Browsing by Author "Gasser, Urs"
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Accountability and Transparency at ICANN: An Independent Review
Gasser, Urs; Burkert, Herbert; Palfrey, John Gorham; Zittrain, Jonathan (2010) -
Between Openness and Privacy in Genomics
Vayena, Effy; Gasser, Urs (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016) -
Breaking Down Digital Barriers: How and When ICT Interoperability Drives Innovation
Gasser, Urs; Palfrey, John (2007) -
Bridging the Gap between Computer Science and Legal Approaches to Privacy
Nissim, Kobbi; Bembenek, Aaron; Wood, Alexandra B; Bun, Mark Mar; Gaboardi, Marco; Gasser, Urs; O'Brien, David; Vadhan, Salil P.; Steinke, Thomas (Harvard Law School, 2018)The analysis and release of statistical data about individuals and groups of individuals carries inherent privacy risks, and these risks have been conceptualized in different ways within the fields of law and computer ... -
Case Study: DRM-protected Music Interoperability and e-Innovation
Gasser, Urs; Palfrey, John (The Berkman Center for Internet & Society, 2007)This report – representing one of three case studies that are part of a transatlantic research project aimed at exploring the potential relation between ICT Interoperability and eInnovation – examines issues surrounding ... -
Case Study: Mashups Interoperability and eInnovation
Palfrey, John; Gasser, Urs (2009-03-24) -
Casting Votes over the Internet
Gasser, Urs; Trechsel, Alexander H. (The Harvard International Relations Council, Inc., 2013)The article examines the role of the Internet in facilitating voting in Switzerland. It notes that Internet voting was first implemented in 2003 as a pilot project for the municipal referendum of the Anièeres commune in ... -
Catch-as-Catch-Can: A Case Note on Grokster
Gasser, Urs; Palfrey, John (2005)In summer 2005, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision which is surely destined to play a significant role in the interrelation between law and technology in the coming years. The case, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios ... -
Children’s rights and digital technologies: Introduction to the discourse and some meta-observations
Gasser, Urs; Cortesi, Sandra (Taylor and Francis, 2017) -
Cloud Innovation and the Law: Issues, Approaches, and Interplay
Gasser, Urs (Berkman Center for Internet & Society, 2014)We live in a quicksilver technological environment where one innovation in information and communication technology (ICT) follows the other. From a user’s perspective, the speed of innovation in the Internet age becomes ... -
Content and Conduct: How English Wikipedia Moderates Harmful Speech
Clark, Justin; Faris, Robert; Gasser, Urs; Holland, Adam; Ross, Hilary; Tilton, Casey (Berkman Klein Center for Internet& Society, 2019)In this study, we aim to assess the degree to which English-language Wikipedia is successful in addressing harmful speech with a particular focus on the removal of deleterious content. We have conducted qualitative interviews ... -
Designing Successful Governance Groups: Lessons for Leaders from Real-World Examples
Budish, Ryan Hal; West, Sarah Myers; Gasser, Urs (Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, 2015)In January 2015, the Global Network of Internet & Society Research Centers (NoC) published the results of a globally coordinated, independent academic research project exploring multistakeholder governance models. Facilitated ... -
Digital Identity Interoperability and eInnovation
Palfrey, John; Gasser, Urs (2009-03-24)This paper, one of three case studies in a transatlantic research project exploring the connection between Information and Communication Technology interoperability and eInnovation, considers the current state and possible ... -
Digitally Connected: Global Perspectives on Youth and Digital Media
Gasser, Urs; Cortesi, Sandra C. (Berkman Center for Internet & Society, 2015)Reflecting on the 25th anniversaries of the invention of the World Wide Web by Sir Tim Berners-Lee and the adoption of the Convention on Rights of the Child by the US General Assembly, the Berkman Center for Internet & ... -
Don't Panic: Making Progress on the "Going Dark" Debate
Gasser, Urs; Gertner, Nancy; Goldsmith, Jack L.; Landau, Susan; Nye, Joseph S.; O'Brien, David; Olsen, Matthew G.; Renan, Daphna; Sanchez, Julian; Schneider, Bruce; Schwartzol, Larry; Zittrain, Jonathan L. (Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, 2016)Just over a year ago, with support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University convened a diverse group of security and policy experts from academia, civil ... -
Elements of a New Ethical Framework for Big Data Research
Vayena, Effy; Gasser, Urs; Wood, Alexandra B; O'Brien, David; Altman, Micah (Washington & Lee University School of Law, 2016)Emerging large-scale data sources hold tremendous potential for new scientific research into human biology, behaviors, and relationships. At the same time, big data research presents privacy and ethical challenges that the ... -
Encryption Policy and Its International Impacts: A Framework for Understanding Extraterritorial Ripple Effects
Budish, Ryan Hal; Burkert, Herbert; Gasser, Urs (Hoover Instituion, 2018) -
German Digital Council: An 'Inside-Out' Case Study
Budish, Ryan; Gasser, Urs; Eigen, Melyssa (Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, 2021-04-28)In 2018, German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel appointed a group of nine scholars and practitioners, including BKC’s Urs Gasser, to the German Digital Council (GDC). The GDC was formed with the unusual mission to ask both ... -
Governance of Online Intermediaries: Observations from a Series of National Case Studies
Gasser, Urs; Schulz, Wolfgang (Berkman Center for Internet & Society, 2015)Online intermediaries in various forms – including search engines, social media, or app platforms – play a constitutive role in today’s digital environment. They have become a new type of powerful institution in the 21st ... -
Governments and Cloud Computing: Roles, Approaches, and Policy Considerations
Gasser, Urs; O'Brien, David (Berkman Center for Internet & Society, 2014)Governments from Bogota to Beijing are engaging with emerging cloud computing technologies and its industry in a variety of overlapping contexts. Based on a review of a representative number of advanced cloud computing ...