FREEDOM, AUTHORITY AND KNOWLEDGE ON LINE: THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE ALGORITHM

Web search engines are a very important mean to fight information overload’s consequences, but this makes them the gate to digital information of any type and purpose. The cyberspace is accessed through such complex and automated tools: software agents execute secret and complex algorithms and make information easily reachable or hidden, but anomalies and bugs may have serious consequences. Private entities provide such services, on a global (e.g. Google), or local but relevant scale (e.g. Baidu). After the Google Spain case, literature on the right to be forgotten is growing. This paper aims at go further, investigating both the right to access on line information and to be correctly and neutrally indexed by web search engines. The law must regulate this topic, making them work in a neutral and non-discriminatory way, even if they work cross-borders and are private subjects. Otherwise, the Information Society will even more controlled by the dictatorship of the algorithm

Freedom, Authority and Knowledge On Line: the Dictatorship of the Algorithm

Web search engines are a very important mean to fight information overload’s consequences, but this makes them the gate to digital information of any type and purpose. The cyberspace is accessed through such complex and automated tools: software agents execute secret and complex algorithms and make information easily reachable or hidden, but anomalies and bugs may have serious consequences. Private entities provide such services, on a global (e.g. Google), or local but relevant scale (e.g. Baidu). After the Google Spain case, literature on the right to be forgotten is growing. This paper aims at go further, investigating both the right to access on line information and to be correctly and neutrally indexed by web search engines. The law must regulate this topic, making them work in a neutral and non-discriminatory way, even if they work cross-borders and are private subjects. Otherwise, the Information Society will even more controlled by the dictatorship of the algorith

Le “misure di contrasto alla diffusione telematica abusiva di opere dell’ingegno” nella Legge Urbani

L'articolo analizza la contestata Legge Urbani, che ha duramente sanzionato la diffusione telematica abusiva delle opere dell'ingegno

Freedom, authority and knowledge on line

URL del artículo en la web de la Revista: https://www.upo.es/revistas/index.php/ripp/article/view/3606Web search engines are a very important mean to fight information overload's consequences, but this makes them the gate to digital information of any type and purpose. The cyberspace is accessed through such complex and automated tools: software agents execute secret and complex algorithms and make information easily reachable or hidden, but anomalies and bugs may have serious consequences. Private entities provide such services, on a global (e.g. Google), or local but relevant scale (e.g. Baidu). After the Google Spain case, literature on the right to be forgotten is growing. This paper aims at go further, investigating both the right to access on line information and to be correctly and neutrally indexed by web search engines. The law must regulate this topic, making them work in a neutral and non-discriminatory way, even if they work cross-borders and are private subjects. Otherwise, the Information Society will even more controlled by the dictatorship of the algorithm.Universidad Pablo de Olavid

Post-verit\ue0, paura e controllo dell'informazione: quale ruolo per il diritto?

This essay explores the connection between post-truth and fear, arguing that the latter may be used as a tool to control information and thus manipulate public opinion. Furthermore, it discusses the role of law in regulating post-truth (among others, by a better regulation of Information Society providers). Eventually, some solutions are proposed

Intelligenza artificiale, privacy e rapporto di lavoro: una prospettiva informatico-giuridica

Il presente contributo ha lo scopo di presentare e discutere alcuni aspetti cruciali, in tema di privacy e protezione dei dati personali, conseguenti all’utilizzo di strumenti “intelligenti” nell’ambito del rapporto di lavoro. Partendo da alcune notazioni sul passaggio dalla Società dell’informazione alla Società algoritmica, ci si sofferma in modo particolare sull’opacità e sulla segretezza dei sistemi intelligenti per poi delineare talune problematiche e prospettive conseguenti al loro utilizzo in ambito lavoristico