization effort by transnational technology companies puts some of the most marginalized users at disproportionate information disclosure risk when using new Internet tools, and offer some pragmatic suggestions for how such companies could improve privacy tools for users who are far - geographically or culturally - from where the tools are designed." (Abstract)
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"Digitization has transformed the way we interact with our social, political and economic environments. While it has enhanced the potential for citizen agency, it has also enabled the collection and analysis of unprecedented amounts of personal data. This requires us to fundamentally rethink our und
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erstanding of digital citizenship, based on an awareness of the ways in which citizens are increasingly monitored, categorized, sorted and profiled. Drawing on extensive empirical research, Digital Citizenship in a Datafied Society offers a new understanding of citizenship in an age defined by data collection and processing. The book traces the social forces that shape digital citizenship by investigating regulatory frameworks, mediated public debate, citizens' knowledge and understanding, and possibilities for dissent and resistance." (Back cover)
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"helpdesk.rsf.org is a resource for journalists who want to inform and train themselves about digital security. Media production today can be threatened online in various ways, such as surveillance of communication, blocking of content, or defamation of journalists over social media. We provide guid
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es for digital security concepts, give recommendations about tools and their uses, offer an interactive formula to practice individualized threat modeling, and conduct regular online webinars about digital security." (About the project)
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"Die britische Mathematikerin Hannah Fry stellt Algorithmen als schrittweise Verfahren vor, die dazu dienen, Probleme zu lösen oder ein Ziel zu erreichen. Für Medizin, Polizei, Justiz, Verkehr oder Handel könne das äußert fortschrittlich sein. Doch die bahnbrechende Technik habe ihren Preis - A
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lgorithmen beruhen nicht zuletzt auf großen Mengen auch privater Daten und können Nutzer fehlleiten oder gar manipulieren. Sie suggerieren Objektivität und Autorität und sind zugleich hoch anfällig für den Missbrauch durch Partikularinteressen. Fry erklärt, wie Algorithmen funktionieren, was ihre Stärken ausmacht und wo ihre Grenzen liegen. Sie plädiert für einen bewussten, weitsichtigen Umgang mit dieser Technik und möchte solche Modelle fördern, die humanen Anforderungen gerecht werden und uns auf ebenso demokratische wie transparente Weise bei Entscheidungsfindungen unterstützen." (Klappentext)
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"Design Thinking for Digital Well-being empowers teacher educators/student teachers to teach pupils how to critically embrace technology in their lives. It provides a pedagogical framework for teaching young people to flourish in a digital society and enjoy digital well-being. In so doing, it establ
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ishes the need for digital literacy, digital fluency and values fluency within the education system as a whole. With a unique focus on empathy-centric design thinking, and using a case study informed educational model of technological, pedagogical and content knowledge (TPACK), this expert guide: explores the challenges that pupils (and teachers) face balancing their digital lives; supports the ‘wired generation’ in navigating the cyber sphere and understanding how their data are used; cknowledges the necessity of supporting the digital well-being of pupils (and teachers) to create a healthy and successful learning environment; promotes the effective use of technology to enhance teaching and learning; aids professionals in ensuring pupils enjoy digital literacy, digital fluency, values fluency and safety online." (Publisher description)
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"Ein umfassender aktueller Überblick über das Medienrecht. Aufgrund der sich ständig und grundlegend ändernden Medienlandschaft und des sich wandelnden Medienrechts hat Frank Fechner in den letzten 20 Jahren sein Lehrbuch jedes Jahr überarbeitet und Gesetzesänderungen, Rechtsprechung und die e
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ntsprechende Literatur jeweils auf den aktuellen Stand gebracht." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"The so-called Right to be Forgotten (RTBF) refers to the removal of content from either search engine indexes or even the entire internet so that it is not readily accessible to end users. While the concept emerged out of a European legal tradition that favors the privacy of non-public individuals,
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in practice it has led to the censorship of information relevant to the public interest. It has endangered press freedom by leading to the removal of news articles, and it has hindered media development by erasing content from the digital public record." (Key findings)
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"Cyberwomen is a digital security curriculum with a holistic and gender perspective, geared towards both professional trainers and those who want to learn how to train others on their digital protection and include gender considerations as they do so. It is made up of training modules, interactive g
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ames and recommendations for evaluating the training, as well as audio-visual and graphic materials as instructional aids." (https://iwpr.net)
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"Los capítulos que siguen, trazan un recorrido a partir de diferentes voces y contextos, que permite visualizar oportunidades y limitaciones en relación con experiencias de inclusión digital entre los niños, niñas y jóvenes en América Latina. En ellos se presentan reflexiones e iniciativas en
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torno a temas como la participación cívica y política de las juventudes promovida por soportes digitales; la construcción y proyección de identidades en espacios virtuales; los derechos y responsabilidades asociados al uso de internet; la privacidad y seguridad en línea y los abordajes sobre juventudes y economía digital. A partir de estas preguntas: ¿Cuáles son los principales logros y limitaciones de las experiencias de inclusión digital entre los niños, niñas y jóvenes en América Latina?; ¿Cuáles son las estrategias más adecuadas para que niños y jóvenes cultiven y generen prácticas responsables de convivencia en los entornos digitales?; ¿Qué tipo de prácticas pueden estimular el desarrollo de nuevas formas de inclusión en los entornos digitales en pro de niños, adolescentes y jóvenes? y ¿Cómo pueden padres, educadores y adultos en general favorecer nuevas formas de convivencia en entornos digitales en beneficio de niños, adolescentes y jóvenes? un colectivo de autores brinda su innovadora mirada sobre el tema." (Prólogo, página 15-16)
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"While the digital era has delivered unprecedented opportunities for big-data based investigative journalism—from the Snowden Files to the Panama Papers—it has also thrown up a host of new threats to the sustainability of journalism based on confidential sources. These include: mass and targeted
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surveillance; data retention regimes and the handover of data by third party intermediaries such as social media platforms, telecommunications companies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs); national security and anti-terrorism overreach; attempts to ban encryption and online anonymity; and malicious digital attacks targeting journalists. If sources cannot securely connect with journalists, they risk exposure, with impacts including economic penalties through to extra-judicial killings. The effect of these threats to accountability journalism and public access to information is chilling, and it is leading to significant changes in the practice of investigative journalism dependent upon confidential sources and information on a global scale." (Abstract)
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