Digital Rights for Citizens – Free Online Course: The free Digital Rights for Citizens online course runs from 22nd January – 12th February 2019. https://digirights.info/ https://www.facebook.com/digirights.info/videos/1151357398359045/ During the course, hosted by Open Knowledge Finland (OKF), and funded by the Internet Society (ISOC) and the Finnish Foreign Ministry, students will learn about their new digital rights after […]
Digital Identity
California Rings In The New Year With A New Data Privacy Law
December 30, 20199:00 AM ET RACHAEL MYROW FROM California’s new digital privacy law takes effect on Jan. 1.Saul Gravy/Getty Images/Ikon Images On Jan. 1, the toughest data privacy law in the U.S. goes into effect: the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA. That’s why you’re seeing a host of emails pop up in your inbox […]
A Tale of Tackling the Digital Divide
By Doug Dawson Dec 26, 2019 7:57 AM PST A new book came out in November that tells about one of the first attempts to solve the digital divide on a large scale. The book is The Charisma Machine: The Life, Death, and Legacy of One Laptop per Child published by MIT Press and available on Amazon and […]
Establishment of an electronic identity (E-ID) that is valid nationally and internationally
The aim of the strategic project is for internet users to be able to identify themselves correctly and securely. They require an electronic identity in order to do so. Aims of the strategic project More and more people are carrying out diverse transactions on the internet which require them to identify themselves. The electronic identity […]