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<div class="moz-forward-container">this looks pretty interesting<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I saw this MOOC (massively-online open
course), starting on 2 December 2013 and thought some of
the people on this list might be interested.
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<div>"Wild, wild web: Is the Internet a lawless no man’s
land? Based on the recent public debate on data
protection and massive privacy infringements, this
course will explore the connection between cyber
security and human rights."</div>
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<div>Run by Universiteit Utrecht and instructed by Prof.
Dr. Anja Mihr, it's free to participate and taught in
English. The course content reads:</div>
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<div>The first part of the course will provide an
overview of the current state of international and
regional human rights regimes and their efforts to
protect freedom rights while also ensuring private
security. The second part will then go into the
evolution of human rights, their violations and
protection mechanism in era of the internet.</div>
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<div>Week 1: An introduction to public privacy, cyber
security and human rights</div>
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<div>Week 2: Yours and the rights of others: civic and
social human rights</div>
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<div>Week 3: Human rights cyber regime</div>
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<div>Week 4: Agencies for the human rights cyber space</div>
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<div>Week 5: Security, human rights and privacy
assurance through Internet</div>
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Week 6: E-democracy and social networks</div>
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<div>Week 7: Public versus State Sovereignty</div>
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<div>Week 8: Public Privacy, internet freedom and
state responsibility.</div>
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<div>I've not used iversity before, but I've had good
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